She Smacked Her Boyfriend Over The Head With A Watering Can And Accidentally Gave Him A Concussion Because He Put On A Scream Mask And Scared Her During Their Prank War

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This 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who is 22, recently moved into their own apartment together, and throughout their relationship, they’ve always been big “pranksters.”

While they were getting to know each other, they initially bonded over their love of pulling pranks on people. So, ever since they moved into their apartment two months ago, they’ve been in a prank war.

Once, she wrapped everything her boyfriend owned in tinfoil, hid Googly eyes all over their apartment, and switched the containers of various food items – like cereals and salt and sugar.

At the same time, her boyfriend has replaced all their photos with various framed memes, zip-tied countless items shut – including their scissors – and filled their bedroom with balloons.

“It’s basically all been harmless and silly fun between us,” she said.

However, she still didn’t see her boyfriend’s prank coming yesterday. It all began when she returned home a little early from work, and she had no idea that her boyfriend had also gotten to leave work early.

So, as she got home and opened the door to their bedroom, she saw a man dressed in all black and wearing a Scream mask jumping out at her.

Now, for context, she always keeps a little metal watering can in their kitchen and waters their houseplants after work. But, once she was frightened by her boyfriend, she used the watering can for self-defense.

“Acting on instinct and without thinking, I whacked him over the head with the watering can, which caused him to fall backward into our chest of drawers,” she revealed.

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As soon as she realized the scary figure was really just her boyfriend – and he took off the Scream mask and began screaming at her – she jumped into action. She ran to get an ice pack for his head and immediately began apologizing. Still, he was downright furious at her.

Things only escalated as the night went on, too. Later that same evening, her boyfriend was feeling sick and started acting really strange. His speech was slightly slurred, and he seemed really confused.

“At first, I thought he was playing another prank to get me back, but after he continued acting strange, I got really worried and took him to [the emergency room],” she recalled.

“It was quite late by this point, and I didn’t want to call his parents and get them worried over potentially nothing.”

She and her boyfriend spent a long time at the hospital, and he wound up having a mild concussion that, thankfully, wasn’t too serious. So, he got sent home and simply told to rest.

But while they were leaving the hospital, her boyfriend’s parents happened to show up – because, apparently, he’d called them. And when she tried to explain what happened, they were even angrier at her than her boyfriend was.

This pushed her boyfriend to just go home with his parents, and she’s since been alone at their apartment all day. She’s also begun ignoring her cell phone because both her boyfriend’s family members and friends keep sending her angry text messages – accusing her of being a jerk for giving him a concussion over a prank.

“It was an honest mistake. I was acting out of pure instinct, and none of our pranks have ever been of that nature, so I never would’ve expected him to pull something like that,” she vented.

Nonetheless, with everyone so mad at her, she’s been left wondering if she really messed up.

Do you think it’s her fault that she chose self-defense in a fight or flight moment of fear? Or was it purely instinctual? How would you have reacted? 

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Katharina Buczek graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Digital Arts. Specializing ... More about Katharina Buczek

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