For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn't know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.
106 0 ReplyWe fired our fact-checkers, so we cannot verify whether that is true or not.
87 0 ReplyTrue or not, this is the outcome we deserve.
24 0 Replyi would like to post a community note saying that i personally believe it to be true
9 0 ReplyThe AI replacement says this is true.
5 0 ReplyLiterally everything about it's anecdotal so the best result a fact-checker could have is a shrug.
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Yep you can read the follow up here: https://www.reddit.com/r/harrisonburg/comments/1hvdyv8/fake_kidpissed_wife_epilogue/
24 0 Replyahahahaha, thanks for linking
6 0 ReplyLook at mister MVP over here.
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He's playing checkers, she's playing 3d go.
1 0 Replyand everyone clapped
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$500 minimum, and I'd really have to think hard about it.
$1000, done deal.24 1 ReplyEven at $100 it's a pretty reasonable time/compensation ratio, assuming you only have to spend like 10 minutes on actual performance time.
Of course there is potentially travel time and the overhead of communicating ahead of time to set up the prank.
May not be worth it if you have a full time job already.
24 0 ReplyAny acting student would take the 100 gladly.
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Sounds like the basis of a very healthy marriage!
13 1 Replyhe sounds playful. They will be alright
12 0 ReplyThis is definitely healthy marriage shit. And a marriage that is better off than at least half. Humor is a necessary ingredient to happiness and the crazier the better sometimes.
Edit: and if it wouldn't work on your marriage, one or both of you is fragile.
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Dealer's choice ehh? Let's go with "explosive herpes".
7 0 ReplyTo shreds you say
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I really want to know how this played out
5 0 ReplyOh I would have totally done this lol
5 0 ReplyI like how OP denotes the actors, as to be very clear in his description of how he's either going to get divorced or murdered.
Let's pretend you accomplish this and she sees the err of her ways. Then what? She's going to kill you when she finds out the kid is not really yours.
4 1 ReplyActually it went really well. The wife thought it was hilarious, according to the husband.
"I can't decide what amused her more... the effort I put into the ruse or the fact that I ended up proving her right in the process. [...She said] 'Next time you can save $100 and just assume you're wrong.'"
4 0 ReplyI'll be damned. He found someone to match his crazy.
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Oh shit I wanna do this
1 0 ReplyThis sounds fun but will for sure end with someone trying to blackmail him for more money or filing a fake paternity suit lol
3 2 ReplyThe post, along with any dms for confirmation of the job, payment, etc, would be sufficient evidence of op's innocence
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