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A to F (Attempted Rape, Bedroom Adultery Scene, Beg the Dog, Bitch In Sheep's Clothing, Didn't Think This Through, Domestic Abuse) | G to L (Gold Digger, The Grovel, Humiliation Conga, I Have No Son!) | M to R (Momma's Boy, Obnoxious In-Laws, Relationship Sabotage) | S to Y (Spoiled Brat, The Un-Favourite, Villainous Breakdown)

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  • Taking the Kids: "My wife took the kids and left while I was at work. Did I do something?" - Noah's wife suddenly left and took the kids while he was away. When he reunited with his wife, the kids, and his brother's ex-wife, she told him it was because a letter said he was cheating on her.
  • Tampering with Food and Drink: Sukami's mother-in-law served her tea while serving coffee to herself and her son Mubio. However, it turns out the tea was expired and the hag slipped dish soap into it to make sure she dies from drinking it.
  • Tap on the Head: "Mother-in-law tells nephew to pull my chair away when I'm pregnant as a joke" - Alisha's mother-in-law pumped her fist in the air while chewing her sons out, causing her to hit a wall shelf and drop a heavy figurine on top of her head. While the old hag is still conscious, she became partially paralyzed from the blow and got sent to a cheap care facility in another state as punishment.
  • Teen Pregnancy: Katie comes back 7 months pregnant after her parents turned on her because of Ali's husband. She left the house to marry a rich husband of her own but found out her mark was already married.
  • Third-Person Person: In the Japanese version of "My sister stole all of my boyfriends and I was really hurt but then", Moe (Erin) uses her own name to refer to herself to enhance her image as a TikToker.
  • Threat Backfire: In stories where an abusive husband whips out divorce papers to cow his wife into submission, she will do just that and concoct a plan to punish him for his abuses before leaving. When the husband himself finds out, he will lose his bravado at this turn of events and will try to change her mind.
  • The Topic of Cancer: In "This gold digger married my son for his money but..." the OP's son, Mike is diagnosed with cancer after getting engaged to a woman named Cassandra. While the young woman broke up with him, she suddenly went back on her word and wanted to marry him. However, neither the OP nor her other relatives could buy any of it and thought Cassandra wanted him for his money, but had to let the marriage go through on Mike's request until he succumbed to the illness.
  • Trash of the Titans:
    • Karen holed herself in her room and let it fill with garbage. When her husband Joshua was away, her mother-in-law Jane gave her an ultimatum to make her clean up her mess, threatening to call the garbage collectors if she failed to do so.
    • "My sister-in-law said I wasn't part of the family…": Being doted on by her mother, Blair was lazy and her room was a pigsty. When she was about to be engaged, she lied about cleaning up after herself. When her facade and abuse towards her sister-in-law Ali were exposed to her fiancé, he threatened to dump her, over which she apologized to Ali.
    • "My husband left the house, and returned one week later thinking I would beg for forgiveness but..." OP's husband ended up filling his house with trash after his parents kicked him out of theirs for verbally abusing the OP. As a result, the neighbors' complaints threatened to drive him out of there; his parents still refused to take him back because he refused to help around the house.
    • "My wife changed completely after we got married. She stopped cooking and doing chores so…": After OP's wife revealed she married him for the money and to have someone to boss around, she constantly bought food from convenience stores and ordered from Uber Eats, neglecting to take out the trash afterward and leaving it to him when he returns from work.
  • Trauma Conga Line:
    • "I got suspected of an affair I didn't have, everyone abandoned me, and I got mentally ill": Ms. Stan was falsely accused of having an affair by Ms. Anderson, and it started going downhill from there: she was forced to resign from her job, became a pariah in her neighborhood, and her parents disowned her for the alleged affair. While she managed to get into college and graduate, it did nothing to alleviate her problems, and had to live in a shabby apartment. However, she is visited by Ms. Anderson and her lawyer, who finds out she didn't look like the woman in the pictures she stored as evidence. Turns out the woman was Ms. Stan's sister-in-law, who tricked her into participating in her affair.
    • "My best friend stole my girlfriend, so I decided to reset my life...": The OP was betrayed by his long-time friend Jack, who stole the former's girlfriend Jill. Furthermore, Jack created a false narrative about how OP was beating and abusing Jill while Jack saved her, destroying his reputation. To top it off, Jack had OP's salary cut off since he was single again, leading him to quit his job and become suicidal until the president of his company transferred him to a well-paying branch.
  • Turned Off By The Jerkass:
    • The main character broke up with her boyfriend, who she was considering marrying, after finding out that he and his mother abused the boyfriend's younger stepsister. In addition, the young girl's father divorced his wife after finding out that his daughter was being abused.
    • Ken broke off his engagement to his seemingly nice fiancèe Mia, after finding out that she verbally and physically abused Rhea, Ken's wheelchair-bound mother.
  • Twin Switch:
    • "My sister always tried to steal from me, but then…": Daisy impersonated her twin sister, Jasmine, to steal her potential boyfriends and spite her. However, this becomes her undoing not only because Jasmine is actually single, but because the man Daisy thought was her latest boyfriend was actually a stalker. From there on, Daisy's life becomes hell as the stalker refuses to let go of her and she can't even turn to her friends because they'd find out the kind of person she really is and cut ties with her.
    • 'Twin sister calls me, "I'm with your fiancé. We're together right now." Me, "What? But..."': Minnie impersonated her twin sister Karen to steal her fiancé and called her to announce the news. Much to her dismay, Karen reveals that the alleged fiancé she "snatched" was actually her stalker. Upon knowing the truth, Minnie switched gears and begged Karen for help only to be hung up on. However, things start to really go downhill for her as the stalker is unemployed and borrows money from loan sharks to buy her frivolities, which causes both Minnie and her mother to be targeted by scary debt collectors.
  • Two-Timing with the Bestie:
    • "I went to my friend's wedding, and the groom was my husband who disappeared 3 years ago…": Chad disappeared for three years, with his wife Catherine knowing nothing about his whereabouts. When she and her mother attend her best friend Kelly's wedding in Hawaii, both women find out the groom was Chad and expose him to the bride and guests. As a result, Kelly's parents cancel the wedding and force him to pay for damages.
    • "My wife was neglecting our children and having an affair with my best friend...": Jill cheated on Jordan behind his back with his musclebound best friend Jack under the excuse of "meeting with a friend," leaving their daughter Jamie with Jill's parents to have her affair. In retaliation, he kicks her out of the house and exposes her cheating to her mother.
    • "My best friend slept with my fiancé and stole him from me": Kevin cheated on the OP with her best friend, Lisa. While he tried his best to apologize for his affair, Lisa didn't bother to even seem apologetic and rubbed it on her face. When Kevin's father called her to announce he'll make sure she marries the cheater anyway, OP was disappointed and her parents sued Kevin's family in retaliation.

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  • Vandalism Backfire:
    • "The time my ex-brother-in-law crashed my Mercedes Benz": A man crashed his brother-in-law's Mercedes Benz. Unfortunately for him, the car he crashed into belonged to a mafia daughter, and he was subsequently beaten up by her father when the cameras revealed that he was the only one driving the car. He was forced to pay for the daughter's car, his wife divorced him, and his parents disowned him.
    • "Neighbor tries to annoy me by dumping snow in front of my house but karma strikes back": A truck crashes into Rebecca's house as a consequence of her shoveling snow on Taylor's side of the road without knowing it would melt and return to her side of the road, forming a slippery sheet of ice solid enough to support the weight of the aforementioned truck. After being arrested, she was sued by both the truck driver and Taylor's family, her husband divorced her and took their son Riki with him, and her parents had to sell their house to help pay her debts.
    • "I had a problem with my cousin using my house without permission, but after I moved out…": After the OP and her husband moved out of their house, Nina used the key duplicate she left in the house to break in as usual and party with her friends. However, the OP revealed she moved out and texted the current homeowner about it. Moreover, the current owner turned out to be a germaphobe and lost her mind at seeing the mess they made, calling the cops on Nina and suing her for the reimbursement of her furniture as she couldn't use them.
    • "My parents loved my younger sister more and tried to get my fiancé to marry her": Miranda and her parents steal and spend all the money in Mia's safe to ruin the latter's wedding and have the fiancé marry the former instead. However, their gloating is cut short when Mia reveals the money wasn't for her wedding but for her aunt's house. As a result, their mother is disowned for her trouble and the three of them are forced to work to pay back all the money they stole.
  • The Vamp: Melinda has a reputation for going after men for their money and them dumping them after they can’t pay her anymore. She ends up targeting Sarah’s husband and he completely falls for her act, claiming that he had 'finally found true love.' And despite his parents’ warnings, he divorces Sarah (who immediately agrees) and runs to Melinda…who then proceeds to dump him immediately.
  • Vocal Dissonance: In "My twin who looks down on me got a plastic surgery and brings her fiancé over," when the video flashes back to Catherine and Melanie as kids, the former sounds like an adult woman. While the latter's voice was higher, her speech pattern still sounded like a stuck-up teenager.

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  • Wanted a Son Instead:
    • "I had a miscarriage because my mother-in-law beat me": Kylie was pregnant with a baby boy as her abusive mother-in-law demanded. But one day, the MIL beat her into a miscarriage because she became pregnant before her sister-in-law, whom the abusive hag wanted to bear the baby boy instead. In retaliation, Kylie intentionally feeds the hag sweets because of her diabetes history, all with the approval of her family and in-laws.
    • "My husband took out my newborn baby from the hospital without doctor's permission": Kevin took away Rachel's baby from the hospital while she was recovering. When she alerted her in-laws, they accompanied her to Kevin's apartment. However, he chews Rachel out for giving birth to a baby girl, as this makes her unfit to inherit his father's company, which gets Kevin a beating from the man. Moreover, Kevin left the baby inside his car, under the sun. Thankfully, the baby survived and Rachel's in-laws called the police on Kevin for kidnapping as they revealed his father sold the company.
  • Wedding Smashers:
    • "The groom’s affair partner barged in to the wedding and people found out about his affair…": A young woman barged into Thomas and Michelle's wedding to chew the bride out for "stealing" him from her and calling her the "second woman," revealing herself as Thomas' mistress. However, Thomas calls his mistress the "second woman" and proclaims he's going to marry the woman with the most money. Even when the mistress was kicked out of the venue, the guests stormed out and the wedding got canceled because of Thomas' affair.
    • "My older sister always liked stealing my boyfriends. At my wedding, she attacked me, and…": After failing to sabotage Nancy and Thomas' relationship so many times, Ashley, the bride's older sister, showed up at their wedding, wearing an extravagant purple dress while casting flirty gazes to all male guests. When Ashley got up on stage claiming she had a surprise for Nancy, she started her speech by loudly accusing Nancy of getting plastic surgery before displaying a photo of her before losing weight. While Nancy was distressed because the guests may easily believe Ashley's lies, Thomas and the rest of the guests stood up for Nancy, much to Ashley's bewilderment. As a result, she snaps and assaults the bride only to be kicked out of the venue and forced to pay damages to Nancy's dress.
  • White-Collar Crime:
    • "Man comes to our door asking for the whereabouts of his missing subordinate": Mr. A has been embezzling funds and Mr. B took it on his own to catch Mr. A. Mr. A went ballistic and went on a manhunt for Mr. B so he can silence him before he reveals everything, even going as far as to go to someone's house and go through their address book for Mr. B.
    • "My best friend stole my girlfriend, so I decided to reset my life...": After Jack was demoted for screwing up his presentation while Jill's lies about the OP loving her again were exposed, OP brought up his salary reduction and overtime cut to his boss to investigate. It turns out both Jack and Jill's salaries increased significantly after reducing OP's; the cheating couple got fired and arrested for embezzlement.
    • "My colleague stole money from the company and tried to get away with it but she got caught": Karen, the newest employee, started to bilk money from her company by switching time cards with the OP, who had perfect attendance and thus get allowance for the OP's work, on top of the childcare allowance already given to Karen as she was a single mother. Moreover, she was later found to have stolen office supplies and even put her expenses into the sales account. As a result, Karen got arrested for her crimes and her husband divorced her, on top of having to pay the debt her parents fronted her.
  • Wholesome Crossdresser: In "My brother showed up at his engagement party in a wedding dress...," OP's younger brother Gary appeared at the engagement party his grandfather, father, and uncle arranged for him and Melinda in a wedding dress to get back at them for their chauvinistic ways.
  • Wicked Stepmother:
  • Work Off the Debt: Antagonistic characters are often forced into all kinds of work (even sex work if they're female) after being sued by the protagonists and other people they hurt with their actions.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Antagonistic characters would often get beaten up in the stories and women are no exception.
  • Would Hurt a Child:
    • Ashton's stepfather attempted to kill him by trapping him in his grandfather's coffin, so his mother will be devastated and in her bad state, give her inheritance to him. However, his mother found him in the nick of time. She divorced the guy and he went to prison for attempted murder of his child.
    • A woman pushed Lilly, who's a one year old, down the stairs because she got annoyed at her crying. She was taken to the hospital, and when her mother Chelsea met her again, she confronted the woman and with her husband John's help they were able to apprehend the woman and she was arrested. She tried to apologize to the family with her boss, but they refused and she was fired.
  • Wounded Gazelle Gambit:
    • "My wife tried to divorce me…": Blair complained to her husband about how he was controlling towards her, then started hitting herself. When Ali came back from her alleged bathroom break, Blair accused him of hitting her so that the former will call the cops on him. However, it backfires when the husband showed the cops a recording of what occurred. Her lover Bob also tried to pull this on his own wife, only for her to sue both him and Blair.
    • '“It’s your fault!” I asked my cheating wife for a divorce, she asked for alimony...': OP's wife always accused him of domestic violence whenever he whipped out divorce papers. Moreover, she accused him of being a cheater to make sure he would be the one who paid child support after she married her lover. When he exposed her to her parents and warned them she would make up stories, she had a coworker of his call him over to a discussion to cow him into submission. However, when her parents visited the couple's house and found out she really was having an affair, they chewed her out for it.
  • Wrong-Name Outburst: "My wife was calling a different man's name when she was giving birth...": At the start of the story, OP's pregnant wife shouted, "Adam!" while giving birth. While he was surprised, he kept it to himself for fear of the truth. However, he finds a key ring with the suspicious name written on it and confronts his wife. She then revealed that Adam was her ex-boyfriend, whom she dated at the same time she dated the OP.

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