Bitter Sweet

Last Friday I watched a documentary in which they were testing people's behaviour while being rejected by a prospective partner. By the end of it, several people were confessing how vengeful they were after being rejected by a lover.
This triggered a thought: why do people feel the need to be vindictive? Selon moi, revenge is the salt of all sentiments; and it is divided in 3 categories:

1. Organic: urine and spit. In the documentary, a young lady confessed to have urinated in her best-friend's perfume bottle, because the man she wanted (the one who was unaware of her feelings for him) chose her best-friend (who didn't know either) over her. Her proud confession: "I'm satisfied and feel avenged knowing that the perfume she wears everyday contains 5% of my urine!" - obviously a deranged mind! Another example is when one decides to make somebody pay by spitting on his/her coffee, water, sandwich or pancake; because one believes to have been offended - petty spirits! This type of revenge is partly driven by emotions (for it results in common vulgarity) and by reason (for people plot; making the plan sharp, effective with less chance of being caught).


2. Vicious: A man leads a down low, double life with a certain woman. Then, for the sake of his family, he decides to break up with her. The woman disagrees: she wants to keep "her" man...! Suddenly, his daughter's puppy is found dead on the lawn, anonymous phone calls are made to his wife, car tires flat...you can imagine the picture (it's like watching "Glenn Close" in action)! Example #2: a woman is mad at her sister (older, married and successful) for she, out of concern, advises her to get her life straight and be more like herself. What does she do? Out of spite she lures her brother-in-law into her sheets and then informs her sister that he has raped her. This type is a mix of primary emotions and deviation of character.


3. Intellectual: This one is the most exquisite of them all. For instance, you are in a party; someone tries to smear your reputation, your character...you remain calm, you smirk, you think...and when you reply (not necessarily by words) that person feels little, stupid, brainless...you watch him/her sweating, stammering, he/she avoids eye contact...in the air the stench of adrenaline is felt: that's when you know that you've put that person in his/her proper place.

Those who, out of the 3 types, choose to use type 1 or/and 2 are bound (sooner or later) to commit any sort of crime and, end up in the Police journal. Although type 3 is not choreographed by emotions, it can be more lethal for it induces to irreparable psychological damages.