After learning that her husband was cheating on her, after a long marriage and a child together, a TikTok creator decided to take matters into her own hands.
Instead of waiting to confront him after work, a mom and wife known as @la.comadre.roo_bee started packing up his stuff — in trash bags. To truly put the icing on her justice cake, she lugged all of his bagged-up belongings to his workplace and left them there for him to deal with.
“My favorite animal is me when I found out my husband was cheating with his co-worker,” she wrote over her video.
“I dropped off all of his stuff at work.” As the camera caught the jilted wife dumping his belongings at his car, commenters couldn’t help but point out how “iconic” she looked.
@la.comadre.roo_bee Sat in the drafts til the perfect trend & song came along.. #cheater #idfwu ♬ Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
“You’re much better than I would be,” one commenter wrote. “It’s giving iconic… you not selling all of his belongings at a garage sale.”
Considering her husband was cheating with someone worked with, it only made sense that she’d bring all of his things there — if they’d had the audacity to deceive her, she’d at least make him comfortable.
“I’m already living and loving the peace of this new life,” she wrote in the comments. “I love silent savage women.”
While the crumbling of a marriage is never something to celebrate, a deceived wife taking her life back certainly is.
Research statistics from the American Psychological Association estimate that nearly 40% of divorces are linked to infidelity — commonly from male partners.
While the same research suggests that some partners opt to stay, even following infidelity, it’s a widely controversial act that can often elicit and introduce shame, resentment, and, of course, mistrust into partnerships. Instead of giving her husband “another chance” to prove his love and commitment to her, this TikTok woman instead broke things off right away.
Interestingly enough, statistics from 2024 indicate that 60% of emotional affairs start in the workplace, something that likely reflects what happened with this couple.
“He learned that day,” the wife wrote in the comments, alluding to his general immaturity in their marriage.
While many women, especially those in hetero-marriages, are encouraged to please their husbands and are even guilted into bearing the responsibility of their partners’ infidelity and lacking commitment, this woman flipped the narrative. She had the power to leave — and, of course, to also embarrass him and his co-worker at work.
Commenters celebrated her for making the decision to leave him on her own terms.
“I love a woman that values herself over her man,” one wrote. “You’re going to grow a whole lot during this next chapter…and the hardest part is already over.”
Other commenters celebrated her for holding her ground and making a decision that was best for her.
“Well done!” another wrote. “I know you packed his toothbrush and any trace of him. That way he has no excuse to try and come get anything!”
In addition to trash bags near his car, she also added old condiment bottles and random items from their fridge to the roof. “Leave no trace of him…he’s done!”
While everyone deals with marital discord and infidelity in different ways, it’s important to recognize women like this — who make a decision on their own, look out for their best interests, and find closure in a way that works for them.