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Posted by u/DesperateInParis – 4 hours ago

I’m planning to involve my ex in something very nasty hoping she could save my life. Should I do it?

Hi. Throwaway for obvious reasons.

I’ll keep this as vague as I can because of legal stuff.

A few months ago, I messed up. I got close to some very dangerous people. Let’s say… the kind of people you don’t say no to. I thought it was harmless at first, some parties, favours, names. But now things have escalated, and I’m being blackmailed. Like, real consequences type blackmail.

There’s only one person I trust who might be able to get me out of this. The problem is… she’s my ex. We broke up badly. I hurt her. I never really said sorry. She doesn’t trust me anymore, and I don’t blame her.

But I think if I pull her into this (make her witness something, or part of it) she might go nuclear and expose everything. She’s strong, smart, terrifying when she’s angry, and comes from a family that could make things very loud, very fast. I’m basically planning to use her pain and trauma as a trigger to detonate the people controlling me.

I don’t know if I’m a monster. I don’t know if I’m desperate. Probably both.

But… it might work.

Should I do it?

Top Comments:

🔸u/TeaAndTriage

⭐️ 3.2k upvotes

You’re not a monster. You’re just someone making decisions from panic and fear. That said: this is a really bad plan. Trauma-bombing your ex into saving your life is dangerous for both of you. It might work, sure, but you risk pushing her into a spiral, or worse, dragging her into something she didn’t choose.

Why not go to the police?

You already said it’s serious — they might be your only way out.

🔹u/AlmostAmoral

⭐️ 2.1k upvotes

Soooo let me get this straight:

You hurt your ex.

Now you want to hurt her again.

This time so she’ll maybe explode in the direction you need her to?

Totally healthy plan. Nothing toxic here at all. /s

If she was the one who screwed you, I’d say sure, detonate away. But you’ve already caused damage once. Using her as a weapon now is… well, the kind of thing that lands you on the wrong side of documentaries.

🔸u/VK_Analysis

⭐️ 1.8k upvotes

You’re not the first to think like this. High-risk environments make people reach for the last thread — and for many, that thread is an ex.

But you said it yourself: she’s powerful when angry. That doesn’t mean she’ll react how you want. People don’t explode in predictable ways. They burn everything, including you.

If you do this, be prepared to lose her forever, even if she saves your life.

🔹u/TaylorHolcroftIsThatYou

⭐️ 512 upvotes

Damn girl. I hope your ex is a lawyer, a spy, and a goddamn therapist because she’s going to need skills for the hell you’re planning to drop on her.

(Also, tell her now and give her a heads up, or she might set YOU on fire when she finds out.)

🔸u/DumpsterDove88

⭐️ 468 upvotes

Ah yes, the ol’ “I emotionally detonated my ex for survival” move. Works 60% of the time, all the time.

Seriously, don’t. You want to use her like a chess piece and hope she starts a war for you? Girl, no. That’s not strategy, that’s cowardice wrapped in nostalgia.

🔹u/FrenchGhost

⭐️ 1.2k upvotes

I think the question isn’t whether you should, but whether you’re willing to live with the fallout.

Because if you do this, you don’t get to be the victim anymore.

You become part of the fire.

And she might burn brighter than you ever expected.

🧷u/GrowUpMyLove:

This thread has been locked due to the intensity and possible real-world legal implications. OP, if you are in immediate danger, please seek help from authorities or trusted services. Using someone else — especially a former partner — as leverage in a criminal situation can endanger both parties and lead to irreversible harm.