I am glad to read the above, UL. Spite and vindictiveness are not a way to live a life, even though they feel mighty good in the heat of the moment
Yeah, I know. A lifetime of watching my parents be spiteful and vindictive and then being that way myself in response to it has made it a deeply rooted "go-to" tactic.
Really, it just comes very naturally.
But it makes me a toxic person -- which is not ideal! haha