I was on and off a bit with one of my exes. During one of our “off” periods he was seeing a girl. We got back together and he assured me that the girl he’d gone on a few dates with, was obviously ended
so a month or so later, I find one of those brunette Kirby hair grips at his place. I was blonde at the time so it definitely wasn’t mine.
I started leaving subtle hints that I’d been there as a clue to any potential other woman. I had to hide them carefully enough that he’d not be able to realise and hide himself, but not too carefully that she couldn’t find it.
so I’d leave little earrings on the bedside table on the side he didn’t use, leave makeup remover in the bathroom bin, left a pair of tights under the bed etc.
the other woman must’ve realised and left me a message too, in the form of a cheap ring she’d somehow lodged behind the bed.
it was enough evidence for me to end things with him permanently. I thought she’d been trying to warn me but she ended up going “official” with him shortly after so maybe not. Maybe not malicious on my part but looking back, two women exchanging messages over a man that was cheating on us both is pretty silly and petty
More recently, myself and my OH bought a house. The vendor was awful. He’d kicked out a young family who’d been renting it from him, after only living there a few months. He let them revamp the place then kicked them out. He was difficult, constantly making thread with the house, never sending the correct paperwork. It made an already stressful process, all the more stressful. When we finally completed, he had left the house in a state. We had to spend a full day cleaning it.
during the buying process we found out he put the house in the name of his daughter, and was cagey with details of whether or not him or the daughter lived there. We also got his full address and email on some of the docs which he’d been very careful to hide.
indid some online sleuthing and found out the name of his property development business.
I reported it all to HMRC as tax fraud. No idea if anything ever came of it but felt very good!