27 Women Share “The Pettiest Thing” They’ve Done After A Breakup

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After the bro I was dating gave me the silent treatment for a week (while we lived together) and then I found out he was cheating on me, I hid all his protein powder in his dirty laundry. He called the cops about three weeks later, who then showed up at my house asking about stolen protein powder.

I informed them that no it wasn’t stolen and if he had done his laundry in the last three weeks he would have found it. One cop looked annoyed, but the other one burst out laughing. Wish I could have seen my ex’s face when the cops informed him he needed to do his laundry!—u/AaahhFakeMonsters

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My husband of 24 years was cheating on me. I figured it out about 2 months after it really started, but he kept the identity of the other woman a secret. A few weeks before our divorce, I decided I needed to know why it was such a mystery so I did some investigating. Turns out it was a co-worker who was also married…. so I went to their house and knocked on the door and told her husband. My ex had the nerve to call me and accuse me of ruining peoples lives. #teampetty—u/Annies231

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My ex was super into the drift scene and loved cool cars but he was always super broke. He broke up with me on Christmas Day by gifting me a pair of socks and telling me it wasn’t working out after I had bought him a ton of nice Christmas gifts.

The next week I took all my hard earned money I was saving up to by myself a new car and bought the exact one he talked about constantly but was too broke to buy himself. Made sure he saw it by driving through the parking garage he was working at as the ticket guy and it felt f—king good to see his face as he handed me that ticket.—u/MFDong

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He got another girl pregnant, so of course I broke up with him and demanded he return all of my things, including anything I bought him. He asked for some money he had given me back. Instead I got on my computer and printed out “a**hole dollars”. I printed and cut them out and put them in a sealed envelope. He didn’t realize until he got in the cab to go back home he had fake money. And no I never gave him back his real money.—u/jfallenangel

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Was in a relationship for two years, two years too long. He was an abusive alcoholic that was lovingly manipulative when sober. Broke up with him after having to call the police on him after a rather rough night. Two weeks later and I’m staying strong, telling him he has to be sober for at least a year before I would ever consider giving him another chance. For the first time I stuck to my no, which was new for him and he very much so did not like it. Cue him then spilling that he had been cheating on me for two months anyways with a girl he had sworn he was just friends with.

Two months later I’m going through a junk drawer of mine and I found I still had his spare car key. I am not an angry person day to day and I honestly don’t even wish anything bad towards him.

I did however move his car two blocks every morning for a week. And on the last day, after what I’m sure was a week of being late to work and feeling on the verge of insanity, I left his car where he had parked it. I did also though turn the volume to max and move everything movable slightly. Do I think it was healthy? Not really but it did f—king feel great—u/eringobraugh96

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I logged into his Pokemon Go account and deleted his whole box. —u/TeamRocketish

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I found out a guy I’d dated for almost a year (and who wanted me to move in with him and wanted to get me pregnant?!) had been cheating with his ex nearly the whole relationship. He was very insecure about his little member’s size (emphasis on little). So after i confronted him about the cheating and he was begging forgiveness, i texted “oh don’t stress about it. Just means you’ve been disappointing 2 women in bed for the last year instead of just 1.” Super petty but quite effective as an immediate show-stopper.—u/burymeinsand

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A long time ago my ex cheated on me with a friend. So I went on Craigslist and put an ad up for cheap tickets to 98 degrees, who were coming to town. I put my ex’s phone number on it and asked for people to call from 10pm on, because I “worked 3rd shift” I’ve grown up a but since then, but I still think it’s funny.—u/jpguitfiddler

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After a messy breakup, my ex kept harassing me at home and at school by shouting awful things at me. I asked him to stop but he refused because it was “too fun.” So, in the spirit of “fun,” I posted a shirtless picture of him (which he posted on social media right after our breakup as another way to psychologically torment me) and his phone number on Craigslist’s men-seeking-men page. The headline? “Young guy looking for fun.” Not only did he have to change his phone number, but he also never bothered me again.—u/gradschoolgal93

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I went to a Panera bread after hours and acquired 3 trash bags of bagels and threw them at his house.—u/iblametheowl