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37-Year-Old Man Prank-Breaks Up With Long-Term Girlfriend, Doesn’t Like Her Reaction
Household tasks like cooking, cleaning, and doing the laundry can be more manageable when you live with a partner. However, everyday routine can also cause stress in a relationship.
Moving in together is a big step, and you don’t want to go through all the effort and expense only to realize that the two of you weren’t ready for it.
So when this woman received a text from her long-term boyfriend saying that he was no longer sure about their future plans, she took it seriously. However, as she explained in her post on the subreddit r/AITAH, she later found out that he was playing a prank on her.
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This woman and her boyfriend were planning to move in together, but he told her he started having cold feet
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They broke up over the phone and it seemed like the end of the relationship, but he soon showed up on her doorstep
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People who prank those around them often isolate themselves with this behavior
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Just like the woman behind this post, some prank victims question whether they have the right to be upset, especially if the perpetrator doesn’t take their concerns seriously. But they should, says Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, who is a clinical specialist in child and adolescent counseling as well as nationally certified counselor and licensed mental health counselor.
“You have a right not to be pranked,” she writes. “You have the right to be treated with kindness and respect. You also have the right to speak out when you feel a sense of injustice or have witnessed an injustice towards another person.”
According to Sarkis, when people set a boundary with these pranksters, they are quite often told that they are “too sensitive,” that they “can’t take a joke,” or similar gaslighting statements.
“Ideally, a person would acknowledge your boundary, apologize for hurting you, and immediately cease any prank behavior. However, if a person was already willing to humiliate you, make you uncomfortable, or has already been told that the behavior is not okay with you, consider that you may never receive an apology or change in behavior.”
Which seems to be the case this time as well.
A study on the joint phenomena of “pranking” and “practical jokes” has been released by the Knoxville Institute. The 3-year-long research project revealed an extremely strong correlation — if not direct evidence of causation — between enjoying the planning and execution of pranks and practical jokes on people in your life, and having none of those people trust you nor hold any affection for you.
“Some of us were surprised by the results,” said Dan Margera, lead researcher of the study. “But it really checks out once you think about it. People don’t react well to abject cruelty and psychological torture, even if you laugh maniacally immediately afterward and say you ‘got them so good.'”
After reading the story, people said that those who play stupid games are supposed to get stupid prizes
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Giraffy Window 8 months ago (edited)
He broke up with her over TEXT. He didn't even call to do it, and then refused to try and work it out when she suggested it. You get broken up with over text it is WELL and truly over, because that person can't even respect you enough to put in the effort of a phone call, which is the second shittiest way to break up with someone. What was she supposed to do? Sit there and wring her hands? Don her mourning gown and veil? Nah. This guy got cold feet on her, then got cold feet on having cold feet. He thought he was "pranking" because he didn't have enough emotional maturity to process what he was feeling.
Flora Porter 8 months ago (edited)
And then he left her hanging for several days. People who do things like that are at best seriously immature and selfish.
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Ephemera Image 8 months ago (edited)
Went home, had a hookup, broke up with her to use the excuse 'we were broken up!' Then he's surprised she didn't 'fight' for him? master manipulator here.
Giraffy Window 8 months ago (edited)
He broke up with her over TEXT. He didn't even call to do it, and then refused to try and work it out when she suggested it. You get broken up with over text it is WELL and truly over, because that person can't even respect you enough to put in the effort of a phone call, which is the second shittiest way to break up with someone. What was she supposed to do? Sit there and wring her hands? Don her mourning gown and veil? Nah. This guy got cold feet on her, then got cold feet on having cold feet. He thought he was "pranking" because he didn't have enough emotional maturity to process what he was feeling.
Flora Porter 8 months ago (edited)
And then he left her hanging for several days. People who do things like that are at best seriously immature and selfish.
Load More Replies... Ephemera Image 8 months ago (edited)
Went home, had a hookup, broke up with her to use the excuse 'we were broken up!' Then he's surprised she didn't 'fight' for him? master manipulator here.
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