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Stealing is definitely not something that you should do, but sometimes it can seem justifiable.

What would you do if you had a bully in high school who was very mean to you, and then you realized that they were at a party for your friend several years after graduation?

That is what happened to the guy in this story, so he worked with his friend to find a way to steal the bully’s Nintendo 3DS as revenge, and they never got caught. He still has the video game system 10 years later and plays it regularly.

Of course, this was not the right thing to do, but they sure got a lot of good use out of it. Read through the full story and see if you think what he did can be justified.

I stole my high school bully’s new Nintendo 3DS and have been playing it for 10+ years. :))

Let’s just begin by making it clear that high school was extremely difficult for me. I got mercilessly bullied, and there was this one girl who specifically decided to make my life miserable.

Getting bullied is awful, that’s for sure.

I won’t go into details, but it was enough to make me move schools my senior year. I’m going to call her “Regina” for this post.

About three years later, my friend, “Clarice” invites me to her 21st birthday party. It was video game themed, and most of the people there were into console and PC gaming.

Some people never seem to grow up.

I was really excited even though I couldn’t afford any consoles. To my horror, it turns out that one of my friend’s friends, “Simon”, was dating Regina at the time. Clarice didn’t know my history with Regina and I wanted to keep it cool, but Regina clearly had never grown out of her immature mean girl phase, and was literally trying to get under my skin at the party.

Thing was, while Regina remained in high school mode, I had learned to develop a strong spine and thick skin and literally laughed at her sad attempts.

The Nintendo 3DS was an amazing system.

Party was cool, especially because at that time, the monumental and legendary Nintendo 3DS was released. Not many people had it because it was so stupid expensive, but part of Clarice’s present was that we all chipped in to get her one, along with some games.

Regina also had one, and had tons of games that she had already logged in loads of hours into. At some point, Clarice picked up on the bad vibes and asked me in private what was going on.

Wow, stealing is not acceptable. Even stealing from a bully.

I told her briefly what was going on, she immediately sided with me, and even asked me if I wanted her to kick her out, but I said no.

Then, I had an idea. I was a bit of a klepto in high school and had gotten really good at stealing. I had left that behind for some years, but I really wanted to get back at Regina and I wanted a 3DS, and I jokingly mentioned it to Clarice.

These two are being very sneaky.

But immediately, Clarice was on board and said she would even help me. We hatched a plan to take it and hide it in Clarice’s dorm. Clarice had a super cool reputation, and there would be no reason for her to steal one when she already had one.

We waited until some drinks had gone around and everyone focused on a movie. With everyone in the room, I slipped Regina’s 3DS out of her bag, handed it to Clarice, and had her ask the group if anyone wanted anything from the kitchen. All she did was hide it in her sweater, then hide it in her closet.

They really thought this through.

Regina notice her 3DS was gone before everyone went home, but we had already planned for that. Clarice suggested everyone empty their bags/pockets, and of course nothing was found.

It was late, everyone was annoyed and wanted to go home, so Simon suggested that Regina come back tomorrow and check the place. She did, Clarice even “helped” her, and of course nothing was found.

She has every reason to be upset about this.

Regina was furious and her anger was so delicious, but there was nothing she could do, especially because our friend group was pretty tight and no one suspected another person.

About a week later, Clarice gave me the 3DS and I gleefully wiped Regina’s 200 hours of game data. It felt so good. It’s been over ten years and I’ve been playing on that thing ever since. It’s one of my most prized possessions. Act like a jerk, get treated like one.

The revenge was well planned and very rewarding, even if it wasn’t the right thing to do.

Read on to see what the people in the comments have to say about this story of revenge.

This commenter loves what he did.

Posting this story publicly could come back to bite him.

He deserves a high-five.

Here is someone who says this was a bit over the top.

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This commenter stole something like this from her ex-boyfriend who cheated.

While I certainly don’t condone stealing, even from a bully, this was a pretty amazing story. It is even better because this person has been enjoying that 3DS for so long, so they put it to good use.

That being said, it wasn’t the right thing to do, and in a way, you have to feel bad for Regina.