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AITA for Cutting Off My Ex When He Asked for Help? After her divorce, M found herself in a moment that displayed her newfound assertiveness. She ended her 14-year marriage due to her ex-husband’s cheating and lies, and had since become more confident—a change he deeply resented. This became clear soon after their divorce was finalized when he demanded she send over his belongings from their old home.
Even though he lived just ten miles away, he insisted she pack and send his stuff to avoid seeing her. M agreed but with a twist. She carefully packed the valuable and fragile items, thinking their sons might want them someday. But for the things her ex wanted, she packed them quickly and without much care.
When his emissary came to pick up the boxes, he loaded them into his truck carelessly. Later, her ex angrily accused M of ruining his possessions and called her names. M calmly defended herself with photos showing everything was intact before she sealed the boxes. She reminded him that he had told her to just “toss it all in boxes,” without asking for careful handling.
That evening, as M enjoyed a glass of wine, she felt empowered. Her actions had clearly shown her boundaries and strength. Her ex-husband had finally learned not to underestimate her resolve and independence.
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As a dude – i totally support this.
There is this thing ‘could you please’ and although I’m Polish and my GF literally admitted she uses a filter on me being blunt, I would rather use the ‘pretty please’ in this situation.
For the record, if somebody is wondering: GF is Australian and proper etiquette is a thing for them. I am Polish and not exactly good at taking hints. We have a very loving relationship and while I learned to treat ‘dragging a bit’ as ‘I am not doing well at all’ she learned that Polish is very minimalistic and I sometimes sound like I give her orders which I absolutely do not (e.g. ‘send this to Dad’ in Polish is considered an encouragement while in English it is considered an order).
And yeah, communication and explaining it is the key 🙂 we are still happy together 🙂
If he had bothered to go over and get his own stuff, this would not have happened. Nor did he even tell this person what was in the boxes and to be gentle..LOL
My ex decided to impliment our financial agreement before it was settled at court. Canceled his direct debits for all the bills on the family home with no warning. So i said if we are implementing the consent order already, then I own everything left in the home and can discard it as i see fit. I gave him 2 weeks to pick up his stuff he had left here for over 2 years.
I helped bag it up and included every loose bit of card, tape, scrap and dust bunny. Scattered with his things. He said he wanted it all and I was to throw nothing away. It was about 4 car loads.
PatchworkRaccoon314 writes:
One imagines that whoever he probably demanded to bring his stuff over in the back of his pickup truck, had a similar devil-may-care attitude regarding their contents. This MC was made possible by the wordless agreement between the two of you; if he had transported the boxes with the utmost care, nothing would have been damaged.
Now this is a truly malicious compliance. Spirit ignored, letter conformed. 🙂 Well done!
