I (34M) never thought I’d be the kind of person to get revenge, but here we are. My (ex) wife (31F) was cheating on me for nearly a year. I only found out when I came home early from a business trip and saw a pair of unfamiliar shoes by the door and two glasses of wine on the counter.
Instead of exploding, I quietly gathered up the guy’s shoes, wallet, phone, and keys. I left them all in a box in the middle of the front lawn and poured a bottle of maple syrup over them. Then I walked out without saying a word.
When Carla finally called me, she was shrieking about how “immature” I was and how her boyfriend was humiliated in front of the neighbors. She said I “ruined his life” because his wife found out when she tracked his phone to my house to come get him.
I didn’t feel guilty. Not for a second. The affair ruined their lives, not me. I told her that if she’d been honest, none of this would have happened.
Two months later, her boyfriend’s wife cleaned him out in the divorce. I moved out the same week and haven’t looked back. I never admitted what I did to his stuff. Let them wonder.
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Dude, NTA. Not even close. They destroyed ur life w/o a second thought, so why should u give a damn about theirs? Syrup just makes it sweet justice. Karma’s a bitch when it hits in sticky slow-mo. Keep ur head up, king. 👑💪💯
No chocolate sprinkles?
It doesn’t seem like you regret anything. So why are you posting in AITHA?
I don’t really think you believe you could be the asshole here.
If you really want to out icing on the cake extra thick hook up with his ex.
Kinda hope the ants got into that box
Lol you would be an asshole for caring what those people say
NTA
NTA, screw them both. not your fault her bullshit got him in trouble.
NTA. In fact, dole out the same level of revenge on your ex as well.
Question: was it real maple syrup or the fake shit? Also, this doesn’t seem like much stuff – how would your neighbors even notice much less be judging the dude enough to humiliate him? And how does the phone being covered in syrup relate to his wife tracking it?
Lol, dude, NTA at all. You just served some sweet, sticky justice. They effed up big time & got what they deserved. Karma’s a syrup-ey bitch, eh? 🍁
In case you didn’t get the memo, NTA. Your ex wife is really insane to say all that to you.
Nta, but I don’t get how it would be your fault the wife tracked the phone? It would have been at your house with or without having gotten righteously aunt jemima’d.
You are half my age and yet, I am in love. You are magnificent.
Honestly, that’s the most revenge I’ve ever heard. Sticky, but classy.
This story doesnt make sense. What would what you did have anything to do with his wife finding out if she was picking him up why would she have ti track his phone and if she was tracking his phone then she could have already done that couldn’t she? And what do you mean you left them wondering and didnt admit to it? You said she called you saying you embarrassed him by doing it so obviously they know you did it??
Think you meant to post this in petty revenge or something. Cos that was some sweet revenge, literally!
You’re clearly NTA!
Sounds fake. No way she just happened to find his location after a year the same day you find them at your house from a “business trip”. Also no way you grabbed his stuff without him knowing. His phone would be next to him; you wrote the story as someone who came home found all this guys stuff in another room far enough to not hear you and you walked around the house and got a box and were still not on their radar.
Please do better with your creative writing in the future
Lol, NTA. I hope you dont get ruined in the divorce
You acted like a mature person, and we need to take an example from you
How would you think you might possibly be TA, your not at all.
I really like peanut butter and maple syrup on my pancakes. I think you should’ve added peanut butter as well.
What a cool solution.
NTA. But how did you pouring syrup on his stuff cause his wife to track him there? They made the choices to cheat and they get to deal with the consequences
Not the a**hole. They broke your trust you just served some sweet karma
No! I love to see this.. if someone goes low you go lower!
I think he got away very lightly. And so did your ex wife. Personally I might have set up a trap where I ‘go out’ wait til he arrives. Give it half an hour and go back in with camera rolling and catch them in the act. Share the video online and share the love
What if it was a friend or one of her family members? You did this without even knowing who it was?
You ATAH bc you wasted our time by make us read this bs.
Cool story bro
Man, you wasted real maple syrup?
I doubt there were many other suspects so …
NTA next time use something with less character. Corn syrup, cheap pancake syrup.
Naw, I would have done far, far worse.
Maple syrup?😬 I can think of cheaper options like dog turds
40 comments in 21 minutes. How plausible and real lol
Have you asked his ex wife on a date yet? Plot twist?
Super duper fake!
Would have made more sense if he threw the guys belongings in the fire pit with some lighter fluid
How can his wife tracking his phone be your fault?
Maple syrup, try gasoline and a match like a real man
Awesome!
Might I suggest search for some good books on how to better craft a work of fiction.
Cool story… bro
AI
I would have used gasoline..
Seriously you couldn’t make up anything better?
This sounds fake as hell. You find your wife cheating, and your response is incredibly minor and petty vandalism before disappearing into the night? And somehow, the affair partner’s wife had to come get him because he couldn’t get over the mild inconvenience of having sticky keys to start his car? Was your water shut off? Did he have no way of cleaning the keys, which would have taken all of a minute or two?
I’m calling fake on this one. Too much just doesn’t add up.
Why didn’t the boyfriend just wash off the maple syrup, he had no need to contact his wife if he did not want her to know, sounds fake as F**K to me.
Fiction is confusing sometimes.
What do you mean you never admitted to it and left them wondering? Isn’t that what your wife was calling you up and calling you immature for, because the neighbours could somehow see this box and it embarrassed the guy? And also his wife found out by tracking his phone to your house and that is your fault because of…reasons?
another fake af story.
YTA
It’s your wife that cheated on you, he doesn’t owe you anything and he is not the problem. You ruined his stuff when she’s the problem. Don’t project your anger in the wrong direction.
Miss please remove this bait
I ain’t never Auntie Jemimah’d anyone, but I bet it felt good.
ai fake there was another one a couple months ago where the guy took the belongings and dumped it in a dumpster
NTA That is great. I would find his clothes and add them to that sticky mess. I hope her parents like you more than they like her. My in-laws loved me more than they liked their own son. And after they found out what he did, they barely talked to him, but I was treated like their daughter, dropping the in-law. Lol Sorry, not sorry.
I’m so confused and have so many questions
Absolute bullshit.
Good for you and his ex wife
NTA
That’s gold, right there.
NTA. That sounds like very “Canadian” revenge though…
Personally, I would have used bbq lighter fluid and had a bonfire. But that’s just me. Your way is more subtle.
Nicely done, OP.
NTA.
Much luck, love and peace as you find your happiness ♥️🫂.
It’s not just that you’re a liar. The lies are just so damn boring.
This has fake written all over it, too much doesn’t add up. Modern phones are water resistant, maple syrup isn’t going to magically kill his phone unless he’s a rare foldable user. Was he not able to drive his own car, you said you threw his keys in the box… I’m calling bullshit.
You never admitted it but Carla called you about it and you confessed? 🤔
Cough coubullshitgh cough
Did she actually call him her boyfriend? That’s wild. NTA. 😂😂😂
You didn’t “cover it in syrup” you were attempting to deter theft as it sat unattended.
Nice story
Was it nice maple syrup ?
Maybe TA but blisteringly awesome.
I feel like I read a version of this story a while back
NTA then and NTA now
How do you know the personal details about the boyfriend’s wife? I’m calling BS
4/10 fanfic.
>When Carla finally called me, she was shrieking about how “immature” I was and how her boyfriend was humiliated in front of the neighbors. She said I “ruined his life” because his wife found out when she tracked his phone to my house to come get him.
And? Who fucking cares? Didn’t ask? L + Ratio.
Seriously, she’s your cheating ex, absolutely nothing she says from this point, and probably even before it, should matter to you. Every aspect of her relationship with you was a lie, and even if to her it wasn’t it may as well be taken as one. Better to think she was always a user bint than to take even a shred of her antics as serious.
NTA