A father who wanted to pull a prank on his daughter was left regretting his decision after the 18-year-old was left upset.
The man took to Reddit and explained that he wanted to pull a prank on his daughter for her 18th birthday by smashing a cake into her face as soon as she woke up.
He thought that the prank would ‘make her laugh’ but she was left upset. Even though she enjoyed her day, she was still unhappy with her dad and her younger brother.
“My daughter’s 18th birthday was yesterday” the dad wrote. “On the eve of her birthday, my son told me about his idea to smash cake and whipped cream on his big sister’s face when she woke up.
“I thought this would be funny and make my daughter laugh first thing on her birthday, so I agreed to do it with my son.”
He said that his biggest regret was not telling his wife about their plan.
“My daughter woke up at 8 yesterday and when she first came to the breakfast table, my son and I were waiting.”
The father continued: “We pounced and we each grabbed a slice of chocolate cake and smeared it onto her face and I yelled happy birthday.
“My wife came to our daughter’s rescue and started yelling at me all the while my daughter was just dumbfounded and shocked.”
He and his son immediately realized their mistake and they apologized to the birthday celebrant, who immediately took a shower.
“The rest of the day was smooth sailing and my daughter had a fun birthday besides the morning incident but she was clearly upset at her brother and me.”
Most people on Reddit think that the dad was in the wrong for pranking his daughter on her birthday, with one person writing: “This is the kind of thing that’s funny only to the ones perpetuating the ‘joke’. It’s cruel, mean, and disrespectful as it gets.”
Another wrote: “You started your daughter’s birthday off with a deeply unpleasant experience and then laughed at her distress. If your biggest regret is that you didn’t tell your wife beforehand, you’re even more wrong.”
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