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Am I overreacting to DH’s April Fools??

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OneDeepOP · 01/04/2026 19:07

This morning DH took the dog for a walk and he came back covered in “blood” and so was the dog. He came back “hysterical” and told me the dog had been savagely attacked by another dog. I was in panic mode and I ran over to next doors as she is a vet to see what to do. When we both came back from hers to the dog, DH says “April Fools” which I (and she) found extremely irritating. The blood he got from the cupboard Halloween storage. I felt humiliated, embarrassed and didn’t find it funny at all. He thinks I’m being a spoil sport!

AIBU? Am I being a wet lettuce or is this too far?

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Stirabout · 04/04/2026 19:29

grumpygrape · 02/04/2026 20:27

OP's husband has left the building.

Flounce 😉

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154 people on here think OP was unreasonable
I’m guessing they aren’t all OPs dh

or are you/ they @Cannaebebothered because That’s a lot of email addresses 😆

grumpygrape · 02/04/2026 20:27

Cannaebebothered · 02/04/2026 19:53

I’m bored of this now. I’m out!

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OP's husband has left the building.

Flounce 😉

Cannaebebothered · 02/04/2026 19:53

CustardySergeant · 02/04/2026 18:44

But it wasn't as though what the OP thought had happened was so unlikely it had to have been a joke was it? It could have been true and the blood real. Why wouldn't the OP have been horrified at seeing her husband and dog covered in blood and the husband seemingly hysterical. You talk about sticking around long enough, but the OP wanted to get help for the dog she thought had been attacked, hence getting the vet neighbour. Should she have just hung around doing nothing? Of course she acted.

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I’m bored of this now. I’m out!

CustardySergeant · 02/04/2026 18:44

Cannaebebothered · 02/04/2026 18:18

I’m not gullible so would have stuck around long enough to work out it was an April Fools. OP was the fool on this occasion, give him a little dig on the arm for having ‘got her’ and should laugh it off!

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But it wasn't as though what the OP thought had happened was so unlikely it had to have been a joke was it? It could have been true and the blood real. Why wouldn't the OP have been horrified at seeing her husband and dog covered in blood and the husband seemingly hysterical. You talk about sticking around long enough, but the OP wanted to get help for the dog she thought had been attacked, hence getting the vet neighbour. Should she have just hung around doing nothing? Of course she acted.

grumpygrape · 02/04/2026 18:37

Cannaebebothered · 02/04/2026 18:18

I’m not gullible so would have stuck around long enough to work out it was an April Fools. OP was the fool on this occasion, give him a little dig on the arm for having ‘got her’ and should laugh it off!

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You may think you aren’t gullible but why do you condone OP’s husband taking advantage of his wife being gullible?

Cannaebebothered · 02/04/2026 18:18

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I’m not gullible so would have stuck around long enough to work out it was an April Fools. OP was the fool on this occasion, give him a little dig on the arm for having ‘got her’ and should laugh it off!

Doingtheboxerbeat · 02/04/2026 17:32

@Cannaebebothered I have a very dark sense of humour - trauma often produces such people sometimes, but this 👆 isn't dark humour, this is cruelty.
I'm sorry for the people in your life that you can't see the difference.

Cat1202 · 02/04/2026 12:32

Prize idiot

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SorcererGaheris · 02/04/2026 12:12

Cannaebebothered · 01/04/2026 21:21

People use fake blood to play tricks all the time ie. Halloween to spook. 'Oh no, I've sliced my finger off!'

Chill out! No one got hurt.

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@Cannaebebothered

But someone did get hurt.

The OP got emotionally hurt - scared and distressed that her dog/husband were severely injured.

"Hurt" isn't just referring to physical pain. The OP felt emotional pain/distress. So this prank did indeed hurt someone.

SorcererGaheris · 02/04/2026 12:08

Lifeomars · 01/04/2026 20:51

So thinking that your dog and (idiot) husband have been victims of an attack by another dog is funny? oh my aching sides, oh such hilarity and jolly japes not. Have a little think about the emotions someone would experience after seeing what looks like nasty injuries, imagine the distress and possbible panic. Would you double up with laughter when you heard the words "April Fool"?

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@Lifeomars

I sometimes hope that those who think this kind of cruel prank is funny - because intentionally causing such distress and pain IS cruel - should have the same thing done to them. I doubt they'd see the funny side if they were the ones hurt.

CustardySergeant · 02/04/2026 11:55

Has he apologised to you and your neighbour, OP?

mammat72 · 02/04/2026 01:58

OneDeepOP · 01/04/2026 19:15

That’s what FIL did on 1 April 2020 when he told us his mum (DH’s nan) had died from COVID so yeah his side of the family can be like that.

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its one thing to do a silly prank but to do it about family friends or pets is highly immature and bordering on mental abuse. i think i would be leaving him for that if it was me. how traumatizing

Empress13 · 02/04/2026 01:25

Not funny what a twat

Ferrissia3 · 02/04/2026 01:07

Nothing funny about this - your husband sounds like a absolute moron. I hope you show him this thread.

Jupiterx · 02/04/2026 00:18

Well i know someone that got told today that their nan had passed away duing the night, said person said yeah yeah not falling for that crap.
Well it was not a joke she indeed pass away.

Cherryicecreamx · 02/04/2026 00:18

That's a step too far! He should have been running after you as you go to the neighbours telling you it's a "joke"! Not allowing you to go ahead with it. He clearly thinks it's funny because he was willing to announce "April Fool's" in front of her too.

sittingonabeach · 02/04/2026 00:11

@Cannaebebothered our dog used to get upset if he could sense we were upset. If DH had done this to me I would have been really emotional which would have upset our dog, so cruel.

maras2 · 01/04/2026 23:50

OneDeepOP · 01/04/2026 19:07

This morning DH took the dog for a walk and he came back covered in “blood” and so was the dog. He came back “hysterical” and told me the dog had been savagely attacked by another dog. I was in panic mode and I ran over to next doors as she is a vet to see what to do. When we both came back from hers to the dog, DH says “April Fools” which I (and she) found extremely irritating. The blood he got from the cupboard Halloween storage. I felt humiliated, embarrassed and didn’t find it funny at all. He thinks I’m being a spoil sport!

AIBU? Am I being a wet lettuce or is this too far?

That has to be the most disgusting, unfunny April Fool ever. Angry

DreamTheMoors · 01/04/2026 23:32

OneDeepOP · 01/04/2026 19:15

That’s what FIL did on 1 April 2020 when he told us his mum (DH’s nan) had died from COVID so yeah his side of the family can be like that.

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There’s funny and there’s shitty.

Both are shitty.

That is all.

Wiseplumant · 01/04/2026 23:26

Not funny, he's a knobend.

SqueakyFromme · 01/04/2026 23:25

i think this is fictional

DugnuttEyeBoogies · 01/04/2026 23:22

Cannaebebothered · 01/04/2026 21:49

There's at least one other.

It was a joke - that's all! No harm intended. I actually think the funniest part was when OP got the neighbour involved (even though it was a little cruel of OPs DH to let it get that far). OP was totally had! I bet he's still laughing about it all.

P.S. I'm definitely not a cruel person. Just easily amused.

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He told her that he and their dog had been attacked - how can you possibly say “no harm intended” - surely he would know their appearance covered in “blood”, acting hysterical, saying they had been attacked would make the OP very distressed, as it did?

He deliberately and cruelly setup his wife for emotional pain and distress. What other outcome would be expected, her to shrug her shoulders and go oh well dear? No, of course she was going to be hugely upset. That’s cruel, not funny.

If this amuses you, well, again, long hard think time.

Bristolandlazy · 01/04/2026 23:19

No you aren't over reacting, anyone would be shocked and upset by that. He's a fucking idiot. He wasted your neighbours time too. How embarrassing.

manaliiiive · 01/04/2026 23:15

Yanbu, it’s a horrible prank because it plays into your fears.

My cousin once pranked my late grandmother decades ago. She was widowed, living alone, a bit eccentric and disorganised (I have an ADHD diagnosis and we definitely share similar traits) in a remote corner of Scotland.

Anyway, he called her pretending to be a TV licence inspector and had her tearing the house apart looking for the physical licence. Didn’t stop even though she was distraught and found the whole thing hilarious.

Cruel. I think your DH was cruel also