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Revenge Story №1/6: Cathartic Payback
Revenge according to the Little Oxford Dictionary is to “satisfy oneself by retaliation: avenge: take vengeance: desire for vengeance: an act that satisfies this: revengeful — eager for revenge: vindictive “
Disclaimer: The stories I am telling you could well be urban legends, Chinese whispers even but really they are too good not to share! And the place of origin is just where the stories supposedly occurred. However having said this, this is just the stuff of legends urban and otherwise!
Now my husband definitely does not agree with me but I think that taking some small revenge is good. Not the evil, maiming type of revenge; just a little something to show that you are not going to take the other person’s crap lying down. A sweet petite little something to give one satisfaction and a bit of a laugh later. To be honest, I enjoy making the odd little retribution plan, thinking up the strategy, cogitating on possible outcomes; this part is absolutely much more fun than putting a plan into action and actually having to do something about it.
So to be honest I have never taken it the distance. I guess it is the darker aspect of human nature that lurks inside me which invites, beckons, and enjoys when another participates in the receipt of their just…
