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Husband Puts Wife on Sale. Is eBay Bidding the Best Revenge?

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:00am by CitizenSugar
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A husband in the UK has perhaps found a new use for eBay — auctioning off his allegedly adulterous wife. He put up a listing offering his “cheating, lying, adulterous slag of a wife” to the highest bidder. The link to the wife auction zoomed around the web. The wife on sale denies any affair and cops are now investigating Paul for harassment.

The web-entrepreneuring husband who's also a father of two (yikes) said, “I started checking her emails and I realized the rumors were true. They had been discussing their sex life together and making plans for the future. I was absolutely destroyed. I gathered all her stuff in bags and dumped it in the drive.” And then in a rage promptly posted her to eBay. Bids reached almost a million bucks before he removed the posting because he realized, "it wasn’t the right thing to do." It hasn't been determined whether cheating actually occurred.

Is this crazy? While some women face much harsher consequences for suspected adultery than an online auction posting, did this man go too far? Is it just a silly lover's spat that made it on the Internet? Would you do something similar?

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  • KrisSugar's picture
    KrisSugar
    2

    I have seen this kind of thing on Craigslist. It's kinda funny, really. but I have never seen anyone's picture posted. that's a little too much!

    27 weeks 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • RosaDilia's picture
    RosaDilia
    3

    I would think Ebay would screen the postings and when ridiculous stuff like this is posted they should delete it and warn the user about it.

    27 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • KrisSugar's picture
    KrisSugar
    4

    you guys should read the Best of Craigslist! It is hilarious! It has some stuff like this, and better.

    27 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • linb's picture
    linb
    6

    Maybe its just me, but if I were to catch my boyfriend or husband cheating, my first thought would not be "Oooh, time to get on eBay!".

    How did he expect this to turn out? Did he really think he could ship her off to someone and collect the money?

    27 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • Nyrina Windu's picture
    Nyrina Windu
    8

    That man needs to grow up and move on, just like many other people do after they find that they've been cheated on.

    27 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • jennifer76's picture
    jennifer76
    9

    So five years ago. Doesn't he know that YouTube is the new revenge platform?

    Ok seriously, I find this absolutely disgusting. I don't care what his wife did to him in their personal lives. Unless she endangered him or their children, he has a moral obligation as a father to treat the mother of his children with respect.

    27 weeks 9 hours ago Report Comment
  • em1282's picture
    em1282
    11

    I know what she did was wrong, but she's a human being and a mother. Calling her a slag in such a public way and trying to auction her off is degrading to her, himself, and their children.

    27 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    12

    I'm sorry... but do the crime, do the time. That goes for both of them. He should be sued for harassment. She shouldn't have cheated in the first place. They both deserved it. Then again, I was cheated on. And I was exactly nice to my husband either (stealing his Navy uniforms on his duty days and sticking them in the freezer after dunking them in water, pouring hot sauce in his boots, epoxying his flight line goggles so they'd stick to his face). Sure it's not mature, but it sure as hell makes you feel better.

    27 weeks 8 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    16

    Thanks Kris! By far my crowning achievement was printing out a stencil from our Corrosion shop and spray painting his windshield with "I cheated on my wife, look what she did to my truck".

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • raciccarone's picture
    raciccarone
    17

    What category is that? Specialty Services? Entertainment Memorabilia? Do they have a Used Items section? I'd also hate to think of the postage charges.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • jennifer76's picture
    jennifer76
    19

    Whether or not she deserves it is irrelevant in my mind. Whether or not their children deserve to live in a world where Dad publicly humiliates and insults Mom is what is relevant.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    20

    Oh, come on Jennifer. Maybe she should've thought about that before she set an awesome example for her children by cheating on her husband.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • KrisSugar's picture
    KrisSugar
    21

    that was perfect monday! sorry that you had to get so creative like that in the first place.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • hartsfull's picture
    hartsfull
    22

    Monday I had a friend who's husband passed out after being drunk. He had a really hairy chest. No not my hubby either! Anyway, she supperglued his hands to his chest!

    Agree with U 2 Jenn.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    23

    HILARIOUS, hartsfull!

    Eh, what are you going to do, Kris. I knew what I was getting into when I married a sailor, as stereotypical as that sounds. Now, if only I could get this divorce finalized...

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • jennifer76's picture
    jennifer76
    24

    She should have, sure. But that doesn't excuse his behavior. Kids caught in the middle of parental wars are miserable.

    But, you're right I should have condemned her, too. Cheating is bad enough but when you have kids I personally believe you're cheating on them too. Horrible.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • Jude C's picture
    Jude C
    25

    Judging by the maturity level of his reaction to her cheating, I'd say he wasn't much of a catch to begin with, although that doesn't excuse her, either.

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • KrisSugar's picture
    KrisSugar
    26

    ah, you're right monday. what are you gonna do? move on. there is so much life to be lived! i found out not too long ago that the same thing happened to my grandpa. i didn't even know he was married before he met my grandmother, and they were married for over 50 years. it was a little shocking at first, and then I realized it didn't even matter. it made me feel a little closer to grandpa as well, that he experienced love and loss just like me. then he met my beautiful granny and the rest was history!

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • hartsfull's picture
    hartsfull
    27

    I agree with everyone.

    Don't get me wrong, I don't condone cheeting, but he does seem like a jerk, we don't know her side. Stuff humliating kids is awful too. It sounds like he wasn't thinking of them. Of couse, maybe her either.

    I think I have to go. My son wants to go to the lake. We're going to do that. bye ladies!

    27 weeks 7 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    28

    It's hard to know what a mature response to cheating is, Jude C. Betrayel is a hard emotion to deal with. I'd think if someone was just like "Well. That sucks. See you later!" it says a lot about how little that person cared in the first place.

    27 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • CaterpillarGirl's picture
    CaterpillarGirl
    29

    I wonder how much shipping would be for that? would she be considered "vintage, slightly worn"

    27 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • Jude C's picture
    Jude C
    31

    CaterpillarGirl!

    MondayMoos, I see what you're saying, but I do think this guy crossed a line in a very telling way.

    I'm not saying anyone should be expected to react to infidelity calmly--I certainly wouldn't, and a certain amount of rage and lashing out is justifiable (by the way, all the stuff you did to your husband was hilarious!--but, like I say, there are limits to everything. This goes even beyond public humiliation. What this guy did was to basically set his wife up, complete with identifying picture, for global humiliation.

    It rather reminded me of a public stoning, in a way. That, to me, goes beyond the natural desire to hurt the person that hurt you, into just plain cruelty.

    It's one thing to have the impulse to do something like this, another to actually act on it. That shows a lack of basic self-control that I do think is telling. I don't know if I'd consider it prosecutable (probably not), but it definitely makes me shake my head.

    Even he realized he'd gone too far--after all, he did take it down and said he realized it wasn't the right thing to do.

    27 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • harmonyfrance's picture
    harmonyfrance
    32

    Damn sailors!

    If I could I would follow this with a jaunty little sailor emoticon, but alas such a thing doesn't exist. (hint, hint, teamsugar)

    27 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • Jazz Z's picture
    Jazz Z
    33

    The depth of his humiliation must have been pretty great in order to justify such a scheme since he would also be ruining his own reputation in the process. Maybe they don't have any kids. I think it is rather funny myself and in the end she can always say someone was willing to pay a million dollars for her. I wonder why he didn't take the money and run. Maybe I should put myself up on EBAY.

    She's a celebrity now....it should only be a matter of days before she get's an offer for reality TV.

    27 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • Jazz Z's picture
    Jazz Z
    34

    Come to think of it, he really helped her out. She can now take the offer for $1,000,000 herself and will be able to also afford her next divorce.

    27 weeks 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    35

    I agree it wasn't right. I know I'm being really defensive of this guy... but it's only because I've been there and it's hella hard to deal with. I still can't have a functional relationship because of it.

    27 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • mondaymoos's picture
    mondaymoos
    36

    I too would like a jaunty sailor emoticon. I don't generally use them... but that would be an exception.

    27 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • yesteryear's picture
    yesteryear
    37

    i think this is brilliant. you cheat, you deserve it.

    but he could make a lot more money if he just got her addicted to crack and sold her on the streets rather than over the internet. he could get paid every day, rather than in one lump sum.

    anyway, just my thoughts.

    27 weeks 3 hours ago Report Comment
  • Jazz Z's picture
    Jazz Z
    38

    Well yester that sounds more evil than the EBAY idea and certainly a lot more work. He would be out a million bucks in one day and she would be out a lucrative TV offer.

    27 weeks 3 hours ago Report Comment
  • milosmommy's picture
    milosmommy
    40

    I'm with you Monday...my ex-husband cheated on me too. Unfortunately I wasn't as creative as you. I realy wish I would have thought of that stuff. lol. I say once you go as low as to cheat on me you're fair game for me to throw some unpleasantness your way.

    27 weeks 1 hour ago Report Comment
  • EvilDorkGirl's picture
    EvilDorkGirl
    41

    OK... this was OBVIOUSLY a joke. Clearly this dude didn't expect to actually get paid. He was just publicly burning his wife.

    Personally, I think it's freaking hilarious. As are the things Monday did. I agree that it's not classy, but to sue him for harassment? Come on. You can't possibly expect to mess around on your loved one and have it kept private. I think when you screw up you need to be able to deal with the consequences of your actions, including public humiliation.

    Maybe if she had ended things in a more adult way (such as, "Honey, we need to split up, I don't love you anymore") he would have acted more like an adult.

    As far as the kids go -- no parent is perfect. Every parent does something to mess their kid up or scar them for life, some worse than others. I mean, it's not like they're beating their kids. If this is all they have to deal with, no biggie. They'll get over it, and have a hell of a story to tell their college buddies.

    27 weeks 1 hour ago Report Comment
  • zeze's picture
    zeze
    42

    He's sort of nuts, but compared to cheating, what he did isn't so bad.

    1 - I feel bad for the kids with these parents.

    2 - If I get cheated on, I wouldn't tell the world. I would think there is some embarrassment in your wife cheating on you, going behind your back, lying, wanting someone else...etc.

    27 weeks 46 min ago Report Comment
  • leeluvfashion's picture
    leeluvfashion
    43

    Well in a way she deserved it however it wasn't the right thing to do; I would have taken her favorite expensive piece of wardrobe and shred it (still not right however you can't be charged,lol.)

    26 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Sun_Sun's picture
    Sun_Sun
    44

    monday-------u r def a great example!!!! i admire ur work!!! and may i add, ur extremely creative!!!

    26 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • Meike's picture
    Meike
    45

    The immature part of me says, "Yeah, great punishment for any idiot cheater!" The mature part of me say, "Hello, have you had your daily dose of self-control, today?" Naturally, I am innately vindictive and I wish the worst for people who commit selfish, hurtful acts like cheating with no remorse. At the same time, is there another side to this story? A better man would not do what this husband did. It makes me question him as a person and maybe his wife tried to temporarily escape the relationship by being with someone else who treats her better.

    26 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment