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Any good CF comeuppance tales?

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lolliplop · 21/06/2026 13:29

As i'm currently going through the most mind-blowing CF situation, and waiting for the courts to open a case against them, please can you point me in the direction to the best CF threads where they got their comeuppance. This will hopefully give me some reassurance that CFs don't always get away with it!

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lolliplop · Yesterday 07:59

Retireornot · Yesterday 07:42

Sorry about your Dad. You must be sad and also livid with them. If you are the executor then you could surely contact all of the utilities and get the gas, electricity and water cut off?
I’m big on revenge. So they would have no end of sales people turning up for quotes and the like.

Thank you, unfortunately it's illegal to cut them off in this particular country. Squatters are very protected. I'm doing everything by the book and have a good lawyer based there, but it's all so very slow

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achara · Yesterday 08:03

lolliplop · 21/06/2026 20:15

Not prohibited. When my Dad returned to the UK from a European country due to ill health, he left some 'friends' as caretakers of the family property, they were in the guest house. My Dad has since died and they refuse to leave. We're in the process of evicting them, which takes years. I've since discovered they've been using his identity for utility accounts. And that they've moved into the main house, and sublet the guest house to other people. They've installed caravans on the land so no idea who else they've let live there. I've now involved the police in that country, but again, that could take years. Or they could say its just a civil matter. The waiting for any news is very stressful. I just want them to be held accountable and that my family can get justice.

That sounds so stressful. Look up the Squatter Hunter. You might get some useful tips.
CFs just make me so mad so I love a good karma story.

WhatTheHellsGoingOn · Yesterday 08:03

pictoosh · Yesterday 06:53

People who become aggressive and antagonistic towards other adults making their own considered decisions are the ultimate cheeky fuckers. So full of their own interpretation they consider it fact and start throwing out shade as if their opinion is warranted.

Talk about a sense of entitlement.

Sadly these types do crash around with little by way of comeuppance.

Well said 👏🏻👍🏻

I really hope @ThisMadeMyDay has seen all our posts defending her from that absolute moron and didn’t read the rest of their comments before they were taken down - well done MNHQ for getting rid of them 🩷

WhatTheHellsGoingOn · Yesterday 08:06

Menopausio · Yesterday 07:58

Ive shared this one before. I have mobility issues and sometimes need crutches - Occupational Health issued me with permission to use the disabled bay at work. One day Id brought my DH's transit van in as we were taking a foodbank Xmas collection to the local foodbank that afternoon. I get into the car park just as a young ish man is parking his penismobile in the disabled bay. I pull up and explain that thats an allocated space and tell him where guest parking is. He tells me to F off.
I parked blocking him, but no one else, in.
I then get myself into work , get my files/ coffee - send them into the board room with a kind colleague then make my way in on my crutches as part of the interview panel. Guess who the interviewee was ? 😁

This is amazing 🤩 what happened next?

KittyCorncrake · Yesterday 08:10

EmotionalSupportBiscuit · 21/06/2026 13:35

Not a thread but I’ll share mine.

I was a marshall for a road race and standing at the top of a closed road. Mr CF didn’t think the road closure applied to him, so stopped, swore at us, then floored it past the sign. Hitting the curb as he swerved round it and bursting his tyre 🫠

What he didn’t know was the road really was completely blocked further up so he had to turn round and limp back past us on his flat tyre. We waved him through with a cheery ‘Morning sir!’ 🤣🤣

This has already made my day /thank you!
(And terrific username😂)

longtompot · Yesterday 08:11

A very minor one but a few months ago we were driving into town one very warm Sunday to pick up something bought off fb. Stopped at the traffic lights of a roundabout with two lanes, left for first exit and straight on and right for third exit. We were in the left hand lane going straight on. As my dh pulls away we notice a massive matt black truck in the right hand lane and as we get to our turn off the truck driver floors it and pulls in front of us narrowly avoiding hitting us. We trundle along behind them into town, at a mini roundabout they don't give way to their right. A bit further on we, and they, turn off the main road to go via the back roads through town to avoid the traffic. At another junction where we'd usually go straight on my dh turned left and went down a parallel road as he noticed how backed up the traffic was. They didn't and we're stuck on a huge queue whilst we bypassed the majority of it and got to our destination really quickly. My dh did have a little chuckle

Tooprincipled · Yesterday 08:18

One of my favourite karma moments was when I was a relatively attractive 20 something year old, having an after work drink, and out of nowhere a very drunk and flamboyant guy shouted at me that i was an ugly c* then plonked himself down on a neighbouring picnic bench. He promptly fell backwards and poured his freshly bought pint in his own face. It was joyous!

Dollymylove · Yesterday 08:22

Tooprincipled · Yesterday 08:18

One of my favourite karma moments was when I was a relatively attractive 20 something year old, having an after work drink, and out of nowhere a very drunk and flamboyant guy shouted at me that i was an ugly c* then plonked himself down on a neighbouring picnic bench. He promptly fell backwards and poured his freshly bought pint in his own face. It was joyous!

Oh wow I would love to have seen that 🤣

Menopausio · Yesterday 08:23

WhatTheHellsGoingOn · Yesterday 08:06

This is amazing 🤩 what happened next?

Interview proceeded. At the end I asked if he had any Inclusivity and Diversity training recently as it was at the forefront of our Mission Statement and taken very seriously. He said yes. I then said he had told me to fuck off when asked to vacate the disabled bay. He said he'd told a delivery driver he wouldnt move. Main manager then told him that he had reviewed the CCTV, it was me - and it didnt matter he had no right to swear at anyone , at which point he admitted he had sworn. Main manager and hiring manager both told him that if he had actually aplogised / been honest they would have taken that into consideration and that they would not be bringing him back for 2nd interview.
After all that he had to come back in and ask me to move the van to let him out.

Newmummypamela · Yesterday 08:26

ThisMadeMyDay · 21/06/2026 18:29

Husband had a 6-week emotional affair ten years ago, followed by a shag with the OW in a cheap hotel, before breaking down and confessing. Not excusing him for taking her up on her numerous offers (over 2 previous years) at all, but I've long harboured a massive grudge against her as she knew me and knew I was struggling with 2 x under 4s at the time, one with SN.

Anyway, a friend works with her still and I just found out she has left her husband for a man with 13 struck off companies to his name, who runs 'how to be a proper man' coaching courses called something along the lines of 'Act Like A Spartan', and who posts on LinkedIn about his massive passive income from AI-related schemes (despite living in a small bungalow - maybe he's saving up for something?). Oddly, he still lists himself as MD of all the collapsed companies, too... Basically he's a massive con-man with a silver tongue. Looks like karma has not only come back to bite her, but it's got a grip like a starving Jack Russell. I'm getting the popcorn in.

Sorry, but I find this a really strange story of glee! Very misdirected - your husband is the one who should get his comeuppance, he's a disgrace.

AutumnAllTheWay · Yesterday 08:30

Newmummypamela · Yesterday 08:26

Sorry, but I find this a really strange story of glee! Very misdirected - your husband is the one who should get his comeuppance, he's a disgrace.

Do yourself a favour and read the thread before posting!

movemountains · Yesterday 08:38

AutumnAllTheWay · Yesterday 08:30

Do yourself a favour and read the thread before posting!

Ive read the thread and I still dont get it either- if that poster's husband can change his ways and deserves a second chance then why cant this other woman too? does she not deserve the same chance to change?

DoloresDelEriba · Yesterday 08:43

lolliplop · 21/06/2026 20:15

Not prohibited. When my Dad returned to the UK from a European country due to ill health, he left some 'friends' as caretakers of the family property, they were in the guest house. My Dad has since died and they refuse to leave. We're in the process of evicting them, which takes years. I've since discovered they've been using his identity for utility accounts. And that they've moved into the main house, and sublet the guest house to other people. They've installed caravans on the land so no idea who else they've let live there. I've now involved the police in that country, but again, that could take years. Or they could say its just a civil matter. The waiting for any news is very stressful. I just want them to be held accountable and that my family can get justice.

That is so awful. I wish you luck resolving that OP.

AutumnAllTheWay · Yesterday 08:48

movemountains · Yesterday 08:38

Ive read the thread and I still dont get it either- if that poster's husband can change his ways and deserves a second chance then why cant this other woman too? does she not deserve the same chance to change?

Its just not the place on this light hearted thread is it? Her post fit perfectly. It is cheeky fuckwry to cheat with someone's husband, no?

Besides the fact its her business how she feels about a woman who cheated with her husband. Odd to want to question her that she (quite understandably) doesnt feel great about her. And how she feels about her own husband is also her business.

Anyway, its a thread about cf getting their come uppance so back to that hopefully, theres been some great stories!

TooManyTeeShirts · Yesterday 08:50

A story about my younger days when I was on the Champs Elysees in Paris and one of those uber chic women was walking a very large, but fashionable, dog. Said dog deposits the largest, but not the most solid, 💩 in the middle of the pavement and she starts to walk away, leaving this steaming pile in place.

An ordinary mumsy looking woman called her back and told her to pick it up. Chic lady, with the confidence of money, refused and finished with the words "you're not the police". Mumsy woman takes out her Police badge and replies "Now" so calmly it was scary.

Chic lady, of course, didn't have a poo bag and ended up putting bare hands into a nearby street bin to fish out some cardboard rubbish to use to try to pick it up. The plain clothes Police officer stayed until there was only the outline left on the pavement. I stayed to watch the show - wish I'd had popcorn.

MyKindHiker · Yesterday 08:50

Ok so I have a CF friend who has not had any consequences and I would like for her to have some.

Been friends years, she can’t work due to a disability, complex family set up with blended family etc. Anyway she’s lovely, fun, super charming. I work full time and have some disposable income though zero savings i’d add. Anyway if ever we were doing anything she’d plead poverty and I’d get the bill. I paid for a holiday for us, (she didn’t even contribute for food) etc. Recently she mentioned in passing she owns a few apartments in PARIS. I was like what?! Oh she bought them years back - been lucky the area gentrified now they’re worth quite a bit. She gets quite a bit of income from renting them out. Which she keeps in offshore accounts so the uk tax man can’t get it and she can claim benefits.

I was a bit taken aback - the level of income she was talking about is less than my salary but more than my disposable income. I said how come you always plead poverty? She said well obviously that money doesn’t count because that’s just mine. And i need to save it for a rainy day.

What about my blimmin rainy day?

Anyway i stopped returning her calls but feel she should face more consequences for taking advantage of my kind nature over a number of years. Answers on the back of a postcard.

CateyeKate · Yesterday 08:53

My husband works as a highways engineer, all of the workers face abuse from the public on an almost daily basis.

Last year they had a road closure as is normal in this line of work. The general public hate road closures and often believe they are above the rules and they can be pardoned and let through. Obviously roads are closed for a reason and this time it was due to a massive hole having been dug out across both lanes of the road (narrow country lane).

A woman pulled up and started giving one of the younger workers abuse, DH walked up and asked what was the issue only for this woman to start on him, calling him all the names under the sun (ugly cunt face was his favourite). He calmly explained the road was closed for good reason and there were adequate diversion signs to take her where she needed to be. She told him to fuck off, drove passed the closed sign and continued to drive until she came across said hole in road so then drove her car up on to the grass verge which was very narrow and her car then fell sideways into the ditch. They helped her out and for the next 4 hours she sat meekly on the grass until someone came and helped her get the car removed. DH and the workers were kindly to her but he said they secretly were pissing themselves with laughter. What a numpty.

movemountains · Yesterday 08:54

AutumnAllTheWay · Yesterday 08:48

Its just not the place on this light hearted thread is it? Her post fit perfectly. It is cheeky fuckwry to cheat with someone's husband, no?

Besides the fact its her business how she feels about a woman who cheated with her husband. Odd to want to question her that she (quite understandably) doesnt feel great about her. And how she feels about her own husband is also her business.

Anyway, its a thread about cf getting their come uppance so back to that hopefully, theres been some great stories!

Of course noone should be having a go at that poster or being unkind to her but she chose to post that scenario on a thread about people getting their comeuppance so like I said, I dont get it.

Yes, its cheeky fuckery to cheat with a married man but her husband was the one who made the vows to her so he is the one who cheated more here- not some random woman at his work place.

I am glad that poster is happy now but I still dont get why the other woman apparently deserves karma but her own husband (who made vows) doesnt 🤷‍♀️

Is it not possible that this woman may have changed too? forgiveness and second chances surely apply to everyone, not just men

AbzMoz · Yesterday 08:55

MyKindHiker · Yesterday 08:50

Ok so I have a CF friend who has not had any consequences and I would like for her to have some.

Been friends years, she can’t work due to a disability, complex family set up with blended family etc. Anyway she’s lovely, fun, super charming. I work full time and have some disposable income though zero savings i’d add. Anyway if ever we were doing anything she’d plead poverty and I’d get the bill. I paid for a holiday for us, (she didn’t even contribute for food) etc. Recently she mentioned in passing she owns a few apartments in PARIS. I was like what?! Oh she bought them years back - been lucky the area gentrified now they’re worth quite a bit. She gets quite a bit of income from renting them out. Which she keeps in offshore accounts so the uk tax man can’t get it and she can claim benefits.

I was a bit taken aback - the level of income she was talking about is less than my salary but more than my disposable income. I said how come you always plead poverty? She said well obviously that money doesn’t count because that’s just mine. And i need to save it for a rainy day.

What about my blimmin rainy day?

Anyway i stopped returning her calls but feel she should face more consequences for taking advantage of my kind nature over a number of years. Answers on the back of a postcard.

Tell the tax man / benefits office.

zobeit · Yesterday 08:55

movemountains · Yesterday 08:38

Ive read the thread and I still dont get it either- if that poster's husband can change his ways and deserves a second chance then why cant this other woman too? does she not deserve the same chance to change?

During the night there have been some very personal and unpleasant remarks, since deleted, aimed at @ThisMadeMyDay. At 08.03 @WhatTheHellsGoingOn referenced this.

ThatCyanCat · Yesterday 08:55

It is cheeky fuckwry to cheat with someone's husband, no?

I think no. CFery is something else entirely to adultery. And you can't cheat on someone to whom you're not married or committed.

I wouldn't have phrased it the way that poster did but I do think it's off to stay married and loving to your husband who actually cheated on you while resenting the OW forever and following her life for pitfalls to cheer. It does suggest displacement and ongoing trouble rather than actual forgiveness and moving on. Seems even stranger if the affair actually made him a better person.

movemountains · Yesterday 08:56

zobeit · Yesterday 08:55

During the night there have been some very personal and unpleasant remarks, since deleted, aimed at @ThisMadeMyDay. At 08.03 @WhatTheHellsGoingOn referenced this.

Yes I saw those deleted posts and presumed they were vile and attacking.

But I am referring to the concept of karma - I am asking why the woman in this scenario deserves karma but the husband does not

zobeit · Yesterday 08:58

I think it would be insensitive, after the deleted posts, to continue to question @ThisMadeMyDay

KittyCorncrake · Yesterday 09:01

Why do people try to derail a lovely thread?
some fab tales on here!

movemountains · Yesterday 09:04

zobeit · Yesterday 08:58

I think it would be insensitive, after the deleted posts, to continue to question @ThisMadeMyDay

That poster of course doesnt have to answer to anyone nor does she have to justify her actions of taking her husband back- thats entirely her business.

However, if you are wishing ill on someone and hoping that karma gets them and that they are conned by a conman then yes, I question that. I dont think there is anything wrong in questioning that.

Its not even about that poster so much as this principle of karma that keeps being mentioned - its more of a philosophical question perhaps - if one person deserves forgiveness then surely we all do?