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    Has anybody here ever chosen not to "turn the other cheek" and just walk away when they've been seriously wronged? I'm not talking about "so and so screwed me over...," I'm talking about the one or two times (if it's ever happened to you at all) where somebody went so far out of bounds on you that it takes awhile for you to even come to grips with the fact that its actually happened... when someone's knowingly made a conscious decision to seriously f*** you over, and then purposefully gone about doing so in a calculated manner. The kind of thing where you strongly consider putting everything else in life on hold so you can devote all of your time and effort to doing your level best to just laying waste to their entire life (through non-physical/non-violent means).

    Please tell me what it's like if you have - the one and only time it ever happened to me, I just let it go and walked away... and for my own personal reasons, I know I made the right choice and I know I'll make the same choice over and over again, no matter how many times it might wind up happening to me over the course of my life. That said, I can't help but wonder what it must feel like to make the other choice... whether it really feels as good as it looks. Anybody "been there, done that"?
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    I think so.

    And yeah, it was the right move. That person was an asshole to me. Why should I let an asshole dictate my actions? I walked away and became a better person for it. I have more friends now than when that happened. Meanwhile, that person's still an asshole.

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    i personally don't knock myself out seeking revenge...outside of knowing that the greatest revenge is success in the very thing that the assholes in life are trying to stop you from getting...

    i've been through a lot of painful...fucked up experiences with people...and these days...i believe that people generally don't give a fuck and will take advantage of someone they perceive as being weak (nice...kind hearted...ect.)...so i no longer go out of my way to be nice...and if someone does or says something to me (hatefully and/or maliciously speaking)...i'll let them know about it...i get labled 'bitch' because i do this...but it's better than getting stomped on by everybody...

    i also stay to myself most of the time...as a result of my experiences...i perfer it that way...
    Why do some people still have to fight...to get the same opportunities...that are given to others??...

    Look out for self...because noone else will...AND
    The greatest revenge in the world...is success...

    Reclusivness...is a good thing.

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    Yes, I did once. It actually wasn't too long ago. It was definately a "tit for tat." Obviously I don't feel like giving details but it was non violent. I felt bad afterwards for stooping to her level , for a minute .

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    I never turn the other cheek...Call me a prick or what have you but if someone screws me over, attacks me, degrads me whatever I'm fightin back. I don't see it as revenge, I see it as me standing up for myself.
    If they have taken the time to go and screw me in a cold calculating manner they obviously knew there would be some kind of counter attack on my part, so they deserve everything I come with, and I'm usually coming with violence......
    And it always feels good to get my revenge.

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    Revenge, i don't know. I can say as a child i had a few friends i got revenge on by taking their toys and breaking them! Now it's more like if someone really hurts me or my family, i will have a say. But i think if i attack the wrong person with my words they may pull a damn gun out. Road rage is pretty much the norm around here, and boy i try to stay out of that crap. They can yell or flick me off all they want, i'm not doing a thing, just driving away.

    Pamela

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    I understood GrnBeret to mean more than a screw-you-over move at work or stealing a CD from your car. I understood it to be a pretty dramatic life occurrence.

    In my case, it had to do with a competitor who did something underhanded. Way underhanded. Possibly illegal underhanded. I didn't seek revenge. I went about business the same way. I refused to bad-mouth my competitor or burden clients with the story. Instead, I just kept at doing my thing. The competitor is now gone, and my shop is stronger.

    So, yeah, I got my revenge - but I didn't work specifically to get revenge. Some people might call that karma. I just say that with a little patience, some things things fall the way I think they should.

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    In my case I had a coworker who decided they wanted my job and set about getting it.
    They lied, stole and badmouthed me at every opportunity,until management gave them my position, and fired me.I got my revenge, along with a violent confrontation, and was able to get them to inform management of what they had done. I got my job back, and quit shortly thereafter for a better position.

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    I will say that just like "one good turn deserves another" so does "one bad turn deserves another."
    Also, remember that bad people who f*ck over others to get what they want usually have their misdeeds catch up to them- through bad reputation, or they eventually cross the WRONG person. You personally might not have to do anything to see the punished- they'll bring it down on themselves.

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    hmmmmm....
    I did once seek revenge, it wasn't on purpose, it just happened... And it was 3 long years coming, funny thing was I know she wanted to hit me and I actually stood there hoping she would, of course she didn't because I def. would have pressed charges, she weighed about 100 more than me... You can guess what I said that made her want to hit me...
    Revenge can be sweet, but sometimes it's too pointless to try and make someone feel like they got the best of you.
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    Well something real bad happened to me kind of like Blade story but it was my manager we never got along and he doesn't like girls with strong caracters that stand up for themselves what a prick he invented some bullshit stories and I got fired but I didn't seek revenge because I don't want to put myself at is level ! I'm better than this and stuff like that only makes you stronger ! Yes it hurted me because something so bad never hapened to me but i'm not waisting my energy with this loser ! I'm not a revengefull person and I forgive easy but when i'm fed up I am and theres no comming back!

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    Revenge is a dish best not served. Two wrongs do not make a right.

    In the end, vengeance is always served even without action. Those with that innate quality of screwing people over die lonely, with family-only funerals and live very isolative and shit selectivity lives. They spend a great deal of time trying to create false, grandiose, external illusions of happiness, but in that hour of wolf when they are alone, they do feel the returns of their behavior. They truly miss out on all the wonders life has to offer and that punishment is greater than anything someone else can inflict.

    Lastly, any form of revenge CAN reinforce their behavior. Temporary suffering inflicted upon someone in revenge only confirms to them the negative impact they have established on others. In most all cases when dealing with losers/abusers, inaction causes much more inflicted frustration than doing something about it. Being the bigger person can cause no end of grief for the loser quotient on this earth.. and given their already regularly felt punishment for their choice of living... enough is enough.
    It doesn't matter if you're somebody in this world, it rather matters you mean the whole world to somebody.

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    I dunno, Polecat ... just look at how well the cycle of revenge has served places like the Balkans, the Middle East, Northern Ireland .......

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    Unless someone phsyical hurts me, my family, or my friends....i usually just turn the other cheek.

    Oh there's been times i wanted to get revenge....but I usually just walk away. Its not worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by polecat
    Revenge is a dish best not served. Two wrongs do not make a right.
    Seriously, how old are we here? I mean if you wanna know my ultimate revenge, I was in 1st grade. This kid Tyler used to always give me crap for the way I dressed (oversized sweatshirt meets leggings meets KEDS-we were in first grade for Chryst's sake) ANYWAY, I put a thumbtac on his chair and he sat on it. I got in trouble, but he was never mean to me again.

    But my point is, I was in first grade. Someone who thinks about hurting you has nothing to do with you, NOTHING! It's a choice THEY made on THEIR own about you. They fucked u over? That sux, but you know, you've probably fucked people over too and not even noticed it so I would let it go. who cares?

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