AITAH For Being Furious With My Pregnant Wife Over a Prank?

A man (31M) and his pregnant wife (7 months along) have a history of playful pranks. Recently, she pretended she had an affair and wasn’t sure if the baby was his, complete with convincing tears.

When he believed her and became visibly distressed, she revealed it was a joke and was offended he thought she could cheat. Her husband, deeply upset, left the house to cool off, feeling the prank crossed a line. read the original story below…

‘ AITAH For Being Furious With My Pregnant Wife Over a Prank?’

31M. I’ve been with my wife Lisa since college and she’s currently seven months pregnant with our first baby. 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 believe one of her jokes. 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 even harder. 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.

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. 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 my child and I don’t want to stress her out, but I need space right now.

Here’s the comments of Reddit users:

Apart-Scene-9059 −  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

Sea_Firefighter_4598 −  I think you need to tell her you need a paternity test.. NTA.

Equivalent-Bee6501 −  NTA. Send her fake divorce papers and let her see how funny it is for her.

Ironyismylife28 −  If this is even real, NTA.. Pranks should be funny.. Emotional distress is not funny.

aparish67 −  NTA….she owes you some major mea culpa

Pandoratastic −  NTA. The reason cheating ends relationships is for the same reason lying does – it breaks the trust in the relationship. She may not have a pattern of cheating but she does have a long pattern of lying and that’s why you didn’t trust her enough to immediately reject the idea she cheated on you.

She’s the one who has deliberately eroded the trust in your relationship, for laughs, over the years. Of course you don’t trust her. She’s made an effort to convince you not to trust her. How do you even know which part she’s lying about this time? Maybe it was just a prank.

Or maybe she really did cheat but then she pretended it was a prank when she started to doubt that you would forgive her. At this point, I think you might want to consider couples counseling to see if it’s possible to rebuild the trust between you.

You can’t have a stable relationship without trust and it’s clear that you justifiably don’t trust her enough for a stable relationship.

KooLow81 −  NTA. That’s not a joke, it’s a warning.

AussieGirl27 −  Your wife sounds like a f**king psychopath, honestly who does this???? And the f**king g**lighting that came after? This is serious mental derangement that she thinks that it was any way funny. She needs help because that is some fucked up s**t.. Also get a paternity test

star_b_nettor −  NTA That is not a harmless prank or joke and she knows this. Do not let her act like this is your fault.

Remruna −  First of all, if she is stressed over you keeping your distance; too f**king bad. This is her fault, if she hadn’t acted like a moronic child with her stupid “prank” there would be no stress to be had. Secondly; that is not a prank, that is cruelty. Literally nothing funny about it.

Thirdly; she is avoiding owning up to her own f**k up by asking why you don’t trust her. Don’t let her deflect your justified anger with her crocodile tears.   She is not the victim her, she is manipulating you. . NTA

While pranks can bring humor to relationships, this one pushed emotional boundaries and caused hurt. Was his reaction justified, or did he overreact to what she viewed as harmless fun? What do you think? share your thoughts below!