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Her friend who played the lookout even got a phone call that night. Amber's ex's roommate called her friend and issued a warning.
"Tell Amber she has 24 hours to get our stuff back."
"Who the hell did they think they were? The Mafia?" I say with a laugh.
"It didn't matter to me because I had already decided to take all of that stuff to the pawn shop and then take myself to the mall," she says.
As we swapped stories, I had to wonder, what makes us feel so compelled to do these things to people we obviously loved at one point in time?
After dinner, I decide that all of us need therapy. So, I reach out to an expert to find out if we're really crazy or if this is "normal."
"When a lover leaves you, you feel hurt, rejected and angry," says relationship expert Dr. Elaine Stevens. "Because of those feelings, you want to get back at the person because, in your mind, that person has done you wrong. It is normal to want to hurt the other person, but it is definitely not healthy or wise. Our emotions cause us to do things that we would never do under normal circumstances. [The woman who wore a diaper and drove hundreds of miles to confront her lover and his new love interest, for example.] These things are highly emotion-driven, and human nature often makes us want to do things in an unorthodox way when emotions are involved."
Dr. Stevens is right about people seeking to do things in an unorthodox way. Curious to see if there were other stories of revenge out there, I do a Goggle search and find a bunch of Web sites that encourage you to take revenge and a few that will do it for you (for a fee, of course).
• Makehimpay.net was one of the meaner free sites, offering tips to get revenge on an ex like: Carefully use a razor blade to slice through most of the stitches holding the seams of his pants together. Leave some stitches intact so his pants don't rip apart when he first puts them on. His big dirty ass will be exposed to the world in about half a day. Or, use a bottle of syrup to write his most embarrassing secrets on the hood and trunk of his car. Top off the syrup with your favorite color glitter!
• Getrevengeonyourex.com: This fee-based site allows you to send twisted gifts to your ex and also has a feature where someone will record a haunting message to a CD and then send it to your ex. Since this site is based in Europe, you more than likely won't get caught and it only costs $26.95 -- less than a dozen roses on Valentine's Day.
• Thepayback.com: From this site, you can send that dirty ex a smelly dead fish for $19.99. And since it's almost Valentine's Day, send your ex the flowers you never got ... only they're dead. The site claims that everything is sent anonymously, so you shouldn't get caught.
