Home should be your sanctuary, not the site of some ex’s weird psychological games. But that’s exactly what happened when I kept finding toothpicks jammed in my front door lock.
At first I thought it was kids being annoying. Then my security camera revealed the truth – my ex Josh, who I’d broken up with months earlier after catching him in an emotional affair, was deliberately sabotaging my lock. His explanation? He wanted me to need his help so we could “talk about the good times.”
Enter Connor – my giant, tattooed friend who enjoys creative problem-solving. We staged the perfect ambush: Connor answered the door in my pink bathrobe (his idea) while I recorded. Josh’s face when confronted with 6’4″ of barely-covered muscle was absolutely worth the trouble.
The TikTok video documenting the whole saga went viral, reaching Josh’s workplace (and his former affair partner’s father). The poetic justice was delicious. Now my locks are toothpick-free, and Josh is employment-free. Some life lessons come with wooden splinters.
