Woman 'Confesses' to Cheating to Gauge Husband's Reaction, He Reconsiders the Whole Relationship: 'It was just a prank!'

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Nov 7, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Welcome, ladies of the internet. Prank shows in the 90s and early 2000s were always so wholesome. Most pranks were harmless fun and ended with laughter and joy when people realized that they were getting duped. However, as pranking content moved to internet platforms, content creators started pulling much more mean-spirited pranks just to get more clicks and views from outraged viewers. Thankfully, the peak of mean pranks has come and gone with internet jokesters moving back to creating videos that leave prank subjects laughing along with the viewers. However, not everyone got the memo. 

In our story today, a known trickster and ex-theater student with amazing acting chops decides to play a 'prank' on her unsuspecting husband. She pretends to confess to cheating, and convinces him that the baby she is carrying is not even his. When she finally lets up the jig, she finds that he is not laughing alongside her. Instead, he is reconsidering the entire relationship, wondering if he can ever trust her again. Get all the details down below. 

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    r/AITAH u/Ok-Swimming9365 • 6h AITAH For Being Furious With My Pregnant Wife Over a Prank?
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    31M. I've been with my wife Lisa since college and she's currently seven months pregnant with our first baby.
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    My wife Lisa is witty and likes to play jokes on me. For example, she likes to pass of fake facts and stories as real and see if I'll believe them. Lisa was a theatre kid, and so she's great at acting and selling these stories. I used to fall for her pranks all the time since I'm gullible and she's so convincing. However, now that I've been with her for so many years, I can typically tell when she's messing with me. She's upped the antics over the years, and so she can occasionally get me to bel
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    Today when I got home from work, Lisa had tears in her eyes and told me she needed to talk to me about something. I was seriously worried, and sat down with her immediately. I asked what was wrong several times, and she kept saying it was hard to talk about and she was terrified I'd leave her. I kept pressing, and she told me she had an affair with her boss several months ago and wasn't sure if the baby was mine. I asked if she was serious, and she said she was 100% serious and started crying ev
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    I got up, started pacing, and tried to gather my thoughts. After a few minutes, Lisa bursted into laughter and said she was just joking. I was furious. I said it wasn't funny in the slightest to make jokes about cheating and the child not being mine. Lisa then said she was a bit offended that I believed that specific prank and not several others. She said she couldn't believe I actually thought she'd cheat on me. She then got teary, and asked why I didn't trust her.
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    I asked why I would trust her after she pulled that prank on me, managed to cry telling me about it, and continued with the prank even though I was viably upset. Lisa said it was harmless, and I was blowing things way out of proportion. She continued to ask why I didn't trust her, and I told her I needed some space.
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    I ended up going to a speak easy and have been away from the house ever since, even though Lisa has called several times. I know it was a prank, but I think this joke went way too far, especially with the tears. I also was clearly upset (as anyone would be), and she should have stopped it as soon as she realized I was actually falling for it. Usually Lisa's jokes are funny, but this one really got to me for some reason. AITAH and am I overreacting? I feel badly because she's very pregnant with m
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    Apart-Scene-9059.5h NTA: The worst part about this to me isn't even the prank. It's after the prank she see you are upset and instead of apologizing she blames you for believing her and begin to question you. Also just remember she can make herself cry so don't let tears fool you anymore Reply 4.9k
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    snekadid 5h • Because she saw it wasn't going her way so went toxic and redirected the guilt. The test is the only route now because she set up the concept and now he doesn't know if this was a false flag. 774
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    xLilyLove • 5h NTA. The real issue is her response after the prank, instead of apologizing for crossing a line, she blamed you for believing it. That's not how you handle someone's feelings. 385
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    OldCatDude99 • 2h My ex-wife used to joke about cheating in me. Sometimes accuse me then say she was joking. Truth was, she was cheating on me the entire time. NTA. I'd be so p ed if she pulled this on me. 95
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    donname10 • 5h If she's my family, im not gonna trust her anymore, even her tears would disgust me from now on ← & 쇼 774 3
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    fantastictomcat • 3h Exactly!! Now play a "joke" on her and ask for a paternity test. ... 13
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    Sea_Firefighter_4598.6h I think you need to tell her you need a paternity test. NTA. Reply 15.8k
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    LearnsFromExperience • 5h I'm not usually a fan of asking for a test, but in this case, it's absolutely appropriate. She broke your trust in her. Not sure why she thinks that's the slightest bit your problem. And if she's trying to double down and guilt trip you about this, it might be time for a hard conversation. 2.4k
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    Scorp128.5h She shouldn't be toying with the trust that her relationship is built on. This is on her and she cast the doubt in her relationship. She was cruel and that was not a "prank" (what is she, 8?).
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    When her and OP finally has the kid, is that kid going to be fodder for her pranks too? Is she going to think it will be "funny" to have OP upset over something about the kid that she will use as a prop? I'm afraid that is where she is headed next as she is finding it more difficult to pull off her little jokes.
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    She can't toy with people like this. She needs to stop. OP needs to have a serious talk with her about this and get her to understand that there can be no more of these pranks. She needs to find herself a new hobby or locate an actual sense of humor, nothing she is doing is funny, she is hurting people and damaging relationships. She does not get to use her pregnancy to shield herself from the consequences of her actions. ← 1 1.2k
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    Construction No9678 • 4h I feel like people who pull these kinds of jokes (your family member di d, your kids aren't yours, etc.) need to be sat down and walked through the basics of how empathy works again at the level you would explain to a 5 year old. It's hard for me to believe that after so many times of being told to consider other people's feelings, someone can end up doing stuff like this. She also needs to be reminded of the boy who cried wolf; if she keeps trying to trick her husband,
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    I like jokes, and I think pranks can actually be really fun, but this doesn't meet my definition of a prank. If the person you're pranking isn't laughing by the end of it, that isn't funny. That's just being a . I hope OP takes his time and space to consider reconciliation, because frankly, she needs time to think about what she's done. 359 ↓
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    Equivalent-Bee6501 • 5h NTA. Send her fake divorce papers and let her see how funny it is for her. Reply 1.4k
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    NTA. • busyshrew 5h You and your wife need to have a very thorough discussion about putting some clear boundaries around this pranking business. And soon. Because if she's willing to do this, trust me, it might cross her mind in the moment to pull some stunt.... about your future baby. (Jesus I don't even want to think about that). Please show her this post and update us. Reply 149
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    facinationstreet • 5h She then got teary, and asked why I didn't trust her. This is straight up manipulation and cruel. This is NOT a prank. This is someone who is I up in the head. How can you ever trust her again? I'd be filing for divorce and getting a custody agreement prepared. 000 Reply 55
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    KooLow 81.5h NTA. That's not a joke, it's a warning. ... Reply 51
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