Everyone’s had an awful breakup, yet some haunt us forever — whether it’s an ex creating chaos or our own rev::enge gone too far. Those stories stick, which makes us laugh or cringe for years.

1. The Tinder trap
So, last week, my coworker pulled me aside and said, “Your Tinder bio is hilarious, but maybe a little too honest?” Alarm bells.

Turns out, my lovely ex had created a fake account using my photos and the bio: “Full-time mess, part-time plate juggler (literally—I dropped one last week). I own 12 plants but forgot to water 11. Swipe right if you can parallel park because I can’t.”

Now, my coworker keeps offering to “teach me” how to park. Thanks, Steve.

2. The wedding crasher extraordinaire :
After I left my ex, he became obsessed with winning me back — or at least ruining my life. When he found out I was getting married, he RSVP’d to the wedding under a fake name. On the big day, he showed up dressed as a mime, complete with face paint, refusing to speak but mimicking everyone’s actions. He was eventually escorted out, but not before leaving a trail of chaos and making my new in-laws question my family’s stability. My husband and I laugh about it now, calling him “The Mime Who Couldn’t Move On.”

3. The case of the missing remote :
We had a bitter fight about the TV before breaking up, mostly over what to watch. A week later, I realized every single remote control in my house was missing. My TV remote, my fan remote, even the remote for the LED lights under my bed—all gone.

I tore the place apart and finally found them… taped inside a Tupperware container, frozen in a block of ice in my freezer. She’d left a sticky note on top: “Cool off, loser.”

4. The rebranded coffee :
My ex knew I loved my morning coffee. I always ordered from the same café and even used a reward card. After the breakup, she worked her connections and somehow convinced the barista to rebrand my usual latte as “The Sad Single.”

I found out when the barista yelled, “Sad Single for Brian!” in front of a packed line. Turns out she was friends with the barista’s roommate. I tipped double and pretended I didn’t care, but I started making coffee at home after that.

5. The silent alarm :
After we split, I started waking up at 4:17 a.m. every day, even though I hadn’t set an alarm. I thought I was losing it.

Then I remembered we’d connected our phones to the same smart home system. She was using the app to set alarms on my devices remotely. I got revenge by setting her lights to flash like a rave at 3 a.m. every night until she blocked me.