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Original poster

To not tell my son I lied to him?

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DerekSprechenZeDick · 11/08/2016 09:15

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?

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ErnesttheBavarian · 12/08/2016 19:22

My grandad told me when I was a little kid that he wrote "Don't Cry for me Argentina". He was always listening to the radio and it came on and he told me, totally matter of fact. I just accepted it. It was only after he died, and I was an adult that I realised he'd lied.

My dh tell our dc all sort of weird stuff. LIke he invented the post-it note. Or that he was British judo champion. They love it. Stupid lies are surely an important part of childhood? Eg what's for dinner? Earwigs and worms. How long till we get there? 43 hours and 28 minutes etc etc

CatThiefKeith · 12/08/2016 19:23

I doubt very much the op's son will grow up with trust issues. My df pulled shit like that on me throughout my entire childhood. It was funny character building.

We still pull pranks on each other now, it's fine. Unclench people.

bushtailadventures · 12/08/2016 19:24

God help you when you've got 2 of them Derek, they'll gang up on you!!

We are a family of pranksters, the kids are better at them than me now, and I had 4 of the buggers against me, amazed I am still sane(ish)

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DerekSprechenZeDick · 12/08/2016 19:26

My mum hid for 15 minutes in the big laundry hamper thing just to scare my stepdad.

I think I know where it all comes from

The whole family is like this.

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SnipSnipMrBurgess · 12/08/2016 19:28

Kids need to learn a sense of humour and how to take a good humoured joke and have a laugh.

ESD is doing nothing odd here - god forbid you have fun with your kid.

Dont come round my house- my son and I have a great line in fart jokes here- people might think our jokes stink...

Boom boom.

sallyedmondson · 12/08/2016 19:28

Do you often play rather cruel tricks on your children?

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DerekSprechenZeDick · 12/08/2016 19:29

Cruel tricks? Of course. He has patterns in his hair so kind of deserves it I suppose. The thug he is

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ArmySal · 12/08/2016 19:30

Some of these replies are fucking hilarious

NeedACleverNN · 12/08/2016 19:30

My mum hid for 15 minutes in the big laundry hamper thing just to scare my stepdad

Sounds like something I would do actually.

I once walked into the bedroom whilst dh was hoovering. He hadn't seen me so when I tapped him he jumped so high, he could have hung from the ceiling like a cat. He then fell and landed hard on the bed

he also wet himself a little bit

I may have laughed...a lot

CatThiefKeith · 12/08/2016 19:36

NeedACleverNN we all jump out on each other as often as possible in this house!

limitedperiodonly · 12/08/2016 19:36

Do you often play rather cruel tricks on your children?

My dad died with Alzheimer's. Probably a fitting fate for someone who played 'rather cruel tricks' on his children.

I liked him though.

LaContessaDiPlump · 12/08/2016 19:43

My grampy maintained for at least 15 years that he was good friends with King George - 'Not the new one of course, the old one, George V'.

We believed every word and, oddly, still loved him

bearleftmonkeyright · 12/08/2016 19:54

My mum always used to know what Mr Bennwould be doing, what flavour milkshake Bod would choose and who would come out of the music box on Camberwick Green. She said she was just able to predict it. years later she told us she looked in the Radio Times. I still don't speak to her.

LaraCroftInDisguise · 12/08/2016 20:07

Last Friday I woke my 5yo old up in the morning and told him that had phoned me and old me school was starting early and we had to get him to school.

He wasn't wasnt thrilled because he wanted more holiday but he's been excited to start Year1 so didn't offer too much resistance.

We then proceeded to take him to Warwick Castle where we had a fabulous time, and he took great delight in the fact that DP and I had "played a joke" on him.

Hadn't realised this kind of thing could be permanently damaging to him.

reelingintheyears · 12/08/2016 20:25

bearleftmonkeyright I like that one,
I had DS2 on for years about Pubs with names like The Kings Head and The Kings Arms having the body part locked in a safe in the cellar.

Cocolepew · 12/08/2016 21:00

My dad is a compulsive liar, he's told my DDs the biggest pile of shite over the years. They fell for it every time.
They are 15 and, 18 now and still quite like him.

druscilliah · 12/08/2016 21:08

sits in the corner, rocking and wondering what on earth I've done my children must be doomed, I've doomed them, my dd and I have doomed them to a life of...what? We often play cruel jokes on our dc and they retaliate with pranks, jumping out on us oldies and causing us major palpitations. I particularly like the "you're going to summer school" and "quick get up, gather your clothes we have to leave now. There's been a zombie outbreak" and then we travel somewhere wonderful. In a world full of shit awful people/things/tv programmes we really should embrace the prankster in all of us. You know the little devils there, just waiting to pour salt on your sisters cornflakes

HeresashatinaboxpAt · 12/08/2016 21:33

We always prank each other in my house... My daughter has started doing it back... Brilliant fun. Derek that's the kinda thing we do... We try and make eachother Jump a lot.
Last week in tesco my daughter came out the toilet cubicle I shouted boo but at the exact same time a woman came in and the three of us just stood there screaming then laughing

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DerekSprechenZeDick · 12/08/2016 22:27

My stepdad told my son that a haggis was like a sheep but with 3 legs so it only ran in circles which is why they keep getting caught.

I wind my brothers up and they live miles from me, one is in another country.

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WanderingStar1 · 12/08/2016 22:58

I spend my life trying to get one over on my 8 yr old DCs, and they love telling me that they just don't fall for our tricks any more! So it's extra hilarious when they do....!! I told my foodie daughter that her order for pub lunch wasn't a goer as they were out of all the things she'd asked for so she was having xxx (her least faves) and her face for a few minutes was a picture - hooray!! Equally - they think it's fantastic when they do manage to creep up on me and make me jump, or pass on a 'lie' from one parent to the other, and get believed! Obvs we're damaging them hugely - but we're all having loads of fun! Carry on OP - I might try your gag nearer the start of term and see how long they fall for it.....

Mysteries · 12/08/2016 23:30

Own up and tel him you are sorry. You only did it cos you could. You're in a position of power. He isn't. He can only fight back with fake illnesses. How cruel it is that kids dread school so much that they fake illnesses. How cruel it is that school is more-or-less obligatory

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DerekSprechenZeDick · 12/08/2016 23:31

READ THE THREAD

I'm a bit power mad so.. He's a thug, he should do better than faking an illness. I've raised a wuss

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Anonymouses · 13/08/2016 00:13

How very bloody dare you have fun with your son. Who do you think you are, a parent? Total disgrace. You made him laugh ffs. What are you doing?

GaniyaI · 13/08/2016 00:26

I'm sure like other moms on here, you would never do anything to affect your child in anyway .I don't get why you said it but I think people are being harsh . Moms lie to get children to do things sometimes and kids find out but I don't think it's serious enough that he will be scarred at all by it .

limitedperiodonly · 13/08/2016 00:30

My brother used to lock the bathroom door and make gurgling noises and scream that he was going down the plughole while I cried outside.

He's still with me, which is annoying, because if he'd have drowned I'd have been the only one to inherit. Bastard

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