Pranks can be a fun way to bond with friends and family, but they can also be hurtful and damaging.<\/p>\n
There is no one answer to this question, as it depends on the individual and the prank itself. A netizen recently asked<\/a>, Am I a jerk for dropping out of my cousin\u2019s wedding party after a prank? Read on to know what happened and drop your views in the comments section!<\/p>\n
The Original Poster’s or OP’s (F26) cousin (F29) got engaged a few months ago and asked OP to be a bridesmaid. OP says,” I was so excited to accept it!”<\/p>\n
Her sister (F32) is the Maid of Honor and there are 3 other bridesmaids. The date is set for April 2024. <\/p>\n
On April 1st of this year, OP’s cousin sent a PDF to the bridesmaid group chat that really made her angry. It was a list of wedding party responsibilities, rules, and regulations. It included a picture of the bridesmaid dresses that they\u2019d be wearing. They were hideous!<\/p>\n
And she told them that they\u2019d have to pay $800 for them and that they only went up to a size 8 so anyone bigger than that would need to lose weight before the wedding.<\/p>\n
That made OP so angry because she wears a size 10 but also her cousin is like a size 12 so even fatter than her!<\/p>\n
OP says, “Other ridiculous things she added were:<\/p>\n
There was more but OP was so angry she stopped reading and muted the group chat for a few hours. <\/p>\n
OP was so livid and hurt that she decided to drop out of the wedding party, but she didn\u2019t say anything right away. <\/p>\n
The next day, OP checked the group chat again, and everyone else had been chatting about how funny the bride\u2019s \u201cprank\u201d was. Apparently, at the bottom of the PDF, it said \u201cApril Fools,\u201d but OP hadn\u2019t read that far because she was so mad. <\/p>\n
Everyone else thought it was hilarious, but it rubbed OP the wrong way. OP reached out to the bride to tell her how much this hurt her feelings, and she did apologize. But even though it\u2019s been almost two months, OP’s still really angry. <\/p>\n
OP further narrates the incident, saying, “I decided this week that I no longer want to be a bridesmaid because of the mean-spirited prank and told my cousin. Now she\u2019s hurt and angry, and the MOH, other BMs, and some of my family members are blowing up my phone, saying that I\u2019m overreacting to an \u201cinnocent prank.\u201d<\/p>\n
But I believe that pranks are only funny if the recipient finds them funny, and I definitely didn\u2019t. So am I a jerk?”<\/p>\n
“You’re the jerk. Even if it wasn’t the best prank in the world, it still was a harmless prank: done on April’s Fool, with a mention this is a prank in the document itself, no one specifically targeted, it was a group prank, etc., etc.<\/p>\n
You didn’t like the prank, that happens and it is fine by itself. But to hold two months after a grudge big enough you are dropping out of the wedding out of spite? That is some serious overreaction here. Especially for a group prank where you were not specifically targeted.” <\/p>\n
“Yeah, I’m going with a *You’re the jerk* here. You didn’t read it properly and leapt to righteous anger. A prank requires a trick played on someone or it’s not a prank.<\/p>\n
You didn’t read to the end and therefore missed the part making it clear it was a prank. I would suggest you’re frustrated at yourself for falling for something with April Fools written on it…Perhaps speak to someone about your anger issues? Something so ridiculous is something to laugh at, not get angry at.”<\/p>\n
“I was twitching when I read the word \u201cprank,\u201d bc usually on here \u201cpranks” are code for \u201cbullying,\u201d but this one? Honestly, that\u2019s pretty good. I was actually chucking. And it said \u201cApril Fools” right on the PDF?? She didn\u2019t let it go on for a while? Come on. You are ridiculous.”<\/p>\n
“It’s an April Fools’ Joke. It wasn’t meant to hurt your feelings; however, it did and you told the bride and she apologized right away. Unless you think that her apology was fake, you are just holding a grudge for no reason.”<\/p>\n
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Pranks can be a fun way to bond with friends and family, but they can also be hurtful and damaging. There is no one answer to this question, as it depends on the individual and the prank itself. A netizen recently asked, Am I a jerk for dropping out of my cousin\u2019s wedding party after…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Priyanshi","author_link":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/author\/priyanshi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Pranks can be a fun way to bond with friends and family, but they can also be hurtful and damaging. There is no one answer to this question, as it depends on the individual and the prank itself. A netizen recently asked, Am I a jerk for dropping out of my cousin\u2019s wedding party after...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdaakuacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}