My husband just pulled my chair away has I sat down......

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At my sons school disco in one if the classrooms where the children were getting drinks why would any one do that!!! I laughed it off but I was mortified really plus I think I've hurt my back from leaning in the floor
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When I was younger my brother and I used to compete at trampolining. One of the girls in one of our clubs was selected for the national squad. A few weeks later someone did this to her at school and broke her back.

She was very lucky not to be paralysed. She never got on a trampoline again and literally YEARS of hard work was gone, in a split second. We used to train five days a week for three hours minimum at a time - she'd done that for ten years and another thoughtless prick took that from her. Devastated doesn't even begin to cover how she felt.

He sounds like a total dickhead - I would be giving him hell for dsys

Must have been a shock and is dangerous.

Really? Rip him a new one? Get him to take you to hospital tonight? Make him sleep on the sofa?

It was a stupid practical joke but I do think some of you are seriously over reacting a little.

OP I do hope you are ok by the way...

bedmonster have you read all the responses form people whose friends and family have been badly injured by this 'joke'?

If he did it deliberately, and the worst that happens to him is sleeping on the sofa, he should count himself lucky. A sight better than becoming a carer for his disabled wife.

He's either a bit of an idiot and didn't realise it was dangerous - I did this to someone as a child, not realising what it meant, my teacher set me straight - but still it's a pretty odd thing to do as an adult. If so, he should be very apologetic now he knows it hurt you and is dangerous.

Or maybe there's a pattern. Has he hurt you or embarrassed any other time 'as a joke'?

PS. thankfully i didn't injure anyone

Yes I have mrsterrypratchett which is how I could comment on the fact that I think some people are over reacting.

From the info the OP seems to have given, she is neither paralysed or
the victim of DV, nor do I think this is what she is getting at. However some people do appear to get hysterical about silly practical jokes, (and I believe I did say in my first post that i thought it a stupid practical joke), which sometimes occur with little thought although more than likely had no malicious intent behind them.

Thankfully in this case the OP is alright and hopefully her dh will think more carefully in future about behaving childishly but ultimately I stand by my initial reaction.

It's true; you should have seagulled him.

He should be seriously grovelling. It is essentially like pushing you over, but with a more awkward fall.

What a dick.

I should of seagulls. He takes things too far some times

I think you already have taken things to far! Those seagulls are innocent!

Awful but the choc button trick has been duly and gratefully noted by me. I suggest you try it tonight.

bedmonster just because something is disguised as a 'joke' doesn't mean that it is not nasty and dangerous. It is precisely that attitude that makes people think it is ok to do these ridiculous things. The OP's husband behaved like a complete twat, the fact he got lucky this time is irrelavant.

My God that is SUCH a dangerous thing to do, what an utter prick!!

I can't believe that a so-called adult would do this ... We were taught in primary school that it was very dangerous and could lead to paralysis.

My friend's husband did it to her (completely accidentally; she was trying to sit down but he thought she was trying to get past the chair and so pulled it out of her way). She really hurt herself and we spent the rest of the evening in A&E. She was lucky to get away with just a neck brace for a few weeks, nothing was permanently damaged.

If I saw someone doing this I would read them the riot act. Another friend had spinal injuries (from another cause) and it is not something you want to mess with. Physically and emotionally painful.

If you are still in pain, go to your GP and get yourself checked. Your back may be damaged. Make sure he knows exactly why you are going to the GP.

I fall on the floor once, having missed the chair. Pure accident, not even alcohol involved. It was as painful as childbirth, and I couldn't even go to the toilet until the next day due to the pain. I had damaged my coccyx and needed painkillers for about 6 weeks.

Have to agree with aldi and bedmonster here. Yes it was a stupid thing to do, but it sounds as if it popped in his head and he did it without thinking.
Hopefully he has learnt never to do anything like this again. Don't think it's worth leaving him over it though.

How's it feeling this morning by the way? If you are in pain then you should really get yourself to the GP for pain killers at least.

I can't believe that a so-called adult would do this - and to someone he is supposed to love and cherish ffs!

i am with bedmonster on this one. it was a bad joke. yeah sure terrible things could have happened and he would have felt shit for ever. terrible things can happen any time any where. they often dont. he made an error of judgement be pissed of sure, let him know about it, absolutely. but MN mentality does make me laugh.

what a dickhead!

Complex - the seagulls are ALWAYS guilty.

OP - hope you feel better today.