The meanest joke/trick anyone has ever played on you?

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I randomly got thinking about this event which led to my second story below and I wondered if it would make a for a good thread.

My first cruel joke was when my husbands workmates arranged the Christmas night out in a nearby city. We were going out in fancy dress, to a comedy club and then staying over. They decided we would go in fancy dress, the theme being the 70s. DH and I bought our outfits and when we turned up to the meeting point we discovered it was a joke on my DH and noone was wearing fancy dress until later in the evening. I got change into my 'next day' clothes which being in my 20s and being someone who made an effort was smart but as a young Mum who didn't go out much or ever stay away, I was robbed of a change to get dressed up nice for the earlier drinks.

The second story was on my wedding day. Our two photographers were DHs friends. We went for a shoot away from the venue in the back of one of their cars and they gave us a scratchcard as a wedding present. I scratched it and we had won £10,000. Everything went in slow motion, we were 21 and this would allow us to put a deposit on a house and start our married life off really special. It felt really magical to win that on our wedding day. A minute later they started giggling and I realised it was a fake scratchcard.

I'm glad to say none of these pranksters are in our lives anymore!!!

These are not pranks, they are awful!
I pranked ds.
We were looking at a new house. Been downstairs, all very nice.
Upstairs. 2 bedrooms. Look, here is the big bedroom. Just right for mummy. Deciding what furniture could go where.
Second bedroom has pooh bear wallpaper and will be the perfect place for the new baby.
Mum?
Yes?
Where will I sleep?
You? (Pretend not to have thought about him)
Yes, me. Where will I sleep?
Dont know. Maybe you will have to go in the attic?
Attic?
Yes. The attic.
He goes up a second staircase and the whole roof space is a huge room, with skylights. Awesome room!
Er, ok. I suppose i could sleep in the attic!
That to me is a prank.
Nobody saw ds get concerned.
And it was a nice surprise a minute later.

Jesus, some of these are horrendous, you poorly souls x

In the late 90’s there was a print advert for one of the Virgin products that was based round the letter V, describing whatever it was as V this, V that, V the other (can’t remember the exact words). My first name starts with a V.

So, in my 3rd year of secondary school I very briefly went out with a boy in my year in the autumn term - we’re talking for a day or two. After that, he and his best friend for some reason decided they hated me.

It was near Christmas and I was walking between lessons when the best friend who was going the other way handed me an envelope, saying “this is from all the boys in our class”. On the envelope it said V Surname, V Thick, V Ugly (in the style of the Virgin advert)

Inside was a Christmas card, on the left hand side they’d drawn a picture of a cheque with a message saying they’d clubbed together so I could pay a plastic surgeon to give me a new non-ugly face. On the right hand side was the signature of every single boy in the class, some of whom were good friends of mine. I cried myself to sleep every night for a week over it, thinking they all hated me and were laughing at me behind my back.

It turned out the best mate had told all the boys the card was for a teacher when he was getting them to sign it...

It was 20 years ago and I’ve never forgotten it and how it made me feel. If I teach my DS one thing it will be to be decent and respectful to girls.

My mother used to pretend she was dying. My brother and I were very little. She played this “game” with us many times until we cried and shook her at which point she would laugh at us, call us “stupid kids”, and say of course she wasn’t dead. No wonder I’ve turned out the way I have.

I have a friend who lost twins very late in pregnancy, and has gone on to have other children. That sonographers "joke" would have devastated her. A medical professional really should know better