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What is the wankiest thing you’ve seen your ex do?

784 replies

Magpiesinthegarden · 03/06/2026 13:51

That made you think - what a knob! And that you are well rid of them!

lighthearted thread -

I’ll go first -

Recently my ex changed his profile picture to this wanky AI generated image of him in the middle with a halo and two angels either side… he actually gave himself a halo 🤣 What a knobhead! Like he was Jesus 😳(He was a massive narcissist. My ex. Not Jesus)

What are the wankiest things your ex has ever done?

OP posts:
Northerlad · Yesterday 07:46

A girlfriend of 2 years dumped me 2 weeks after my mother had been given 8 weeks to live. Whilst you might say there is no good time to do this, when my mum did die she rang me up and told me about all the fun things she had been doing since we split. Classy

StrawberryFizz27 · Yesterday 08:05

CalliopeFosterBeauchamp · 03/06/2026 19:10

I love this thread!

Mine: had a baby with his first partner in the UK, then started an online relationship with an Australian, and abandoned his partner and baby to go and live in Aus with the online woman (he lied about this when I met him).

During Covid, the Australian dumped him, so he moved back to the UK, which is where I met him. After two years, he told me and his now-teenage daughter that he was moving to live in the same town as his daughter.

What he actually did was move to Thailand to live with another woman he’d met online. When his parents found out where he was, his mother emailed me to tell me the truth about the Australian. Her words: “he’s got real issues and you’re better off without him.” His mother was lovely :(

I feel so awful for his daughter. Her view of men is going to be so screwed up.

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Friend 1: she left him as he was an abusive alcoholic. She moved out of the family home and into a flat with their son. After three months, he told her he was moving in with someone else and wouldn’t be paying the mortgage on their house anymore. She went round the following day and he’d put all the furniture in the garden. It had obviously been there for weeks and was all ruined.

Friend 2: they’d been married for years with two kids under ten. He left her out of the blue, taking one small bag of clothes with him, and she was shell-shocked and very depressed.

Two weeks later, he called her and said he’d made a mistake and that he was coming home. She was thrilled and SO relieved.

The day after he came home, they sat down to sort out finances. She left him logged into all the bank accounts and went out with the kids for a couple of hours. When she came back, he’d emptied their accounts and the kids’ savings accounts, cleared out his wardrobe and taken all the cash and portable electronics.

He hid all his money during the divorce and she obviously couldn’t afford a good finance person to find it. Twenty years later she’s still dealing with the financial repercussions: she’s 63 and working two jobs, he’s living mortgage free in a five bed house.

Edited

What an absolute cunt!

mynamesaretaken · Yesterday 08:07

Took his sister's debt upon himself. She was in Japan and got into some trouble due to her own irresponsible decisions (a totally preventable situation which she was too carefree about) and while she continued to live her best life he was out theretrying to solve her problems.

NameChangeMay2026 · Yesterday 08:09

ThisBrickPombear · 03/06/2026 23:26

Argued to win custody of our cat through our divorce lawyers. Added a couple of grand ££ to the bill. He won (I decided it was not worth fighting over), then the next day he gave the cat to Battersea shelter.

I never thought anyone could be such a low life but there you have it…

Oh my God....poor cat. Did you adopt him/her back from Battersea?

AnnListersBlister · Yesterday 08:10

1980isitjustme · 04/06/2026 16:11

This paints an absolute picture 😂

There are some awful stories on here but some very entertaining ones too. It’s the best thread I have read in a long time.

If you want a clearer picture, he was about 6" with long black hair, mostly hairless body and a huge beer belly. He had a big knob that was always bobbing along as he walked about the house, so I suppose that redeemed the look somewhat.

NameChangeMay2026 · Yesterday 08:12

jellyfish798 · 04/06/2026 16:08

😆😆 what on earth was he on 😆

@CrikeyMajikey Accused of chewing table mats! DYING! 🤣🤣🤣

SunshineOnIslington · Yesterday 08:29

SettledAndHappy · Yesterday 02:26

@SunshineOnIslington would you mind me asking what the team was? My football-loving autistic son has been reading this thread and is desperate to know! No probs if you'd rather not.

It was Darlington... who currently reside in the National League North after going bust some years back due to a shady figure who wore solid golden hair grips and was a whizz at safe cracking....

Wishonastar77 · Yesterday 08:31

Turned up on my doorstep at 7am with bewildered kids, him crying because he found out his girlfriend was having an affair and he was heart broken. He had a minimum 3 full blown affairs while we were together 🤦🏼‍♀️

almost40readyforchange · Yesterday 08:46

i found out my ex was shagging my step mum and he called me mental for being upset about it. Does that count? 😂

orangegato · Yesterday 08:49

AnnListersBlister · Yesterday 08:10

If you want a clearer picture, he was about 6" with long black hair, mostly hairless body and a huge beer belly. He had a big knob that was always bobbing along as he walked about the house, so I suppose that redeemed the look somewhat.

Omfg stop I spat my brew out

50sandFabulous · Yesterday 08:52

Ohhh SO many!

Tried to snog my Mum

Tried to snog my sister

Tried to snog all of my friends

Shagged my best friend

Beat me up when I told him I was leaving - twice

Convinced the CSA that he earned £32k, when he earned £132k - because he didn't want to pay child support to "fund my lifestyle"

Told me he would take the kids and they could live in his parents loft

Got arrested for drink driving

Left photo's on the family camera of his new GF giving him a blowjob

Moved new GF into the family home, after I had left, and we were trying to sell it - let me clean it before every viewing, which included picking new GF knickers up off the floor - the place was always a shit tip.

New GF got drunk and attacked our DD - I reported to the Police, but he begged me not to, saying that he had thrown her out, so her losing him was punishment enough! I ignored and she got arrested

Refused to drive the kids to my house, because I moved 30 mins away, so I had to do all the driving

Ceased all contact with me when the youngest child turned 18. Blanked me at DD's wedding and DS's graduation.

Refused to do any heavy lifting when kids went to Uni, and needed moving in, and then moving on later to different properties. I've done maybe 6 moves for the kids now. On one particular move, I remember me and DS carrying loads of stuff into his new place, in the pouring rain, and I found out Ex was just up the road drinking in the pub (not a pub close to his home).

Stopped the monthly support to DD when she was in Uni, just before she was about to go on hols - so I had to make up the shortfall

Ohhh, there's even more than this too. I absolutely HATE him.

And the latest is that he's marrying his GF, and I know that he won't sort out a will, so if he dies before her, she'll get all his money, instead of the kids.

He's an utter WANKER.

Dollymylove · Yesterday 09:03

Kicked my obnoxious narcissistic ex out. Not only did he refuse to pay child support for his small children, he also threatened to burn my house down.
Not bothered about the kids for 20 odd years but now a chronic alcoholic with multiple health conditions he's wailing about how hes left it too late to reconnect with his kids. I reminded him that he did it to himself. One of the kids has been to see him, the others arent interested

TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · Yesterday 09:24

ForDeftBeaker · 04/06/2026 08:45

My ex used to post those fake deep quotes over photos of himself like he'd just returned from a spiritual quest. Mate, you work in accounts and spent lunch arguing about meal deals.

😆😆😆

Springisintheairohyeah · Yesterday 09:27

Shortly after our split, posted a (heavily edited, brooding, black and white) picture on social media noting how people had recently started comparing him to Gary Barlow

Shegrowsandgrows · Yesterday 09:30

One from a long list , but the final nail in the coffin:
I found him in my kitchen (we didn’t permanently live together, he was more like a back door man) filling up big pop bottles with water so he could live “off grid’ when he was at his flat!

comingintomyown · Yesterday 09:31

BeMellowAquaSquid · 03/06/2026 22:11

My ex turned up to our Dds birthday party having never been interested in designer clothing but had obviously taken fashion advice from new younger girlfriend. He was clad head to toe in that monogram LV pattern. My mum asked him why he had come dressed as a suitcase when it wasn’t fancy dress.

Brilliant 😂

Brownbananaspot · Yesterday 09:37

Far too many to count with my ex, who beat me up, emotionally abused me, bought himself handmade suits while I couldn't afford nappies for our child, etc etc.

But one particular highlight after I finally escaped was him posting a picture of his feet on a sofa at his home, in the dark, with a caption of 'hello darkness my old friend....sitting here brooding on life'.

I found it hilarious, he was a fat, bald, short man from the West Midlands, Healthcliff he was not!

namechange62 · Yesterday 09:46

JunesDunes · 04/06/2026 13:45

😪 I dont understand how soneone can do that to children.

I can unfortunately. I was a nanny who did the handover to the 4 and 5 yr old DC. (Mum was great and I was a much older nanny) Plenty of times I watched their faces getting sadder as they realised he wasn't coming.. but we had a plan.. at exactly an hour after he should have been there we bundled into the car and had an adventure.. I'd started the picnic and half an hour in.
They are incredible women now who choose not to see him. It's his loss. He's now an ageing surfer living in a hovel and lonely. Diddums

Deboragh · Yesterday 09:51

AlternateLook · 03/06/2026 16:03

I can see none of you is hung up, or the least bit fixated on any ex. No Sir. Not at all...
😆

Sharing a memory, on a post asking people to share a memory, hardly makes you hung up or fixated. Are you ok? Somebody dump you for being a wanker and this post is stinging a bit? Give your head a wobble.

fataroundthemiddle · Yesterday 09:53

Fernticket · 03/06/2026 15:30

About to go on holiday. Asked then DH to make sure everything in the house is switched off, meaning TV etc. How was I to know that he would switch off the freezer as well.....
1 week later🤢.
He tried to blame it on the family pet🤷

Mine did the same.

Bloodorangekangaroo · Yesterday 09:53

AInightingale · 04/06/2026 15:47

Yes my ex has a picture of the children he hasn't seen for nearly two years (his choice) as his Facebook 'banner' or whatever it's called. Pisses me off. Like pretty curtains up in a derelict house, pure window dressing. The kids are teenagers and don't want their image on his page, I think in these circumstances you can ask Facebook to tell him to remove them - using images of minors without their consent? Not sure.

I did report them numerous times but some are still up. My mother noticed it as she still had him on social media. When the separation turned sour she intended to delete him but forgot. He got comments under them and responded as if he had actually gone out with them as well. It was disturbing. When I left social media I received a message from him stating he couldn’t find me on social media. If I knew he was this disturbed I would have never married him. He posted Christmas posts pretending he had the kids when he’s never asked or taken the kids at Christmas. His mother puts comments under them actually believing he has his kids. She believes he’s an amazing father. The ship has sailed as the kids are now teens that don’t want much to do with him. The door is open to repair his relationship with the children and actually see them rather than pretending on social media. I’m sorry you have gone through similar having your photo taken.

Giggorata · Yesterday 09:56

So many from mine.. including opening his mouth and giving his views on any subject, the John Travolts-esque dancing, being one of the most obvious peaked in high (secondary) school examples, being unable to pass a mirror without some cringe inducing posing and his puerile, juvenile sense of humour.
(Reader, I was young)

AlternateLook · Yesterday 10:01

Deboragh · Yesterday 09:51

Sharing a memory, on a post asking people to share a memory, hardly makes you hung up or fixated. Are you ok? Somebody dump you for being a wanker and this post is stinging a bit? Give your head a wobble.

Trying too hard. I can see you're still affected by an ex. Shame. Time heals, they say...😘

cobalt123 · Yesterday 10:03

Deboragh · Yesterday 09:51

Sharing a memory, on a post asking people to share a memory, hardly makes you hung up or fixated. Are you ok? Somebody dump you for being a wanker and this post is stinging a bit? Give your head a wobble.

I think you completely miss understood the point and the tone of the message

ForWiseRoseCat · Yesterday 10:06

Another one (my ex was one of the biggest twats going so there are loads).

When I told my parents we were getting divorced, my ex decided he should go round to my parents and tell them his side of things. He had the cheek to let himself in using the key they had given him, and proceeded to tell them about my "special friend" that I was having an affair with and that they needed to take control of my money as I can't be trusted, that my friends just want my money and I'd have nothing left if they didn't. Completely ignoring the irony of the fact that he only married me for my supposed money and had had many handouts from my parents (including living rent free for 3 years).

When they next saw me they told me what he said. He had turned something that could have been an easy divorce into a complete and utter mess, involving my friends and my family in his games/god like complex. My family think he's a complete twat and I'm well rid.

Oh and I sit here in my own flat, bought with my own money. Whilst he job hops and rents rooms, and builds up debt and goes bankrupt.