Cheating is a deal-breaker for many, and everyone handles heartbreak differently. Some may choose to forgive and forget, while others may seek revenge.
Mia “Csmiley,” who claims her ex-partner cheated on her, falls into the latter category. She has shared how she got her own back on him on TikTok and her video, shared to @mia_bo_bia_, has racked up 14.8 million views.
It shows her scattering glitter all over a bedroom, bathroom, fridge, motorbike helmet, and boots, with accompanying text saying: “POV – You cheat on an arts and crafts girly.”
The 20-year-old told Newsweek: “I have four sisters and growing up we made a lot of crafts that involved glitter and my dad hated it because it was so difficult to clean. Knowing my dad’s hatred for glitter I couldn’t imagine my ex would feel any differently.”
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Mia says she discovered her ex-partner’s affair by logging onto his Snapchat and finding “evidence.” Incredibly, she had already pre-warned him about how she would react to cheating before they made their relationship official.
“I gave him fair warning that if he were to cheat on me I wouldn’t kick or scream I’d just silently leave a trail of pixie dust in my place,” she told Newsweek.
This inventive kind of retaliation is undoubtedly unusual, but given that Americans seem not to believe that revenge is a dish best served cold, it might not surprise many.
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University found that people preferred instant retaliatory actions over more gradual forms of retaliation, six experiments involving 1,500 participants showing a clear and consistent preference for immediate revenge.
But not everyone gets a chance to seek revenge because, according to a YouGov survey, some people never learn that their partner is cheating.
In September 2022, a poll of 2,000 adult citizens in the United States revealed that more than half of Americans who had ever been in a monogamous relationship had experienced infidelity. While many claim to have learned the information directly from their partner, other accounts were more nuanced. The majority of Americans (67 percent) who have cheated on their partners did not end their relationship with them; this includes 54 percent of those whose partners discovered their infidelity and 88 percent of those whose partners were unaware of it.
Mia, who works in a grocery store, told Newsweek: “I didn’t include this in the video but I not only used glitter but confetti made of smiley faces. I think that was my favorite part actually. The smiles.
“The glitter was inconvenient but the actual revenge came with the views and the support from TikTok. I doubt that they haven’t seen it.”
So far, the video has racked up 2.3 million likes since it was posted on April, 10. Mia has received huge support from strangers and the footage has generated over 18,000 comments
“This is double damage [because] any future girls he has over will see the glitter and ask him about a [girlfriend],” said one user.
Another said: “The fridge was EXTRA spiteful. I LOVE IT.”
A third commenter said: “This is genius.”
“This is the perfect and prettiest revenge I’ve seen,” said a fourth.
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