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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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GardeningMummy · 01/04/2026 21:06

watchingthishtread · 01/04/2026 20:38

That's grounds for an annulment.

An annulment can only be performed if the husband and wife have only just got married and haven’t consummated the marriage yet….?

pimplebum · 01/04/2026 21:05

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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Oh dear god … i can see where he gotthe dickhead gene from

FlapperFlamingo · 01/04/2026 21:02

Your DH is an absolute prick but you knew that. Obviously you’ll be worried about him and the dog and letting you involve the neighbour
was awful.

SoSadSoSadSoSad · 01/04/2026 21:02

Shit joke. Really shit joke

FloofyKat · 01/04/2026 21:01

Your H is complete idiot. I hope he is full of grovelling apologies to you and your neighbour.

llikeyourbum · 01/04/2026 20:58

@SDLDNI think you need to start your own thread

SDLDN · 01/04/2026 20:54

DH just got back from a long work trip (which I supported). He’s helpful and def pulls his weight on childcare of DD but I do more of the housework. We both work full time in good jobs. He’s been back a day or two, I’d left the laundry, thinking it was his turn after being away. And he just left a massive pile for me to sort and fold, then asked me to cover childcare this pm so he could go to the office b4 the bank holiday. I’ve ended up so cross. I get he’s jet lagged but I’m genuinely ill from tiredness. YABU give him a break, he’s no idea what time zone he’s in; YANBU it’s his turn to do a bit more.
PS I have NO idea how single parents do solo parenting, I’ve been running mainly on adrenaline and 6 hours sleep and am keeling over!

GoldDuster · 01/04/2026 20:53

If anyone I know did this I'd think they'd lost their fucking mental capacity and be concerned for their wellbeing.

This wouldn't have been "funny" on Halloween. This would be the last April Fools joke he would be playing on me.

grumpygrape · 01/04/2026 20:53

WingingItSince1973 · 01/04/2026 20:47

I really think this thread is an April Fools joke. I can't imagine anyone in real life thinking this sort of prank would be a funny idea.

Nope, can't be an April Fool's joke because they finish at 12 noon or 'the joke is on you'. Mind, I think the husband has so much to do in the way of grovelling the joke is on him anyway.

It's not a joke if you are the only one laughing.

worldshottestmom · 01/04/2026 20:52

What an absolute nob, as if he decided to let you go and get your neighbour before announcing his "prank". What a weirdo. Would expect this from a 12 year old but even then wtf

Lifeomars · 01/04/2026 20:51

Cannaebebothered · 01/04/2026 19:45

It's an April Fools, lighten up!

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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"?

ItsLOSELikeLostNotLOOSELikeBaggy · 01/04/2026 20:50

What a fkin prick. He'd have been covered in real blood if he'd done that to me!

Offleyhoo · 01/04/2026 20:50

So unacceptable

LlynTegid · 01/04/2026 20:48

Unacceptable to ever involve an animal in a prank.

WingingItSince1973 · 01/04/2026 20:47

I really think this thread is an April Fools joke. I can't imagine anyone in real life thinking this sort of prank would be a funny idea.

SereneGoose · 01/04/2026 20:46

Ohpleeeease · 01/04/2026 19:37

Not too late to have some fun with this OP. Send him a colossal invoice “from your neighbour the vet”.

Oh yes
This.

ShakyBake · 01/04/2026 20:46

What an awful thing to do.

I have to ask op, is this a recent change in his temperament or humour? If so I don't want to alarm you but I think he may be suffering from a personality disorder.

JustSawJohnny · 01/04/2026 20:44

He actually let you disturb your neighbour?

What an absolute TWAT.

An unfunny one, at that!

momtoboys · 01/04/2026 20:44

What is he, 10? Thank was awful and you are right to be embarrassed to have been caused to get your neighbor involved. She must think he is knob.

Fends · 01/04/2026 20:39

Oh man. I felt bad for dragging the kids in to confess which one had smashed the tv. It was a screensaver of a big crack 😂

watchingthishtread · 01/04/2026 20:38

That's grounds for an annulment.

Wildgoat · 01/04/2026 20:37

Honestly that’s so ick making, what a twat. I’d be side eyeing him for ever that he was both so immature to do that and found it funny.

PS5Gamer · 01/04/2026 20:37

What absolute dickhead. He should apologise to your neighbour.

grumpygrape · 01/04/2026 20:37

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 01/04/2026 20:23

I expect he has been round to the neighbour with flowers.

Flowers plus chocs plus wine and commitment to washing her car once a week for 6 weeks might cover some of it.

Why the heck didn't he stop OP before she dashed to the vet neighbour ?

Did he not get the memo that says a joke is only a joke when everyone is laughing?

Notyouagaindear · 01/04/2026 20:36

I bet he thinks it’s your fault for not finding it funny, I hate “jokes” like this. I’m sure your neighbour was furious and I hope she read him the riot act.