I am enjoying a smidgen of Schadenfreude and while I do feel a bit guilty the pleasure outweighs the guilt.
I used to get malicious messages posted to different online accounts I had. Usually the insults were about my physical appearance. I was never able to imagine who had so much anger towards me. Recently, it was all clarified. I was having an enjoyable conversation with an ex-boyfriend, when for some reason I mentioned the online attacks. He then explained they were from his ex-wife. I didn’t understand, was he sure they were from his ex-wife? But they were sent while the two of them were happily married, why would she do that? Was she jealous of me? Why?
She was jealous. For some reason, I guess she thought, he still felt something for me and it bothered her. Despite the fact that he and I hadn’t spoken in years. But now, that I know it was her, I am feeling some Schadenfreude. Her marriage to him failed. And although we never spoke during their courtship, marriage or divorce, it is I who still talks to him. I have a wonderful friendship with him, better than we had when we were dating. Despite her craziness and venomous ways, I am the one who talks to the man she loves…
Aren’t I an awful person?