To not tell my son I lied to him?

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

And let him continue pretending to be poorly and see how far he goes?

I told him last night that he's back at school today. He has woken with a super bad fake cough, has complained about belly ache, his toe also hurts him.

I'm waiting to be told he has a broken leg

How ill should I let him get before I let him know I was messing with him and he has weeks yet?

You need to find out why he's getting like this about school. My daughter's really excited about going back. She's not a school loving nerd, she just likes seeing her friends etc.

He wanted more Stampy time. That's literally it. He played on it for extra time.

He loves school. There is no deeper reason.

Only thing you did wrong op was forget to do a lighthearted warning in the title.
Dunno how this thread kicked off like this flip sake it's just a bit of fun!

I think it's funny. Children need to be teased and pranked (gently) or they can grow up taking themselves very seriously and be unable to cope with banter from peers.

oh FGS, no wonder there are so many namby pamby kids in the world that burst into tears when the wind changes

Is your son fully recovered now OP

Jesus, how is joking like that 'cruel'

I've said it myself, Derek.

And you obviously know your son's personality, and if he can take a joke, better than anyone here ffs.

I know him a little. He's nearly 7 so we are still getting to know each other. He seems alright I suppose, can take a joke and give it out.

Go and sit in the corner Derek and try and look a bit ashamed will you?

You've been told off

We always joke with our kids. They mostly know when im doing it and they also like to pull our legs a lot. It's a two way thing.

Crikey, lots of you would never have survived growing up with my parents. Dad would spend weeks planning elaborate practical jokes and pranks, involving all three of us. We love to sit round the table and remember them all now, some 15 years later. I remember one where he told my sister (complete with official looking letter) that she had to spend her summer at school to prepare for college. She cried and sulked for hours until they told her. It's her favourite story now! Lighten up!

Oh lord I hope none of you lot find out how we wind up our kids.

I'd rather a kid covered in tattoos, bright hair or a shaved head, than an oppressed boring fart tbh.

Some of you lot really need to get a fucking grip! Trust issues? For a Joke

OP my dad did this to me once, right at the beginning he told me it was 6 days of holidays not weeks. I got dressed for school ran downstairs and was ready to go. He called me silly and said he was only joking I still have 5 weeks left of school! I was so disappointed because I really wanted to go to school we laugh about it still to this day! No trust issues here, I haven't turned to a life of crime for a tiny prank!

If one of my parents had done this to my brother or I it woUldale most likely be brought up every single year when the schools go back 'Are you Sure it's tomorrow' it would be one of those daft family stories which get trotted out regularly.

We had loads of family jokes/pranks and we both turned out relatively well. Certainly no lasting scars from having parents with a similar sense of humour to us.

It's a funny thing.

Ds1 had patterns shaved in his hair from aged 6.

He's 17 now. And just started modelling.

Adidas must have decided that the "thug" look was "in" this year.

It never fails to amaze me how a random person on the internet thinks they know the personality and temperament of someone's child better than their own mother does.

I sincerely doubt Derek would have played a joke on him if she knew it was going to upset him and "ruin one day of his precious childhood" or whatever that bollocks was up thread

My heart hurts for your innocent child, Derek

On April fools day, i had printed off an official looking (phoney letterhead and everything) letter to my 7 year old DS, it ws 'from' a boarding school, welcoming him to the new term and giving him a lost of do's and don'ts.
"Leave your electrical items at home as we only have one electrical socket in the main hall"
"We do not believe in hot water at St Autrocious School for Boys. Therefore all pupils will shower at 5am in the open air showers before indulging in a brisk five mile run before a delicious breakfast of porridge and prunes"

The little shit was actually excited about going😨😨😨

We did stuff like this all through childhood. Mine are in their thirties now and still have a laugh about the various 'lies'

Good on ya Derek i know who you are but even if you had been a newbie would have wished more power to your elbow😉

doubt Derek would have played a joke on him if she knew it was going to upset him and ruin one day of his precious childhood

I probably still would have.

Ha! I think it's great messing with kid's heads. I'm a full on barren but have 2 SDs (since 2&4, now theyre 8&10) and I LOVE fucking with them. Used to tell them all sorts of crazy lies to get a reaction when they were little ("daddy and I were on holiday and this massive alligator came into our room and he fought it off" ) these days it's more of the OP variety.

Lol at all the people here denouncing the OP for fucking her her DS's life & their relationship. These are the same people who tolerate & enable/encourage food fussiness/general 🙄🙄🙄 behaviour. Well done OP!

I "ruined my kids' lives" one April Fool when I told them school was closed for the day as we were getting ready in the morning. I had to quickly un-tell them as DD ran upstairs and got straight out of her uniform.

Dsis said I'd done it all wrong, I should make it seem like a bad thing but it have a good ending, instead of the other way around.

So I took her advice and the following year on April Fool's Day, I told them that we were going to have to leave our holiday as there was a mistake with the booking and another family were coming to stay that day.
I'm having problems getting the balance right
They still hate me for that one.

Derek, when you tell him things, does he question whether or not you are joking? If you say you are taking him somewhere, does he believe you? I think that if it is done too often, it might make him feel very unsure of what is actually going to happen.
Once in a while is great fun though, I think he is great sport for getting you back 👏👏👏😂

He believes me, which is why he's so easy to fuck with

My dad was an inveterate and inventive liar to my delight.

His best was over the mystery of the naming of D Day. He told me that Winston Churchill was looking around for a suitable name for the Allied invasion of Europe that he hoped would bring an end to Nazi tyranny.

Churchill noticed that my dad was serving in the Royal Engineers as a sapper. My dad's name was Denis and 6 June 1944 was to be his 26th birthday. The rest is history.

I can't remember what I did on my 26th birthday but heralding peace in our time while being shot at definitely wasn't part of it. However, pointing out when people are being humourless cunts is my small tribute to him.

We are a prank family - the kids love it. There are loads of pi faced miseries on here. Carry on and have fun!

Even "po" faced!!