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?

[craftycarls]

Son not some, just love small phone keyboards!

[JackLottiesMum]

I'm confused Derek if you think you have done the right thing as to why you are asking people's opinion on whether it is ok to do it or not? No one but you understands the relationship you have with your son.

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

Yes, a lie as a joke will mean he will lie about everything and anything now.

Yes I have my fucked my son up.

Yes he will need so much therapy because his mum once had a joke with him

Yes he is a thug because he has patterns in his hair

Yes he will now have trust issues

Yes he will never believe a word I say to him

But it's worth it as it was hilarious!

[BastardGoDarkly]

My dad once told me and my brother he'd changed our names to Mavis and Michael he carried it on for a whole day, think I ended up crying

He's still a twat, but i love him.

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

jack I never asked if it was ok to do, read the thread and feel free to point out where I asked

I actually asked how ill shall I let him get.

Never once asked for permission from MN 😂

[dowhatnow]

No one has said you shouldn't wind each other up and play pranks. Believe it or not I do too, but this particular one was taken too far. He wasn't a happy child if it got so far as to fake illness. That's not funny.

Still i'll toddle off to get a life. Thanks crafty You sound nice.

[gamerchick]

Wow so many people are up there own arses on here

School holidays, everybody gets tense. Too much kids, not enough alone time and not enough special time with the OH

[Doinmummy]

How do you know that he wasn't double pranking his mum ? He might have been faking illness because he knew his mum was winding him up !

[dowhatnow]

Fair enough he might have been but if the op thought that, then she'd have said that, as she'd have found that hilarious too.

[TheOptimisticPessimist]

He wasn't a happy child if it got so far as to fake illness. That's not funny.

Unwedge your judgeypants, they can't be comfortable.

I adored school and was a total teacher's pet but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have tried to skip a day if I though my holidays were being cut short.

Lighten up. It's not like he ran away or spent the night crying his eyes out - he feigned a cough and a bad tummy! I'm pretty sure that OP wouldn't have pulled this if her DS was likely to be genuinely upset. He took it well and gave as good as he got. Sounds like a pretty good way to entertain each other during the holidays to me.

Derek you're both total evil, it's brilliant!

[Aworldofmyown]

I would cancel the cheque OP.

[ItShouldHaveBeenJess]

Tell me if I've read the thread wrong:

Mum plays practical joke on son.

Son (who clearly shares Mum's sense of humour) retaliates and pranks Mum.

Both have a giggle about it.

I always considered myself to be reasonably intelligent, but clearly, I'm missing something!

[toadgirl]

How do you know that he wasn't double pranking his mum ? He might have been faking illness because he knew his mum was winding him up !

That's what I reckoned he was doing!

Because of what he did later (pranking his mum with the work rota), I thought, "Hang on, I'll bet this kid didn't really fall for the original prank. Sounds too smart to have done that!"

[craftycarls]

You're welcome 😉

[craftycarls]

I usually am nice but the summer holidays are driving me a bit nuts so a little cranky!

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

dixie he did. The thug in him hasn't faded so he knows he's still off.

[GillKC]

That's hilarious wish I'd done. You can all shut up no one us messing g with anyone's mind it's a f***g joke you weirdos

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

The fact i didn't mention his uniform or mention school in the morning didn't give it away. It was the length of his hair

[user1471122439]

You've made it into The Sun, although apparently, you're a father. Obviously from your username!

www.thesun.co.uk/living/1601985/prankster-parent-divides-mumsnet-users-by-lying-to-his-son-about-school-holidays/

[NeedACleverNN]

Quick Derek get in touch with the daily mail

You can either practice your sad face at being mistaken for a man OR you can announce your pregnancy as a man

[gamerchick]

Heh what are you going to do with your newly attached penis OP?

[DerekSprechenZeDick]

I'm actually gender neutral. My son calls me human. No labels here.

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[DerekSprechenZeDick]