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Woman Deals With Toxic Ex And His Constant Threats: “I Played Dirty”

When you’re happily in love, you never imagine things falling apart. But once a relationship turns sour, it’s shocking how quickly everything can get ugly.

This Redditor divorced her husband and shared custody of their children. But the moment she began seeing someone new, her ex seemed to take it out on the kids. He grew controlling, obsessive, and repeatedly threatened to sue her over even the smallest things.

Eventually, she reached her limit and decided to beat him to it. Scroll down below to see how it all unfolded.

The woman started seeing someone new after divorcing her husband

Image credits: peus80 / Envato (not the actual photo)

But the moment her ex learned about it, he threatened to sue her over their kids—a move he soon regretted

Image credits: Satura_ / Envato (not the actual photo)

Image credits: dvatri / Envato (not the actual photo)

Image credits: anon

Plenty of readers cheered the author on for teaching her ex-husband a lesson

While some shared similar stories of their own

Others, however, felt she hadn’t handled the situation as well as she could have

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