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

233 replies

Magpiesinthegarden · Today 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:
ExofGW · Today 16:39

honeylulu · Today 14:34

The ex I'm thinking of was a musician and convinced he was destined to be a famous rock star. Not an awful person but a real manchild. Everything was about his "work" (music, he never got paid for it as far as I'm aware). He was astonished when I left him for a proper grown up.

We stayed indirectly in touch as we had uni friends in common.

He married a nice woman. When they were expecting their first child his parents (who had eventually become concerned about his manchild tendencies) thought he ought to learn to drive so he could take his wife to hospital etc. They gave him money for a course of driving lessons. He spent it on singing lessons to hone his rock star voice.

OMG! Mine identified as a musician too. He was very frustrated after his rare and also unpaid gigs, he didn't think he was getting enough kudos. I said something about the audience enjoying the music. He ranted "I don't want them to enjoy it, I want them to be impressed!"

His classically trained singing voice and enunciation sounded somewhat odd and frankly embarrassing when he sang Burns. In public.

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AcrossthePond55 · Today 16:39

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · Today 16:32

@AcrossthePond55 I’m 50/50 on if it was an accident because honestly seeing him try and use the computer brings me to tears but he also is very much the type of person who would definitely do it intentionally.

Nude Polaroids is inane, was he at least good looking??

He was extremely good looking. So at least he was gazing at something worth looking at.

Cuz he wasn’t worth much else.

Kevinbaconsrealwife · Today 16:39

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · Today 15:55

My ex got an “only god can judge me” tattoo, posted it to Facebook and my dad tried to send it me with the message “lol what a fucking knob”. But because he’s older and tec illiterate he shared it, with the caption “lol what a fucking knob” and tagged me in it. Dad no longer tries to use Facebook 😭.

I bloody love your dad 😂

TheWisePanda · Today 16:39

my ex used to get himself a glass of red wine, cheese and biscuits, put his glasses on, and pretend to read poetry. I realised after a few months that the various pairs of glasses he had all had plain glass in them, and all of his poetry books were pristine, not a single crease in a single spine… what a tw@t.

Cordeliasdemonbabies · Today 16:40

Left him for being long-term useless, jobless and a general drain on my life.

He seemed to sort himself out somewhat for a while. Took up running, got a job etc. I was pleased for him.

He then got with a lowish level influencer and got very into them both posting their relationship all over Instagram. This is the complete opposite of how he had been previously where he was quite outwardly private about his personal life.

The cringiest thing was the staged and filmed proposal set to soppy music posted all over the place as soon as it happened. Cue lots of posting of their 'engagement journey' and wedding.

I'm not sure but I don't think he has a steady job at the moment. He has launched then abandoned a couple of businesses online.

She doesn't post about him as often anymore 😬

Thundertoast · Today 16:41

Too many to choose from but the icing on the cake was that we bumped into each other in the street after a year or so of not speaking, he initiated a cordial text exchange afterwards but then shoehorned in:
'Oh, I should also tell you, in case you bump into us, ive started seeing a 25 year old, didnt want you to call me a nonce in public ha ha ha'
(He had a long history of dating women in their early twenties but insisted it wasnt creepy because he also dated women older than him, and besides he's far too intellectual for that he only dates the smart ones because he's just terribly sophisticated you know)

Kevinbaconsrealwife · Today 16:46

Additup · Today 16:21

Has he moved any mountains? 😁

Or found his Phorever people 😂

OneNewEagle · Today 16:46

PinkNailPolish2026 · Today 14:45

Turned up to represent himself in court in an ill fitting suit wearing trainers with a briefcase 🤣

Kicked off at the same Court hearing because my solicitor had asked for a closed court for the hearing due to his new partners behaviour towards me and my daughter. Ex then screamed at me “I’m going to make (insert his new partners name here) DD’s new mummy”. That did NOT go down well with the judge.

Got a tattoo with DD’s name on it for her 5th birthday then proudly showed her it at his supervised contact, he didn’t get her any presents. I could write a book 🤣

Sounds like my ex. Mine went for his own solicitor at the family court and security had to be called. His parental rights were revoked and I’ve never had to see him again.

YourOnMute · Today 16:47

Lunde · Today 16:38

My ex-h booked a church wedding to the OW and a full reception for 60 people .... when we weren't divorced!

In the end the Decree Absolute came through about 6 or 7 days before the wedding.

My ex has actually married again in another state and we're not divorced. He's "disappeared" (to avoid paying maintenance) and not much I can do about it.

Ilovelurchers · Today 16:47

There are many, but ....

He claimed I was lying about dating someone else (he was forever claiming I was lying - in this case he was trying to imply that nobody else would ever want me). So I said, do you want me to send you a photo of us together. He said yes. I did. Then he went mental at me, claiming I was the most heartless person who ever lived for sending this photo.

LostThestral · Today 16:50

stalked me relentlessly

Mapletree1985 · Today 16:50

The man who cheated on me left right and centre, and lied through his teeth to me about everything, posted on another social media about how being such a honest person had held him back in his career.

I was so tempted....

NasiDagang · Today 16:52

Not having a shower or a bath for one month.😷

TheWisePanda · Today 16:53

BillieWiper · Today 15:07

Haha. He sounds familiar. I had a couple guys like that. 'im a musician'...erm not if you don't get paid you're not. And the only thing you know how to play is oasis songs?!!

You’ve just reminded me of my SIL’s ex boyfriend who got his guitar out and started singing oasis songs at the dining table…whilst we were having Christmas dinner…with all the kids, grandparents etc… he was 45 at the time. Total cockwomble.

Isometimeswonder · Today 16:56

ItsNotMeEither · Today 16:23

I'm sorry you came across such an asshole!

Thank you.
He was spiteful because I'd finished things, as soon as I'd realised how controlling he was under the charm.

ThatCyanCat · Today 16:56

YourOnMute · Today 16:47

My ex has actually married again in another state and we're not divorced. He's "disappeared" (to avoid paying maintenance) and not much I can do about it.

Surely you can show the relevant authorities that you're still married so his latest marriage won't be treated as if it's legitimate?

MyArtfulGreySloth · Today 16:59

Messaged me to say I had broken his heart after finding out I was having a baby, ten years after we had broken up 😂

LetsSkipThisPartPleeeeeeeessssse · Today 17:00

Mumofyellows · Today 13:59

Drop my 11yr daughter off and leave her outside the house in January without a house key knowing I was not home and an hour away, so he could go to the gym.

That’s definitely wanky!

Jollyhockeystickss · Today 17:00

Told his new girlfriend that i was fat and ugly and useless etc etc, he got said girlfriend to come to mine to drop off our daughter and i could see this woman who was very unattractive and overweight and frumpy and old so i came out into the road looking gorgeous and tanned in a little summer dress, well the look on his face he was livid, also the look on her face because shes now thinking OMG shes really attractive and if hes saying that about her and shes really attractive whats he saying about me....the look on both their faces...

PuppiesProzacProsecco · Today 17:01

Apparently my ex recently took petrol money off his new wife for driving her to a city 2 hours away to renew her visa - she's from South America and has no recourse to public funds and isn't working so has no income of her own. They have a child together 🤯 I definitely dodged a bullet with that one. I feel for the poor woman.

TheWisePanda · Today 17:02

SparklyGreenTiger · Today 16:22

Tears rolling down my face at this one!

Same here 😂

LetsSkipThisPartPleeeeeeeessssse · Today 17:03

theallypallywasp · Today 14:11

Get his mam to do his ironing (she used to let herself into his flat to do it while he was at work). Prick. I mean that's not the wankiest but it's the one that makes me think WHAT A LOSER the most 😁

I’d love for my mum to come and do my ironing. He’s a lucky chap, not a wanky chap imo.

SeeYouLaterAlligator1 · Today 17:03

We were together for 12 years and had been trying for a baby for around 3 years. I finally fell pregnant and we moved from rural Wales back to Glasgow, my home town. He didn't know anyone there but he had been happy to move.

Little did I know that he had been on 'friendship' sites as soon as we moved to the big city and been chatting to a couple of women. He broke up with me, walked out on me and my baby weeks after they were born and got with one of these women he'd been chatting to while I was pregnant. Got her pregnant 12 months later. Still together I believe so I assume they must be more suited than he and I were. But still. A real prince!

That was 3 years ago and I've not been near a man since!

Frugalgal · Today 17:03

Magpiesinthegarden · Today 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?

Is your ex Trump? 🤣🤣

LetsSkipThisPartPleeeeeeeessssse · Today 17:04

ThePeppyOpalScroller · Today 14:17

Took "his" lightbulbs when he moved out.

😂