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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom locked me in a basement and held the door while my aunts and uncles pounded on the door, yelled help, and pretended to break in through a tiny basement window. I was 7 or 8. I thought my extended family (mom, at least 5 aunts and uncles, sister, 2 cousins) was being murdered or something  terrible and I was either next or the only one left. Then instead of apologizing, they made fun of me for not realizing it was a joke. Even as an adult, they’d make fun of me for my response because I cried. [/quote]

Absolutely horrible[/quote]

+1.  This is so incredibly cruel, and from your family too.  I'm so sorry.[/quote]

It's not just cruel, it's weird and odd of a thing to do. I don't get it. Almost to the point where I feel like, could they be saying that to reassure you/lie/protect you from someting that really was indeed happening? but they still tease you which is really weird[/quote]

We are a 'prank' family. I definitely remember tears at times as a kid. I didn't like it. We have them in our family, but I waited for the kids to be school aged before we did any and now we keep it friendly/fun, but if anyone gets upset - we stop immediately. Fingers-crossed this works to mitigate any cruelty. We are still in ES, so we will see.[/quote]

Why though?  Why not not mitigate any cruelty by not being a prank family?[/quote]

“We are a prank family” means DH loves pranks. PP accommodates and keeps her fingers crossed. 
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Sometimes it’s the mom. Sometimes it’s a different form of queen bee/mean girl abuse, just directed at their own kids. Don’t be so quick to assume pranks are bro behavior. PP sounded like she wants to play it off as dark or dry humor but she knows she goes too far sometimes, so she pretends she can tell where the line is. I’m sure she’s quick to point out how much better her kids have it than she did, and to tell some horrible thing her parents did as a prank that made her cry as a child if her kids complain about her fun not mean (from her perspective) pranks. It could be the dad taking the lead, but I bet PP has led the charge a time or two. I bet she’s even modified some of the mean pranks that happened to her to make them funny for her kids. I could be projecting, but that’s how her post read to me. [/quote]

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