Your abuser wants to matter to you. He wants you to be miserable, scared and heartbroken forever. He wants the scars to never heal. The ultimate revenge? Be happy. Seriously, that’s all you need to do, and he’d be so horrified if he knew; but fortunately you’ll be too busy living an awesome life without him to even care what he thinks.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably angry, traumatized, and horrified since realizing you’ve been taken for a ride by a narcissistic abuser who screwed you over six ways to Sunday and has probably never really loved anyone but themselves. You dreamed of raising a happy family with them just to have them break every promise they ever made, and maybe you’re not just mad at them, you’re mad at yourself for being duped.
Whether he left you for the latest of his long list of affairs, or you finally caught on to the now-obvious fakeness of the “I’m so sorry, I love you, I’ll change!” mantra, either way, you are so much better off without him in your life, but the scars of what he’s put you – and probably your kids will take a long time to heal. If you’re unlucky, he may even try to use the kids as a weapon, in which case you’ve got many years of a small little man trying to make himself feel big by bullying you.
I’ll Make Him Pay!
Your first instinct is to do something to cause them to feel even a tiny bit of what they’ve put you through, to teach them a lesson, etc. It’s human nature to feel this way, to want some sort of justice.
Bad news, mama, in the narcissist’s mind, nothing they’ve done to you could ever be wrong, and any attempt to play the game by their rules will just confirm in their mind that you’re an evil witch and that everything they’ve done to you was justified. If by some miracle they ever actually learned a lesson in their life, you can’t be the one to teach it to them.
So, how can you actually get revenge on your abuser? Do you key their car and set fire to all their clothes? (I do actually know someone who did that, incidentally.) Do you stand outside their office with an “XXX is a lying, thieving jerk who can’t keep it in his pants” sign? (Tempting, but no.) If you have kids together, taking the low road with them is going to be something that’s hard to explain later, and also could make you look very bad in court; don’t take the bait.
How Does a Victim Truly Get Revenge?
Darn, that’s frustrating. What’s a girl to do? Well, here’s how I got my sweet, sweet revenge: I pick flowers with my totally adorable 2-year old girl, who is the light of my life (and who wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t made the mistakes I’d made, so I regret nothing). We dance to cheesy early-90s pink-leotard jazzercise videos every morning. Instead of spending time with a guy who told me I was worthless and stupid, I spend time with people who love and care about me, and I don’t base my self-worth on others. And I’ve learned that I deserve real love, not empty words, and respect, not hurt.
Best of all, I’ve found my calling; almost a decade of abuse has made me quite the expert on the subject, so now, I advocate for change. Here in Australia, we released respectful relationship education as part of the national curriculum in 2015, making us the first country to do so. We’re making serious efforts towards informing people about their rights and responsibilities in a relationship, and explaining to them that domestic violence is about coercive control, not necessarily about black eyes or hospitalizations – you don’t have to be hit to be hurt.
Violence Thrives on Silence
I write about what happened, I talk about what happened with other women (and find that so, so many of them have their own stories), and I’m going to do my dissertation on how education can be used to stop domestic violence before it happens.
I hope that when my little girl grows up, she will live in a world where the nature of abuse is common knowledge and that she will find someone who loves her for who she is and treats her as an equal partner.
So my ultimate revenge is being part of creating that better world; to lead a joyful, meaningful life; to enjoy being a mom, and to not really care about some pathetic creep with nothing better to do than try to troll me.
Your abuser wants to matter to you. He wants you to be miserable, scared and heartbroken forever. He wants the scars to never heal. The ultimate revenge? Be happy. Seriously, that’s all you need to do, and he’d be so horrified if he knew; but fortunately you’ll be too busy living an awesome life without him to even care what he thinks.
He’s already taken up more of your time than he deserves. So raise great kids, have fun, and forget the f**ker.
FAQs On How To Take Revenge On Your Narcissistic Husband:
Should I apologize to my narcissistic husband?
You will end up wasting your time and effort if you are looking to apologize to a narcissist in the hope of improving your relationship with him. In a narcissists’ mind, your apology reaffirms his belief that you are an evil witch, and that they are justified in doing wrong to you.
Should I get even with my narcissist husband?
If getting even means setting his clothes on fire or scratching the paint off his car, please don’t be tempted. Such steps will only make you look bad in the court in case you finally decide not to tolerate him any longer and file for a divorce.
Is domestic violence taught as a subject?
In 2015, Australia became the first country to introduce respectful relationship education to the national curriculum. The objective is to inform people about their rights and responsibilities in a relationship, and explaining to them that domestic violence is about coercive control, not necessarily about black eyes or hospitalizations – you don’t have to be hit to be hurt.
How do I take revenge on my narcissistic husband?
You can take revenge on your narcissistic husband by keeping yourself happy. Narcissists work very hard on making your life miserable so you are scared and easily controlled. Your narcissistic husband would be horrified if he knew you were happy.
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Beth Cone Kramer says
Spot on. As we move through divorce, especially following a relationship with a narcissistic abuser, it’s essential to heal and to no longer give that abuser the power to control your life after. Forgiveness, not letting the abuser off the hook but for yourself, and stepping away from seeing yourself as a victim as so important to the healing process.
Paula says
I didn’t even have to read past the first two sentences to know this article is garbage. I want ACTUAL REVENGE. Not your sugar coated platitudes. Idiots.
Maria says
LOL, well, someone had to say it.
Mrs Witchy WooWoo says
Cast a spell. I like spells that involve a physical object, such as a candle or a piece of wood. Take a picture of him and 4 nails and pound the picture into the wood. One nail into his mind, one into his heart. May his mind never be at peace and his heart always broken. Take all the pain and hurt he caused you and SEND it back out to him tenfold. Pour all your negative and hateful thoughts about him into that piece of wood as your pound the nails into his picture. Play music, invoke those terrible emotions boiling inside of you and put them into that freaking piece of wood with every pound of the hammer. THEN. Go out to the middle of nowhere and toss the MF’er. Or better yet – BURN IT. And throw the ashes somewhere UGLY.
Sounds woo woo but there was something really therapeutic when I did that. I released a lot of emotion.
Susan says
Sounds compelling but the despair and sadness cannot be distracted by a dance. I was beat and he got away with it. I have PTSD and cannot live, love, or laugh. I lay in bed all day waiting for my death. My feelings are not a decision, but an emotion that cripples me