Man Mails Toenail Clippings to Childhood Bully for 11 Years
The Original Post
so this is weird and i’ve never told anyone but here we go.
when i was in middle school there was this kid marcus who made my life miserable. like not just regular bullying, he was creative about it. one time he convinced half our grade that i shit myself at a sleepover that i wasn’t even at. another time he found out i had a crush on this girl emily and he asked her out specifically to tell me about it in detail. just cruel stuff constantly for like 3 years.
anyway fast forward to 2014. i’m in college, haven’t thought about marcus in a while. i’m scrolling facebook and i see his mom posted something about a garage sale and her address was right there in the post. i screenshot it. don’t know why. just did.
so that night i’m clipping my toenails watching tv and i look at the little pile and i look at my phone with the screenshot and i just thought….
i put them in an envelope. no note. no return address. mailed it the next day. felt stupid immediately after. figured that was it, got it out of my system, whatever.
but then a month later i’m clipping my toenails again and i just. did it again.
that was 11 years ago. i have not missed a single month. i’ve mailed them from different cities when i’m traveling for work. i don’t even think about it that much anymore it’s just part of my routine now. first of the month, rent and toenails.
the thing is i have no idea if he even opens them. or if he throws them away immediately. or if his wife opens the mail and has been hiding it from him for years. i have genuinely no idea and honestly i don’t really care? like i’m not doing this for a reaction. i think i just like knowing that somewhere out there these envelopes exist.
i looked him up recently and he’s got a wife and kids now. nice house. seems happy. good for him i guess. i found his new address when they moved a few years ago. took like 10 minutes.
sometimes i wonder if i should stop. i have a decent job and a wife too and normal life stuff. and also once a month i mail my toenails to a man who was mean to me when we were 12. there’s probably something wrong with me.
anyway yeah that’s it. felt like typing it out finally.
What Reddit Said
Reddit was absolutely fascinated by this bizarre tale of long-term petty revenge. Most commenters found the story both hilarious and deeply unsettling. However, rather than telling OP to stop, the majority encouraged him to continue his strange campaign.
The top comments focused on escalating the psychological warfare. Many suggested skipping a month to give the bully false hope, then sending double the toenails. Others were simply amazed at the dedication and consistency of the eleven-year commitment.
The Verdict
The overwhelming consensus: this is peak petty revenge that’s both brilliant and deeply concerning. Reddit celebrated the creativity of mailing toenail clippings to bully, though some questioned OP’s mental state. This is a classic case of petty revenge that has evolved into something far more elaborate than typical childhood bullying payback stories.
Original post from r/pettyrevenge (19,873 upvotes, 1,990 comments)