This took place roughly 8 or so years ago and only just occurred to me I could ask the internet for input.
I have/had two friend, let’s call them Sam and chuck, we at that point had known each other since school days… say roughly 20+ years. We used to spend a lot of time together until I moved across the country. In that time they ended up becoming roommates. Things were fine between us, distant but fine. I should say pranks were not unheard of in our friend group.
One day as I was having a couple drinks and came across a website that promised, for a small price, to send a spring loaded tube of glitter to the victim of your choice. I got carried away and sent these back pressured tubes of craft herpes to all my close friends a total of 3 tubes, who included Sam and Chuck. They got one since they were living together.
After ordering the pranks I more or less forgot about it over the following couple of weeks until my phone started blowing up. Turns out the first tube to arrive was to Sam and Chuck, and. they. were. \*\*furious\*\*.
I immediately tried to apologize but the damage was done and they wouldn’t hear it. I was told I could have blinded them or caused a heart attack, and that the mess was everywhere and they’ll never be able to clean it up. Over and over I apologized, I offered to hire cleaners but they turned that down because where they were living wasn’t legal, so I offered to have trusted friends/family do the cleaning and was again refused.
The fallout went on for days. They contacted everyone they knew I know to warn them not to open up any packages from me. So no one else got the surprises. They spread the word of my wrong doing as far as they could.
After all was said and done Sam has since refused to speak to me. I reached out every 10 months or so for a couple years and never received a reply. I figured if they ever want to be friends again they’d let me know, so I sent a text saying as much and left Sam be. I still see Chuck whenever I’m in town but it’s been different since then.
At the end of the day I know what I did was an ass move but I didn’t think it was bad enough to end a decades long friendship over. I also feel like I did everything in my power to make amends but I’ll admit I could be wrong and this was in fact that awful. So AITA?
YTA. You don’t send this “prank” to friends.
I mean, you know YTA. Friends don’t send friends glitter bombs.
Hmmm. I feel like a glitterbomb is a deeply annoying prank, way more appropriate to do to someone you actually don’t like. That being said, their reactions seem extreme. I’m going to guess you have a preexisting history of crossing the line — and I feel that’s likely to be true given that your reaction to discovering the concept of a glitterbomb was to send one to EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
YTA.
this you send it to people you dislike, for example i moved house then 1 year later i sent them to neighbours on both sides that made living there hell, because screw those guys
YTA. I hope they didn’t have pets! I would probably genuinely beat the stupid out of you for endangering my animals. And even if they didn’t, you would be paying for a professional clean. Thanks for the 80 trillion extra micro plastics.
If the target of a prank isn’t laughing, then it isn’t a prank, just a bully move. The more I read about these prank stories the more I realize people are just bad at them, and should just stop altogether.
YTA
Since that day I have stopped. Been prank free for 8 years now. Also I accept the judgment.
YTA. They may have overreacted but these glitter bomb packages are not “pranks.” The fact is, you got drunk and in your drunk mind you thought this was all in fun. I assure you if the shoe was on the other foot you too would be furious.
YTA why would you think that’s a fun and innocent joke to play on your friends? Dude F you and grow up.
Definitely YTA. Those things are brutal. Why would you do that to your friends? You (now kinda) clearly recognize that, but unfortunately too late. You FAFO.
YTA. You should think for at least a day before doing shit like this. Then just don’t do it.
You know YTA, though.
I am wondering if any of the previous pranks among you were this “bad”. It makes a difference.
I still think you’re the AH. Glitter is a beast. Crazy to think that people use it for FUN.
YTA. You don’t send glitter bombs to your friends, you send them to people you don’t like so you can inconvenience them as much as possible. Sending glitter bombs is a jerk move. But you know that already. YTJ.
YTA.
Pranks are only funny if everyone is laughing. What part of this would have made you laugh had it been directed at you?