There’s a special kind of audacity that follows some people after a marriage ends, especially in the wake of infidelity.

When her ex came back with a new baby and an old debt, she gave him exactly what he deserved.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

Tax refund revenge

I was married for 3 years in my early 20s, and my husband suddenly wanted “a break” shortly after his best friend passed away.

I completely assumed we would get back together as we continued to see each other regularly, and I felt there was a lot of love still between us.

But things went in a very different direction.

Five months later, he walked into my office and handed me divorce papers and flatly told me his dead best friend’s girlfriend was pregnant with his child.

I stupidly said I thought we were getting back together, and he said we could after their baby was born.

But she wouldn’t tolerate this.

To which I immediately said, “Get out of my office,” and handed him the signed papers.

Fast forward a few months, and it’s tax return time.

Turns out, her ex had some loose ends he neglected to tie up.

My ex never got his taxes correct when we were married, and we always owed money, so I was not surprised to get a bill for him not paying enough yet again.

He was very anxious to get them paid as they were due a refund for the baby.

But little did he know, there wasn’t a chance in heck he was seeing this money.

He asked me to take care of what we owed and split it with him (the cheek!) and brought me roughly $600.

I kept the money and never paid the bill and had the immense pleasure of receiving a very irate phone call from him about a month later because their refund had been used to cover the outstanding tax bill.

Suffice to say, I was not sorry.

Looks like the player got played here.

What did Reddit have to say?

This commenter has a loophole that could have potentially helped in this situation.

This commenter thinks she was completely justified for this.

It’s possible she could get even more money off her cheating ex’s missteps.

Looks like he’s not getting any kind of break – tax or otherwise.

Everyone’s gotta pay for their mistakes eventually.

Thought that was satisfying? Check out what this employee did when their manager refused to pay for their time while they were traveling for business.