You know, it wasn’t nasty… just probably the best. It’s also very cliché. I went on to have a good life. I was married for a number of years (11). I thought I had a good marriage. A home we owned together. A 2 year old daughter.
Then, I found out my then wife was cheating on me. We ended up getting a divorce. Sure, I thought of all these nasty things I could have done. Heck, 12 (16) years later, I’m STILL finding out about things she stole from me when she left… things from when I was kid. For some reason, after she cheated on me, then left me, destroyed our marriage, she continued to blamed me enough to think she deserved revenge???
Anyhow, that relationship lasted a couple of months. Then she went onto a new guy, that she is still married to. Through that marriage she has been cheated on a few times. Honestly, he treats her like garbage and treated my daughter bad, too. Her family hates him. (To put it in perspective, I’m still on good terms and talk to a few of her brothers and sisters regularly).
On to my devious revenge:
I am now remarried. (I’m updating this a few years later, and have been married 9 years now). My daughter loves my wife and would love for her mother to allow my wife to adopt her. My daughter now lives with me exclusively and sees her mom maybe a few hours a month (It’s less now, her mom doesn’t want to see her). I now have a son with my wife as well. We have a nice house and a comfortable life. I’ve gone on and had a good life. I still work at the same job I had (I’ve since quit, and become a full-time lecturer) I’ve gotten my degree and my MBA and now even teach on the side. I’m good at my job and enjoy it. I have a good, successful life. It wasn’t always easy, and truthfully, I wasn’t always magnanimous about it. And God only knows how many times I have plotted “get back at her”.
The ultimate revenge is to show her what she gave up. Every day, she gets to understand what she had, and what she has. Both in her marriage and with her relationship with her daughter (or lack there of).
Update: I just happened to notice another upvote. I appreciate that. I am glad that my story has made a few people happy. I am very happy. I added a few notes above and cleaned it up a bit. I now teach full time. It’s actually more work than just teaching on the side, but I enjoy it. I just saw a note from a student this past semester saying he got a summer internship and thanked me because he thinks one of the reasons he landed it was because of the class I teach. That is amazing. Life is not perfect, it never is. There are always struggles. Overall though, even though my ex-wife destroyed me, she opened the door for a happier chapter of my life. She freed me from the mundane to experience the magic of a truly amazing person that I now get to spend my life with. AND… I have the perfect, nasty revenge, I’m happy.