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Anyone else absolutely hate pranks?

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MamaAndTheSofa · 27/03/2024 20:13

I know I'm not alone in this, but with April Fools' Day coming up I thought I'd ask... who else finds pranks and tricks completely insufferable? And do you really dislike people who constantly play pranks?

Recent examples:

SIL announced her pregnancy and said it was twins. Then after a couple of minutes she went "Oh no, only joking, it's just the one!".

Had a weekend away with the ILs; BIL changed the clock in the children's room so that they would think they had missed breakfast. Cue tears from autistic DS, both when he thought he'd missed breakfast and again when he heard it was a trick.

A colleague was telling us about her plans to cover real eggs in chocolate to give to her kids on Easter morning instead of chocolate eggs, and how she "can't wait to see their faces when they bite into them!".

I just don't get it. It's not that I've no sense of humour; I enjoy jokes and general fun stuff. I just don't understand why anyone wants to see everyone look shocked and then reveal the prank to them. Maybe because my kids are both autistic, I can't imagine playing tricks on them either.

My ILs are particularly fond of pranks, and talk about them for years (SIL will be telling everyone for a few years about how she pretended she was having twins and everyone was so shocked).

Who else hates pranksters?

OP posts:
LolaSmiles · 28/03/2024 13:22

I'm not one for the pranks upthread. But I liked the April 1 programme (BBC? Panorama?) years ago about the spaghetti harvest.
I liked the BBC flying penguins one.
Good natured jokes are quite funny.

Imgoingtobefree · 28/03/2024 13:24

No I hate pranks and teasing, I think it comes from a place of unkindness.

I was teased a lot by my family when I was a child.

I remember the night before my 11th birthday, my mother and older siblings pretended they had forgotten it was my birthday the next day.

When I woke up the next morning, my mum couldn’t understand why I wasnt excited to get the tennis racquet I had wanted for so long.

Lengokengo · 28/03/2024 13:29

I haven’t really experienced many pranks, but I put them in the same category as teasing or wind-ups . I absolutely hate these, as was on the receiving end of this for many years from older siblings/ parents. I would believe what they said or did and then be laughed at. Told many times that I needed to just laugh it off instead of being upset. And my sister would say that the definition of a sense of humour is being able to laugh at yourself. Given the family dynamics she was never in that position / on the receiving end.
i thought this was a personal failing of mine for years until I realised that I could easily take my friends teasing and banter, as it was affectionate and actually funny. My families was done as a status/ power play and weaponised them vs me.

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