“Cancelled His Passport”: 50 Hilarious, Petty And Ridiculous Things People Did After A Breakup

 Friday, March 6, 2026

ou can turn your other cheek or you can draw whiskers on theirs with a permanent marker while they’re asleep. Some people choose to simply walk away after a break-up, others choose to go to war with a very creative (read: petty) cache of ammunition.

Maybe they lied, cheated, or left you at the alter. Whatever atrocity they committed, they best believe revenge is waiting around the corner – ready to pounce when they least expect it. If you’re pondering ways to make your ex pay for their sins, you’re in luck. Someone recently asked, “What’s the pettiest thing you ever done after a break up?” and people weren’t shy to admit the times they refused to be the bigger person.

#1

Woman sitting in car at night looking thoughtful, depicting emotions tied to getting back at an ex in petty ways.

For legal reasons: I didn’t do it (jet). He forgot his second car key at my apartment. For weeks I drove to his place at night (I work night shifts, so I’m awake a lot at night) and parked his car at another place. Not very far away. Just far enough to drive him crazy and doubting his own sanity.

#2

“Cancelled His Passport”: 50 Hilarious, Petty And Ridiculous Things People Did After A Breakup

I got my ex good – he had booked a trip to Bali with the other woman but he owed heaps of child support to his ex wife. I contacted c.s. they took half his pay and put a prohibition to travel overseas order on him. No lovely trip to Bali for him.

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