Boyfriend spent full day convincing her he'd gotten another woman pregnant. When she dumped him — he blamed her for overreacting
"I was repeatedly asking him, 'So what day is it?' Until he got a bit mad and looked at his smartwatch," she recalled
They say time heals everything except for grudges, which perhaps have no expiration date. A 33-year-old woman (u/throuwwwawayyy12) realized that when she reunited with her ex-boyfriend, John, at a mutual friend's party. After a few drinks, he started narrating how she dumped him because of an 'extreme' prank he played on her. On July 29, 2026, the woman turned to Reddit to share how her ex-boyfriend convinced her he'd impregnated another woman. And when she ended the relationship, he accused her of overreacting. The post has received over 7,000 upvotes on Reddit.
Digging up the past
The author and John started dating in their early 20s. "It was almost a year-long relationship," she recalled. However, the couple broke up and hadn't met each other until recently. It was a mutual friend's party, and after a few drinks, John brought up the past. He told everyone that the author broke up with him because of a harmless prank. Well, the woman admitted that she played a prank on him first, but it was nowhere near as bad as his. "After hearing it, mostly men were telling me I completely overreacted," she recalled.
For context, the author recalled a weekend that John spent at her place. The next morning, he forgot it was a Saturday and got ready for the office instead. The author didn't correct him until he put on his shoes. "I was repeatedly asking him, 'So what day is it?' Until he got a bit mad and looked at his smartwatch," she confessed. John was visibly upset and accused his then-girlfriend of playing a bad prank on her.
A cruel joke
The following day, John texted her, saying they needed to talk because he got another woman pregnant. The author knew he was lying and that it was a part of his prank. She called out his bluff, but he "quadrupled down." John even swore on "everything he holds dear" and sent her a fake ultrasound photo. The author told him to stop because it was getting weird, but he insisted he was telling the truth. Finally, she said, "If you're having a baby with a mystery lady, then we need to break up." John then admitted that it was a prank. The author couldn't look at him the same way after that incident and broke up with him a few days later. "8 years later, he's clearly still hurt about it because he was telling everyone and basically doing a 'poll' on who was wrong," she said.
Love has limits
Everyone wants a partner with a good sense of humor, but jokes shouldn't cross lines. Hily surveyed 4,000 Millennials and Gen Z Americans right before April Fools' Day and found that 53% of women and 44% of men were more likely to break things off with someone if they had a different kind of sense of humor. In fact, 68% of women and 58% of men believed an April Fools' prank or joke could hurt a relationship. Similarly, 53% of women and 25% of men said a cruel or mean April Fools' joke would be enough of a reason to end a relationship. John still could not wrap his head around why his ex-girlfriend dumped him over a "prank." But research shows that not every "prank" is funny.
'You made the right choice'
People called John a "loser" and noted how he was still "salty," eight years later. u/DevelopmentExciting6 wrote, "NTA. It wasn't because of a prank. His prank didn't work. You broke up with him because he is weirdly obsessive and has to win. The poll proves he hasn't changed." u/Ginger_spice_smudge added, "He was 25 when he did this? And 8 years later, at 33, he’s doing polls on who was wrong? I’m not sure what’s wrong with him, but I’m sure the medical name is long and complex. NTA. Lucky escape."
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