answer:Yes. I know I shouldn’t have and I was being petty but still, I sort of felt they were deserved and I still do although in hindsight, they weren’t terribly helpful in terms of the ongoing relationship I have with the person concerned. After I got into the relationship with my now husband, my ex decided he would cause trouble. I was entitled to a parenting payment because I had the majority care of our children and was studying full-time. However, you can’t get this payment if you are living in a de facto relationship and are being supported by the other person (fair enough!). I was living on my own with my children and paying my own bills. My ex contacted the welfare department and told them I was living with my then boyfriend and being supported by him. Consequently, I got a call and had to answer a multitude of questions about my living arrangements, how I paid my bills etc. It was very upsetting and caused me great stress in case they didn’t believe me. I was pretty angry. So, I knew his ex girfriend knew his email password. So I sent him an email saying the welfare department had been in touch and found out my boyfriend was living with me and that they were going to take me to court and I was really frightened I would go to gaol and would be please, please look after the children if I was imprisoned. I really bunged it on. Then I waited until I knew he had read this email and as luck would have it, he gloated to his ex girlfriend about how he had really got me! I gave him plenty of time to brag to all his friends about his coup. Then I wrote him another email telling him the first story was as much bullshit as the story he told the welfare department and called him a few choice names. It didn’t help our relationship. It was petty. I shouldn’t have done it. Still, at the time it felt very good to do it.