To think OH prank isn't funny?

[afternoonnapqueen]

Today is the day I hear if I got the job I wanted I'm really banking on getting it and will be gutted if I don't.

I get terrible anxiety I worked myself up so much last week I had a panic attack. OH has been pranking me this morning of No caller ID he even got his brother to join in.

I kept thinking I missed the call and was wondering why they couldn't hear me when I kept saying Hello, I was getting my self into a right mess.

OH and his brother cracking up laughing messaging each other, now they've put me in a terrible mood.

AIBU to think this isn't funny or am I just too serious?

You have kids - then you really need to leave.

Horrible nasty man.

No this is not funny very nasty in fact.

I wouldn't show him this thread. It's not going to change his mind and he seems someone who reacts defensively.

OP, I agree with all that this isn't a mindless prank (which would make him a dick), it's a deliberate and targeted effort to undermine you at a moment of anxiety and potential success. That doesn't make him a dick, it makes him a cruel and pathetic partner.

I'm sorry that he's so jealous and resentful of your success that he feels the need to make you feel small so that he can feel big.

I couldn't stay with someone who was so contemptuous of me.

No not funny at all, hope you get the job 💐

What on earth? Your OH is cruel and thick. No one would do this. Get the job and get rid of him. See how funny he finds that...

So he doesn't work, but doesn't support you trying to get a better job either? He pranks you, but when you get upset it's your fault? He sounds like a bullying cocklodger.

So he doesn't work, but doesn't support you trying to get a better job either? He pranks you, but when you get upset it's your fault? He sounds like a bullying cocklodger

He's a prize cunt, but he is also a SAHP to 2 small children, so let's not pretend he's not fully occupied and doing his share in that way.

He is a knob as is his twat brother.

It's not funny but pranks very very rarely are.

What a fucking prick. Its not funny in the slightest and the most important thing of all regardless of anyone's sense of "humour" is they are both tying up your line!!! Have you pointed that out to them?
Dont get sad- get MAD!
Tell him in no uncertain terms, firmly & assertively that if he does it one more time you will be finding a way to seriously get your own back!
Gah i feel like smashing his phone up for you even though i know thats not the right thing to do...

That’s nasty and cruel, and incredibly childish.

And good luck with the job hope u get it!
I would seriously assess whether it's worth continuing this relationship. Who the fuck does this type of thing?

Oh god he’s awful. Please, you can do better than this bellend.

Hope you get the job and this twat hasn’t delayed you finding out by tying up your phone line all day with his pathetic attempt at humour.

Honestly the prank itself is bad enough but then not being remotely sorry and carrying on with it after you told him it’s making you more anxious is shitty immature behaviour. I’d say childish but actually if your kids made you cry they’d probably say sorry. This isn’t childish is pathetic man-ish.

I like a prank as much as the next person but this is cruel.

I'd be so cross if DH (and his brother too!) were doing this and weren't remotely sorry either

@whateverhappenstomorrow

Well he doesn't have your back does he?

He has no empathy and no respect for you, and no ability to listen to you.

You are in a great position as the breadwinner. I would urge you seriously consider a life without him.

He's primary carer for the children...be careful what you advise

This is not nice, in fact it's a cruel thing to do.
I hope you're ok and that get the job.
Tbh if he behaves like this on a regular basis, I'd be thinking of leaving him.
Lets not dismiss though how much work he does as a SAHP, which is a job in itself.

You need to show him this thread just so he can see how many people wouldn’t find this funny. If he likes a good joke tell him you’re divorcing him, you’re having an affair, the kids aren’t his etc etc and see how his sense of humour meter copes. He sounds vile.

NannyOgg makes a good point, he's the SAHP.

He's primary carer for the children...be careful what you advise

Yes. What you could do is say you are no longer wanting to have sole financial responsibility and that he needs to get a job. Put the kids in nursery.

Were you anxious BEFORE you met him (and his brother), @afternoonnapqueen?

I hope you get the job and and kick him out. Despicable man.

He has utter contempt for you. Sorry but I couldn’t sleep in the same bed as someone who treated me like that.

Yanbu. That's really cunty of him (sorry, I'm annoyed on your behalf).

So nasty OP.

I bet this isn't an isolated incident.

It's unlikely to be a one off.

Him returning to work would be a good first step to getting rid of him.

Your anxiety isn't being helped living with someone so unpleasant.

Reach out for support IRL.

I really hope you get the job.🤞

Pranks (not a fan) are only amusing if everyone is laughing. You aren't. I'd be bloody furious with some idiot winding me up about a new job phone call.