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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

“Ex-Husband’s Hot Tub Must GO!”

posted by on April 22 at 12:32 PM

From Slog tipper Stephen, a Craigslist delight:

I’m tired of looking at it. I never want to set foot in it again, so it’s got to go. We have taken this hot tub with us, every time we moved (I think mostly for “entertainment” for his “girlfriends”). It has always worked once it was set up. It can hold 4 to 6 people and I believe it is made by Clearwater.

With this last move, it never really got set up correctly, because the idiot EX put it in a location where, First you had to walk a ways across gravel to get to it (f***ing dumb). Second, he didn’t put a solid base under it so one side sank and it sits at an angle and of course the side where it sucks water in to cycle through is on the UP side… The damn thing has been sitting for 5 years…. He didn’t take it with him because he had to move into Mommy’s and I don’t think his girlfriends would be too keen on going to Mommy’s to you know….

SO….. If no one comes soon to get this Hot Tub abandoned by my cheating SOB Ex-husband, I’m going to take a sawzall to it, chop it into little tiny pieces and take it to the dump! SHIT! I’m almost hoping no one does come get it, It would make me feel better to chop up something that he loved!

If you want it, come get it. You must be able to take it way without any help from me.

Because the only thing better than a free old hot tub is a free old hot tub filled with spite.

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1

Almost thought you said it was filled with Sprite...

Posted by Unwelcomed | April 22, 2008 12:46 PM
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God damn, I wish I had room for that and I'd totally go pick it up today! How can you pass up a free hot tub, especially one with such an interesting history?

Posted by Hernandez | April 22, 2008 12:54 PM
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Does it still have the BF's cum stains on the sides?

Posted by Andrew | April 22, 2008 12:54 PM
4

Why is it always the women who are destroying their ex's shit? I mean, you never hear of guys taking power tools to their ex-wife's stuff.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | April 22, 2008 1:01 PM
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@5: That's because guys never get anything in a divorce.

Posted by Sarcastic | April 22, 2008 1:08 PM
6

Nothing's better than walking across gravel to get into a hot tub.


@4,

I haven't exactly conducted a survey, but, in my anecdotal experience, guys are more likely to leave their shit behind.

Posted by keshmeshi | April 22, 2008 1:08 PM
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@4 Yeah, jilted guys usual take power tools to destroy their ex-wives person.

Posted by elbloopo | April 22, 2008 1:09 PM
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@4 Unfortunately, that's because guys are more prone to taking power tools (guns) to their ex-wives.

Really, if she does take a sawsall to the tub, lets hope she video tapes it with commentary for youtube.

Posted by LMSW | April 22, 2008 1:10 PM
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@4, maybe because the guys are still paying for it?

Posted by Elvis | April 22, 2008 1:16 PM
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@4 So not true. My father's last car was purchased very cheaply after it had been refurbished because the ex-husband poured gasoline all over the inside of the ex-wife's car and torched it. Granted, it was fire and not a power tool but still...

Posted by PopTart | April 22, 2008 1:17 PM
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LMAO! @4 Because we're generally emotional creatures who need tangible ways to find closure. :-) I took EVERYTHING in my divorce and then promptly sold it. Undoubtedly some of you are thinking "vindictive bitch" but the man was a compulsive liar, he stole the money my great-grandmother left to me when she died, and he cheated on me more than once (yeah, I know, shame on me) and then lied about it even when the evidence was presented to him. But anyway, trying to have a rational conversation with the man didn't work on either of our parts, so I did the next best thing: Took it all and ran. I applaud this woman and hope she gets the opportunity to chop it into smithereens.

Posted by DanFan | April 22, 2008 1:25 PM
12

The lesson here is that if you want to get a good price for your used stuff on craigslist, make up a good story. If you can't think of one, steal one from Last Days or I Anonymous.

In fact, if you manage to get somebody to pay $800 for your $500 bike because you added a scandalous plot line from the front of the Stranger, write in. I think we'd all be interested.

Posted by elenchos | April 22, 2008 1:48 PM
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i would like to fill that hot tub with love. again.

Posted by max solomon | April 22, 2008 1:49 PM
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I did know one guy who took a chainsaw to his ex-girlfriend's waterbed. Then delivered it to her. Subtle.

Ah, Chicago in the 80s.

Posted by Juan | April 22, 2008 1:56 PM
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#4 has clearly never been to Savage's Valentine's Bash where tons of men go on stage, totally bitter and vindictive, and do awful things to their ex-wife's and/or girlfriend's stuff. (Well, technically Savage does it, but the guys are the ones on stage helping him.)

Posted by caroline | April 22, 2008 1:58 PM
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@15 - I wasn't bitter or vindictive.

Most of the straight guys weren't, at least at the last one.

But it was fun!

Posted by Will in Seattle | April 22, 2008 2:07 PM
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On the other hand, maybe women are more emotional. I just went a round with my ex-husband on the phone and let me tell you if I had something of his still in my possession I would so be destroying it right now. And I'm a nice person, really I am.

Posted by PopTart | April 22, 2008 2:23 PM
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I'm with @6... For some reason men seem to think you should remain their own personal *FREE* storage unit indefinitely after they rob you, ruin your credit, cheat on you with a fat whorey asian, and move in with them when you catch them and call them out...

All I'm sayin is they shouldn't be surprised when their $20,000 collection of limited edition sneakers ends up in a free pile out on the sidewalk after sitting in your closet for two months... Cuz this ain't Dumb Bitch Mini Storage.

Not that I would know anything about that...

Posted by Revenge Is Fun! | April 22, 2008 3:18 PM
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elenchos @12, the hot tub is actually being offered for free.

Posted by lostboy | April 22, 2008 3:26 PM
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once worked with a woman whose ex collected a large amount of dog shit, dumped it on the hood of her car, and bent her antenna into a square. she had to drive it to work that day. we all went outside to admire. "at least the tape deck still works" she said. "i never used the fucking radio anyway."

Posted by pretentious | April 22, 2008 3:44 PM
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I'm soon going to be offering a similar deal (for different reasons) on a $1200 queen sleeper sofa/wood futon frame and mattress combination. Must take both. Must move out of condo on your own.

Must have strong backs...these babies are HEAVY.

Posted by Wolf | April 22, 2008 4:19 PM
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I do not want the karma associated with that hot tub. Have friends over, get tanked, and take a Sawzall to it. Bonus points if the remains end up in his mom's yard.

Posted by Jessica | April 22, 2008 4:50 PM
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I learned something today. There's a tool called a Sawzall.

That is awesome. Sawzall. It's like Sawzilla. It saw everything. It's Sawzall. I want one just so I can have one.

Posted by iflurry | April 22, 2008 8:55 PM
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If you don't know what a Sawzall is, you probably can't handle one.

Posted by Fnarf | April 23, 2008 8:40 AM

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