I made the mistake of lending money to two people I knew about two years ago, and they’ve been dodging me with pathetic excuses ever since.

I already know what people are going to say: “you should never lend money you can’t afford to lose.” Trust me, I learned that lesson the hard way. The real problem is that during parts of these last two years, my life genuinely got stuck because of that money. Meanwhile, both of them kept living normally, going out, enjoying life, acting like nothing happened while I was dealing with the consequences of THEIR debt.

The worst part is the behavior. Every time they accidentally run into me somewhere, they instantly panic and start throwing out new excuses and fake promises. You can literally see the guilt and cowardice on their faces. It’s the classic behavior of people who hope that if they avoid you long enough, eventually you’ll just give up.

I’m finally rebuilding my life now because I take my responsibilities seriously and I honor my word. But emotionally? I honestly can’t accept the idea that these two just get away with it without ever facing consequences.

At this point I’m close to giving up on the money entirely, but I still want them to feel some kind of impact for what they did. I want them to experience real consequences and feel at least a fraction of the stress, frustration, and damage they caused me over these two years.

So I guess my question is: what are the best revenge stories, revenge ideas, or “make them regret it” situations you’ve seen for people like this? Especially things that don’t immediately point back to me.