A woman has gone to great—and comfortable—lengths to make sure her ex knows she's doing just fine.
A video posted to TikTok on October 8 by Aleksandra Alicja (@recklesstaxidermist) has gone viral after she shared a vlog of her journey to IKEA showrooms to make her ex believe she was living the good life. Since the video was posted, it has received over 375,000 likes and over 4 million views.
The video's text overlay reads: "POV: You want to make your ex jealous."
The video shows Alicja snapping Instagram stories content in an IKEA living room captioned "cozy evening." Another clip shows her in an IKEA kitchen with the caption, "I love cooking here so much."
There was also a snapshot of Alicja in an IKEA bed, with the caption, "Dinner in bed is better than breakfast. Waiting for [pizza emoji]." But arguably the best staged shot was an Instagram stories photo of a plant and robe with the caption, "weekend at the spa."
To watch the viral video, click here.
Newsweek has reached out to @recklesstaxidermist for comment via TikTok.
TikTok Users React
TikTok users in the comments section could not believe the level of commitment and creativity Alicja had to get back at her ex.
"THIS IS PURE GENIUS," @niezalka wrote.
"This is next level elite revenge work," @minnie.lj commented.
"She even took her shoes of in the living room to make it more realistic," @nataliaxoxo72 posted.
Some could even relate to the lengths one would go to make sure their ex knows they're better off without them.
"Girl, I faked my location to Paris after he replaced me," @hiclassharlot wrote. "Made him think I was on the Eiffel Tower."
Why Do People Stalk Their Exes on Social Media?
Alicja's video points to the real and oft-unbearable urge to follow up with exes on social media—despite how horrible it can make us feel. Brian D. Earp, a senior research fellow in moral psychology at the University of Oxford, England, previously explained to Newsweek why we stalk our exes anyway.
"There are a lot of reasons why we might feel tempted to dig for hints or signs of an ex-partner's activities, post-breakup," Earp said. "We might miss their presence and want a kind of substitute, a little taste of the old high we used to feel when they were with us, albeit laced with little stabs of pain."
Some people on Alicja's post advised not to give exes that "high," though. Leaving them hanging, they said, is more painful than breadcrumbs of jealousy.
"I love this...but what I learned was to just not post anything," @w0nderkattt wrote. "The mystery annoys them even more, because they can't keep tabs on you and don't know what you're up to!"
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