Divorce can be really hard on kids especially when their parents move in with a new significant other.
In today’s story, one kid gets revenge on dad’s girlfriend in a very creative way after the woman proved she shouldn’t be in charge of children.
Let’s see how the story plays out…
Salted the Garden
This was many years ago when I was in middle school.
I live with my dad part time as a child of divorce.
His girlfriend, L, agreed to move in if he bought a bigger house with 3 bedrooms because she wanted a guest bedroom.
The girlfriend chose the best room for the guest bedroom.
The house had a master bedroom (my dad and his girlfriends) and two other bedrooms.
One was about 50% bigger than the other and the little one was pink with ballerina wallpaper border.
L decided that the bigger room had to be the guest bedroom, and I got the tiny ballerina room.
I fought and lost.
It gets even worse…
I had to get a twin size bed because the room could not hold a queen and a homework desk.
I hated it.
Worst of all, L had a dog that always had fleas.
When I was at my mom’s, L let her dog sleep in my bed so I got fleas.
I complained, I fought, I lost.
She was over being a good kid.
I had always been a good kid, no trouble, straight A’s, hall monitor – a real goody two shoes, but this pushed me over the limit.
L planted two very fancy gardens – one for vegetables and one for flowers.
She spent a lot of money on the flowers and was really into them.
She got revenge on the garden.
So I got the salt we used for when the driveway gets icy and began working into the dirt in her garden.
Everything died.
Nothing grew.
She kept this up until the girlfriend moved out.
A year later she planted more fancy flowers and veggies so I salted the earth again.
Nothing grew again.
L and my Dad broke it off before year three, but I already had my salt ready.
She never knew it was me. Neither did my dad.
I wish I had done more, but once she was gone I moved into the bigger room and burned the flea ridden mattress.
I wonder if the ex-girlfriend quit gardening after that experience.
Let’s see how Reddit responded…
This reader commented about OP’s dad…
Another reader couldn’t help but add some gardening puns.
This person would love to have her help killing weeds.
Another reader asked for advice killing weeds.
Here’s the perspective of a gardener…
I really need to try putting salt on the weeds in my yard!
Apparently it works like a charm.
If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.