When you've been cheated on, it's hard to not retaliate in some form or another. While it's usually best to end the relationship there and then and get out while you can, it's not uncommon for some people to drag the relationship out in order to exert some form of revenge on their deceitful partner through multiple different avenues.
Whether it's through cheating yourself, or constantly nagging at them and making their life hell, revenge never usually ends well and it's more than likely that you will only serve to hurt yourself once more. However, one man seems to have perfected the art of revenge. Appearing on Reddit to share his story, user Itsme03 outlined the ridiculous lengths he went to in order to get revenge on his wife.
Beginning the story saying that he had seen multiple red flags such as laughing and smiling while texting her 'mother' and staying 'late at work' every night, the man began getting suspicious that something funny was going on. According to the user, the straw that broke the camel's back was when his wife went out to get some milk and didn't come home for over 2 hours.
So, a few months down the line and on her birthday, the man devises a plan which is both brilliant and evil in equal measure.
"After asking what she wanted to do this year she was rather insisted [sic] on me going out of town with my friends as she just had to work anyways and didn't want to be reminded she was ageing.
"So I know something is up and after finding a bottle of champagne and two glasses hidden in my closet, something snaps. So I do what any sensible man would have done. I leave and go to my friends house pretending like I am going out of town. While there, I call up her mother, father, sister and several of her friends. I tell them how I want to give her a big surprise by sneaking into her room with party streamers, kazoos and a big cake with candles. Sounds fun right?! Well boy was it.
"It's 8:30 in the morning and I have everyone meet just outside our apartment. We all pile in the elevator (about 8 of us in total), her mother holding the cake and me reminding everyone to be as quiet as they can be. I put my key in and unlock the door, we all sneak in and make our way down the hall towards the bedroom. Each hold a kazoo and Mom holding the cake grinning from ear to ear.
You see where this is going right...
"Well as I throw open the door and we all yell surprise. But the surprise was on us and there was my wife, bent over in doggy style position with her lover staring at us wide eyed mid thrust. Mom drops the cake, sister screams, father begins to shout. I pretend like I'm horrified to which her friends try to push everyone out while yelling at her. Wife, excuse me, ex-wife is sobbing and screaming how could I while the lover is trying to put his pants on while running out of the place. Needless to say, it was one of the best birthday presents I have ever given."
Understandably, plenty of Redditors had a lot to say about the story, with the majority praising the man for his actions.
While this is undoubtedly a pretty extreme case of getting revenge on a cheating ex, if you're willing to go behind your partner's back and begin a relationship with someone else, you should be prepared for the consequences. After all, if you play with fire, you get burnt.