As humans, we are generally quite good at understanding the gap between the spirit of a request and the literal meanings of the words. This allows us to be selective when someone we don’t particularly like, for example atoxic ex, starts making all sorts of demands but isn’t picky enough with their words.
A womanmaliciously compliedwith her ex-husband’s request to “toss” his things into boxes. She took the idea quite literally, to his dismay.We reached out to the woman who shared the story via direct message and will update the article when she gets back to us.
Listening to an ex’s demands can be grating
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So one woman decided to take his words literally, to his chagrin
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It’s possible to do exactly as someone says while not actually fulfilling their wish
For example, in this story, the ex-husband, rather lazily, makes the demand to have his things “tossed” in some boxes. “Toss it over there” is a common enough phrase that most of us wouldn’t even think twice. After all, it’s pretty clear that he doesn’t want his valuable collectables literally tossed.
However, the woman decided to act on this technicality. He perhaps didn’t actually want his items treated this way, but he can’t exactly be that mad when she literally followed his demands to the letter. As she herself puts it, “my ex learned to not ask me to do anything for him any more.”
This can be seen as a teaching moment
At the very least, hopefully, it would teach him to be more careful with his words. Barring that, maybe he can at least consider simply doing things himself instead of asking a person (with kids) to pack his own things for him. While her actions were perhaps a tad hostile, it could have been a lot worse. Besides,humoris always important, during the good times, as well as the bad.
After all, he has been described as a cheater and jerk, so some folks would see this as a prime opportunity to scatter their belongings across a busy road. Her keeping them and even being willing to ship them to his new residence is, in all honesty, a sign of character. Importantly, she barely even “tossed” the items, instead, allowing the delivery process to do most of the damage. People who have been cheated on tend to go to moreelaborate lengthsthan just some “tossed” boxes.
We love malicious compliance because it requires cleverness and skill
The hope, in a case like this, is that the ex-husband has perhaps learned his lesson. Of course, as a “jerk and cheater,” laziness is lower on the list of things he should perhaps improve, but it’s a start. At the very least, the woman gets to have a nice memory to perhaps get some closure on what was not a happy relationship.
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