Is revenge sweet?

I put a spud up the exhaust of the car, owned by someone who did me a huge disservice. I still smile when I think of it.

Oldwoman70 that's brilliant ?.
I did take revenge for something appalling an ex did. If I had more evidence I would have had him charged but unfortunately it was word against word....
I will only say my revenge was remote. And satisfying.

As for the war of words/genders/views happening on the thread. I thought all people were welcome and all views were relevant, whether they opposed yours or not. Unless it's a personal insult, which is not okay.
Diversity makes us human.

I have the neighbour from hell
I would constantly get called to fence to discuss an issue along their $30000 fence. I rescue livestock and they are allowed to roam free, apparently the animals leaned on their fence so numerous times we had been told to do something about it, so to keep the peace, we installed an electric fence. Next call was to say we had a dead white cat near the fence, goodness it was a ginger chicken and not even ours. Ok remove it get on with life. Next call to fence, my horses are in their native area. Ahm sorry not mine, they are up at the shed waiting for their breakfast. Next time, my pigs are damaging their native bush, pigs are asleep on my lounge chair. Final time, I saw red, my turkeys were flying over the fence because my dogs were chasing them. Such hog wash, so my reply as I walked off, f... off to be then told I would regret saying that and that I was a very primitive woman. I kept walking, just ignore. Well the EPA had a we had cleared the farm, the RSPCA because our animals have no shelter, then the pound our dogs chasing kangaroos. Final time it was the drone flying overhead and I dropped my pants and flashed my butt. Ok I had had enough. Fire breaks were put in according to local laws not clearing land. We have lots of trees and stables for animals to shelter in, but they choose our patios, the dogs were sitting on patio barking at the birds to watch them fly off, not chasing kangaroos, their dog barked and frightened, a turkey which got caught up in his barb wire fence and we had to suture up. Our pigs are too content to go in their place, we have the water and food and are often inside sleeping with dogs. Yes my revenge was sweet dropping my pants, hence no more complaints as yet. The RSPCA and pound are friends, I take in their animals that need a home lol

I've never taken revenge but hope that karma will eventually step in! Pointless I know but taking revenge is a waste of energy.

Years ago my friends husband had an affair. He was in the fashion business so she did what seems popular with women, and cut up all his expensive suits.
But a happy ending..... They are happily still together.

By the way the electric fence isn’t connected either

Gall bladder stones grind up like pepper - and my cheating ex loved extra pepper on his steak...........

I believe in Karma....no need for revenge.

not sure on this one. i wouldnt have bothered to get revenge. its not worth it .you are lowering yourself to their level.bag up clothes and give them to him sweetly .and move on...child support will sort out the child payments.. i know you feelm like smacking him in the mouth .but he's not worth the effort..

Well, if my husband betrayed me, I would kick him out and institute divorce proceedings, but I wouldn't waste my time destroying his property.

That sort of thing strikes me as being petty and childish beyond belief.

I have reported a con man to the police, who couldn't do anything, but that is hardly revenge, is it?

I believe in karma what goes around comes around. I knew a woman who was gay and she moved in a friends house as a lodger. The husband of the couple she moved in with worked nights. The two women became lovers and kicked the husband out of the house which was later sold. The two women then bought a flat out of the house proceeds. Two years later the ex wife died in her sleep next to her gay lover apparently of “natural causes”. The gay women sold the flat and moved in as a lodger again with another couple and again their marriage was ruined and the husband left the house with their two teenagers. That house was later sold and again proceeds of the sale went towards the women buying another house. The ex wife inherited a large amount of money, 18 months later she fell down the stairs and died from her head injuries. I went to the police and told them I was suspicious of the two deaths and I told them I thought the lesbian was the reason they died. The police said they had looked into it and could not prove anything and they wondered if I was jealous which I was not. In the meantime the gay women had a nice house built on an acre of land and drove around in an expensive car. The day before she was due to move into her new house she was killed in a car crash.

In the 1960s my Dad bought a pram from a toy/children's shop in Tolworth near where we lived. It developed faults but the shop wasn't interested - no Trading Standards in those days! So Dad found out where the owner lived and went round one late night to let the air out of his car tyres. He could be quite vengeful, could Dad!

Just over a ear ago I was extremely badly treated by someone I should have got out of my life a long time ago. The emotional hurt was worse than anything I have ever experienced. I was very hungry for revenge. Everyone who knew about this, including a counsellor I was seeing at the time said that revenge was a bad idea, that being the better person was the way etc.etc. so I waited. I now feel as if I should have taken revenge then and there, and as if it is all too late now. He got away with it, though I hold out some hope from other posters that Karma may still yet come for him.

I believe that living your life well is the best revenge...

Like Maya Angelou says in "Still I Rise" - which is an empowering poem about the struggle to overcome prejudice and injustice.
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Read the rest for yourself... it is indeed amazing.

10:18 Phoebes, Quote [ Grandad 1943: There is a reason why this is “Gransnet” not “Grandparents net”. Why not set up your own forum for men and don’t criticise ours?] End Quote.

Catlover123 [ Grandad1943, I agree with Pheobes. Sticking my head above the parapet here - I don't want men on Gransnet, I like the fact that it is mostly grans! Nothing personal against you, I just want a woman's forum ]End Quote.

So, Phoebes & Catlover123 you both obviously do not agree with or wish to uphold the terms of both The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010, under which so much has been carried out to bring equality to women in their workplaces and everyday lives.

To give just two examples of landmark judgments in favour of women under the above acts, Muirfield Golf Club was forced admit its first women members after 275 years of existence, and more recent, Presenter Samira Ahmed has successfully taken the BBC to an employment tribunal over alleged unequal pay and won a landmark judgment under the act.

No doubt Phoebes & Catlover123 you would, I assume, support the legislation and principal that allowed women for the first time to gain access to an organisation that prescribed against them purely on the grounds of their gender, and also support that same legislation when it ruled in favour of a journalist who was being paid far less than a male college purely on the grounds of her gender.

However, the above acts do also cover both genders in terms of equal rights, and in that it supports the right of any man to be a member of this forum despite its title or the views of any of its members. In the same, the above parliamentary acts also support the right of any man or woman to gain membership of any other institution or organisation they hold qualification to join, as gender cannot be used as a sole reason to refuse access.

Therefore Phoebes & Catlover123 and any other forum member(s) who hold similar outdated views and beliefs as yourselves, I will continue my membership of this forum and continue to post on any topic or thread I so desire. The forgoing will most certainly be due in part to my knowledge that there are forum members such as yourselves who do not wish me to be here purely on the grounds of gender intolerance.

I think a well thought out act of revenge can be very cathartic. Moreso than waiting around for karma, or expecting what goes around to come around.

You tell 'em, grandad!
The site is for everyone, and the reason its called gransnet is because that supposedly makes clear that its for males and females. even though it doesn't, at all

Often what goes round, comes round without the need to do anything oneself to get revenge.

"Is Pippa bum still better than mine?"

Remember that sprayed on the passenger side of a car after he had compared his girlfriend's bum unfavourably to Pippa Middletons? He drove his car to work in the Birmingham rush hour, unable to do anything about it

It is neither Granniesnet nor Grandadsnet but GRANsnet, which is common to both, just as the letters G R A and N are in both words.

I for one would be very sad to be robbed of the input of the men who have contributed to this forum, and I wish there were more of them. Their personalities vary, just as those of the women on here vary, but that reflects real life, and a different viewpoint often gives a three-D effect to a subject. If someone doesn't appeal to you, it is because of their personality, not the fact of being male or female, and the more someone posts, the more you appreciate their good points.

I must confess that when Grandad1943 first joined Gransnet, I found his style rather dry and a bit OCD - but after reading more of his posts, I see past the formal style and admire his usual good sense and high principles. Don't let a few posters with prejudices chase you away, grandad.

I know that living a happy life after divorce can be the best revenge, and when the opportunity happens (such as weddings, Christenings) let the ex's new girlfriends see how carefree and hyper glam you are after leaving HIM.

They both left HIM, in time too, when they discovered why I was so happy.

I find usually that what goes around comes around so no need to take revenge.

Years ago I worked "away" mon-fri as I was on loan to another branch of my office. I lodged in a shared house with two other people and the resident owner. As lodgers we had few rights back then and landlord hadn't drawn up a lodgers agreement.
The owner was always after more money - first he said that he needed extra for council tax as he could no longer have the single occupancy discount, we all paid up ,(fools!). Then he started saying other things were extra eg use of the washing machine; the person with the bike had to pay extra to keep it in the shed and so on. We just ignored most of the demands and then we found he was telling a that b&c paid extra for this, and telling b that a&c were paying for that. The daft thing was that he didnt realise that we talked to each other and compared notes about his demands.

Anyway we got on really well and decided to move out together, something we managed to organise on the quiet. We overlapped the two properties so on the last day we seemingly just went off to work as normal before he was up. What was different was the three rent books left on the counter with three letters saying we had moved out (and no forwarding addresses)

The only regret was that we weren't there to see his reaction!!

Oh hell yes it feels good!

I unpicked the rear seams of my ex husband’s trousers, including his uniform (Royal Navy). He was having an affair and had bought himself all new designer underwear, so I thought it would be a shame if only his mistress could see it!