Boyfriend Pranked Me With Gnomes, Now My Relationship Is Ruined r/Relationships

[@twentyfiveyears5010]

Story 1: OP got 50 gnomes, then got rid of 50 gnomes and 1 troll.

[@gemma6515]

😂

[@MaryTheresa1986]

😂😂

[@satonyaharris4150]

😂😂

[@crowdemon_archives]

Lmfao

[@ALeXZVaMpYRoCkZ]

Awesome comment!

[@jackwatt8988]

1: if the mom said to me "you should have kept them even if you didn't know who they belonged to" I would be saying "No, fuck no. If someone leaves shit in my yard I'm going to get rid of it. This is your idiot son's fault, not mine.".

[@technicaldifficulties368]

Nobody would do that. She's just upset and blaming who's convenient

[@chinaking918]

I would’ve asked (yes being an AH since she wanted to take it there) would you keep trash that’s left on your lawn? It’s crazy to expect her to just keep them because she didn’t know who’s they were. Hell that’s a better reason to get rid of them. I would’ve been extra creeped out honestly.

[@whiteserpent6753]

For months, even. I get maybe you don’t get rid of them after a day, but months is too long to demand you keep a bunch of stuff someone abandoned in your yard.

[@DentrassiCook]

@@technicaldifficulties368 I would.

[@technicaldifficulties368]

@@DentrassiCook You would keep 50 gnomes in your garage for months and months?

[@D-M-K-1-2]

Story 1: I'm glad OP got away from that entire family, The way everyone handles things is pretty fricking bizarre.

[@juliearmfield2634]

I don't know if that families entitled idiots or delusional but the best thing she can do is keep on running.

[@aalokshah8655]

i do feel bad for chrissy. she didn’t do anything and is clearly still grieving. her brother and mom suck

[@juliearmfield2634]

@@aalokshah8655 yes that is very true.

[@GiordanDiodato]

keeping stuff from a dead partner isn't that bizarre.

[@marshawargo7238]

​@@aalokshah8655 I'm wondering why she blocked OP? Now if any gnome wander back to OP's yard, she has just insured that OP won't go out of her way to return them to Chrissy(I wouldn't, I'd tape a note to it "Free to a Good Home"!!!)😂

[@amyyaku5022]

S1: The bf is extremely cruel. Stealing someone's belongings like that and then blaming the victim is not a prank: it's a crime. Bet he'll continue to do this for his future gfs until Krissy finally realizes the truth.

[@BruinPhD2009]

A part of me thinks his sister IS the target of the prank. Needlessly cruel...

[@LadyLake723]

I'm like OP, how the hell is she supposed to have got access to a storage unit 3 hours away that wasn't hers? Makes absolutely 0 sense.

[@memeking7273]

​@@LadyLake723 the brother probably pulled so many "ways" she did out his ass that OP looks like she owns super powers. Why target Knomes? Why not?

[@FoolMisinfo]

@@BruinPhD2009 I'll go off the rail here but his target being his sister is not so far off, after all perhaps his sister has changed a lot and he doesn't like that/doesn't like her attachment to the gnomes so he thinks if he gets rid of the gnomes she'll "be back" which is the hugest no in history but of course not wanting to be the AH he decided to victimize himself so he doesn't get the blame.

[@GaskyChan]

I feel like she already knew but don’t want to believe her brother truly is that stupidly cruel. The lie it was op is a comfortable lie that allows a relationship with her brother.

[@SteviiLove]

Story 1; You can't dump your crap on someone elses property for _months_ with no notice and expect no repercussions. Like wtf kind of mindset do these people have? If anyone should rethink this relationship, it's OP.

[@untitled-gv3qp]

Right! And it doesn't sound like he was ever intending to take them back on his own if he didn't realize that they were being given away.

[@pippo17173]

​@untitled-gv3qp let's add that the family also believes in blaming the victim for not knowing when when one of them could of inform them. What an awful family.

[@photofreak56]

I keep thinking if someone put a bunch of Gnomes on my lawn they would be bagged up and put either in the trash or taken to good will after a week.

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

​@@photofreak56idk if I would have even waited a week. I'd have made a Facebook post with a picture (leaving a couple of the more unique items out for identification purposes) & said that whoever did this has 3 days to come get their property or Goodwill or St Vincent DePaul will get a new donation of outdoor garden decor. I'm not a fan of pranks so when someone pranks me I either go so outrageously hard back so that they figure out they don't want that smoke (as was the case for my late husband) or I just make it seem incredibly juvenile & act like it's embarrassing for a grown adult to be engaging in these things (cuz it kinda is). I love jokes where everyone is in on it but I hate pranks cuz to me they give off a darker more bullying vibe & they often go way too far which tends to not be fun for the victim of it.

[@SapphireVirgo]

​@@photofreak56 not even a week ,that shit would been in the trash within the hour

[@ianesgrecia8568]

Story 1: so bf ignored her questioning for AT LEAST TWO MONTHS, than got angry she got rid of them? WTH?

[@dtester]

She should leave 50 pink flamingos on the mom's yard and come back a year later to see if she still has them.

[@vrsalcedo7245]

And then complain loudly that the mom didn't 'store them properly'.

[@simac8396]

Story 2: simple solution, no more free babysitting.

[@MogofWar]

It seems they dun burned that bridge

[@teamaang7915]

First story. Like wtf? How is this ops fault. F that guy.

[@untitled-gv3qp]

Like, what did he think was going to happen? Who has space in their house for a ton of gnomes that they didn't need, want, or ask for? It sounds like he wanted to steal the thing his sister had with her dead boyfriend. Or he just wanted to free up space in storage and decided to pawn them off on the OP and didn't expect her to get rid of them. I feel sorry for Krissy but if she can't realize that the OP wouldn't be able to get into a storage unit she didn't even know about then that's on her.

[@marshawargo7238]

I don't feel bad for her because by blocking OP, she's saying "we're over" & any gnomes that find their way back to OP's yard won't be returned to Chrissy. Blocked? OK, I'll just put a note "Free to a Good Home" on him & leave him by the curb, for the next person or trash man!😂

[@sovereigncrux]

If her ex's family just stopped and asked themselves how OP managed to 1) learned of the gnome army no one told her about, 2) figure out his sister had a storage unit 3 hours away, 3) where it was, 4) managed to get the right key for it from the sister with no one noticing (how would she even know what the key looked like?), 5) transported all gnomes to her house in the middle of the night for attention. Guess none of them thought of looking at video surveillance footage at the storage unity, which most companies maintain for insurance and security. Would see who the culprit was all along. Stupid people win stupid prizes.

[@clarabp2613]

​@@sovereigncruxthey must think that OP works for the CIA

[@clownrat5759]

@@PsionicBardLadypranks can be pretty harmless and simple. This is like, the movie “gaslight” levels of pranks. Not gaslightING, but it definitely gives off the same vibes of the movie. “What do you MEAN gnomes? You’re crazy. Give me them back, you’re overreacting!” 😂

[@Russman67]

Chrissy's Gnome Army was retired when her boyfriend passed away. And Joe is a shit ex-boyfriend who wouldn't even admit to pulling his own "joke". Hope Chrissy disowned Joe after this.

[@mellttabor2134]

50 on the lawn for 2 months with no word is called abandonment and she can legally toss them!

[@aduckofsomesort]

Can* I hate when Siri puts in syllables when there aren’t any

[@AngelaVEdwards]

You can edit your comment. Click the three little dots on the right and choose “edit”. I should have said you can edit your comment unless you’re using a phone. My iPhone won’t let me edit comments. I have to use the computer for that.

[@milescoburn1845]

She can legally toss them as soon as they showed up.

[@carolroberts4614]

I can't edit, I'm using my Kindle.

[@nanoglitch6693]

This doesn't make any sense. If they're abandoned she *CAN* toss them.

[@poetryqn]

Story 1: I feel like OP had a lucky escape. This whole family sounds off-kilter.

[@GiordanDiodato]

how was Krissy off-kilter?

[@Jamiee-p]

​@@GiordanDiodato She likely blames OP for the loss of the gnomes even though OP had no idea who the gnomes belonged to and since they were unclaimed for 2 months, had all the right to get rid of them

[@WhitneyDahlin]

​@@GiordanDiodato because she didn't believe OP and blamed her! How would OP even know about the gnomes or know where they were stored or have a way to get them out of storage? But the real mystery is the boyfriend's behavior. Why did he get so upset? Why didn't he just admit to it when she asked? She told him she put them in her garage because they were getting stolen and he still didn't say anything. I think he was looking for a reason to break up with her. I think it's possible he thought his sister needed to get rid of the gnomes because it would help her move on and then realized he really messed up when it was too late? I just don't get it. I truly don't understand him. Does anyone else have any theories about the bfs behavior? Why he would think it was okay to steal something so valuable from his sister and then get angry when OP rightly gave them away! AND HE STILL DIDN'T PICK THEM UP WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS GIVING THEM AWAY!!! He STILL left the rest with her and OP had to drop them off to his family herself.

[@margaritap.9459]

​@@GiordanDiodatothat "ok" and instant block may mean she's more similar to her crazy brother and mother than not.

[@kieramaccourt8717]

The statement that he was happy to have a weird secret just threw me. Why would he be happy to have a secret from his SO--so many red flags here.

[@Hope_this_is_just_a_dream1994]

So in other words, op canceled her plans to watch her sisters kids for an emergency that didn't even exist. So they dumped their kids on her, lied about something important, and now have the gall to tell her that she fucked up. Don't watch their kids again. Next time they can hire an actual stranger or the grandparents to watch them. Edit: yep it's so much worse. So instead of telling the truth they started a smear campaign against op because they didn't want people to know that they like banging another couple? Dude, that's defamation. I reiterate, please don't watch their kids again. I would be more pissed that they screwed up plans on my first day off in a while.

[@vanzy01]

💯👍🏿

[@D-M-K-1-2]

If a bunch of Gnomes showed up on my front lawn, I would assume that the world was being taken over.

[@MarkNarrations]

One of us, one of us!! 🧙‍♂

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Ayyyy, fellow Simmer!

[@clarissagafoor5222]

😂😅😊

[@yesthatmousyiris4887]

@@MarkNarrations 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yesthatmousyiris4887]

Gnomes: "Sacrifice! Sacrifice!" @@MarkNarrations

[@alexanderhenby1362]

WHAT?! 50 gnomes and coming clean after a couple days is funny. That is a great prank. Two months is insanity

[@dexine4723]

Lol, if it was me, they'd have been down the local rubbish tip in a week, let alone two months.

[@sylokthedefiled7650]

Honestly, I'd love it if someone put 50 gnomes on my lawn. That's funny as hell. But 2 months without claiming them? Hell to the no.

[@jenniferhanses]

Story 2: NTA. I'm really perplexed by the swinging couple though. His parents won't babysit any more. Her parents won't babysit any more. You canceled your plans and stepped up as an aunt to babysit in a supposed emergency, and then they rained crap down upon your head for it, so it seems to me that they've burned you as a babysitter. Do they just not want to have people who can baby sit in emergencies or for free because usually family does it for free? Why would anyone want to run out of babysitting? (says person currently acting as back up babysitter for an hour because the actual babysitter had to run off to an appointment:)

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Good question. I feel like this is a couple who shouldn't have had children.

[@jenniferhanses]

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly That is the impression I am getting. And as someone who doesn't want kids myself, I consider that a perfectly reasonable position. But if you want to be childless, you need to be responsible and not have children.

[@RobDaCajun]

@@jenniferhanses They were into swinging before they had the twins. Now, they can’t get their sex fix. Not without the financial and childcare help they need. Apparently they need to bang other couples more than not jeopardizing their kids lives. We can argue all day if their lifestyle is moral/immoral. What we can’t argue is one call to CPS will get the kids taken away. Or when the twins get older that rumors of their parents shenanigans. Won’t ruin their lives. That’s why both sets of in-laws are threatening severe action if they don’t stop. But they’re “cake eaters” and can’t stop banging strange people over their child’s wellbeing.

[@RawkLobstah88]

They want to have it both ways. They want to be able to dump their kids whenever they want so they can swing, while having said babysitter to be entirely devoted to their precious babies. They want an au pair that lives in another house.

[@AlyssMadigan]

How does anyone expect to leave..so...so many gnomes on a lawn... and not expect something to happen to them? This prank only works if someone knows the gnomes. 50 GNOMES?

[@carlrood4457]

Right. My wife's friends were doing something similar with pink flamingoes. It doesn't really work if you don't know who did it.

[@hiro4344]

Right? I would have gotten rid of them within days. Granted I would have said I was getting rid of them so that may have stopped such a mess but who knows? I'd probs stick a "Free gnomes" sign out front and been done with it or had a literal yard sale to make a few bucks.

[@aduckofsomesort]

Garden gnomes are literally the number one lawn decoration that are stolen and or destroyed.

[@kevinsullivan2153]

This prank only works if you come clean about the gnomes after an hour or two. Any longer and some gnomes will wander off. When I was young we did this with plastic forks; we'd "fork" a friend's yard with ~100 forks. It worked well until some of my friends started taking flamingos from random yards to add to the forks. Stealing isn't cool, and the tradition petered out.

[@AngelaVEdwards]

We used to do the forks in the lawn thing too when I was a kid. LOL

[@liabowden8526]

"That's not how the prank works" says the guy who didn't even do the prank right. The demand for another gnome is what kept others from just tossing them, clearly you put out a new gnome and the gnome army will disappear the next day or so (I assume). But without the demand, there's no Next Step. So you have to make your own Next Step. Giving them away is a natural decision. OPs ex is an effing moron *and* a thieving asshole. Those weren't his gnomes to prank with. I hope his sister thinks logically and fully blames him, not OP.

[@abbyredrose128]

​@@LostSoulchild89well OP doesn't ever mention how close or not they were. Even if she doesnt blame op or does blame her brother. Op will still be a reminder of something precious to her being gone. At the point where she blocked her Op is just her brothers ex what is the point of staying in contact with someone who is an ex of some one you are mad at any ways who is just going to remind you of your loss? If she were to ever message her again thw first thing she would see is the message reminding her that her gnomes and husband are gone. It might not necessarily be that she blames OP but that there is no point holding onto a acquaintanceship of some one who even if by no fault of their own is bad for their mental health.

[@damien678]

The OG prank actually sounds hilarious. Bro f'd up big time

[@ginathecookie]

Right? He's so not smart. And 100% the actual jerk here(for the overall situation), not OP.

[@haroldvazquez]

The boyfriend is a real piece of work and his family.

[@juliearmfield2634]

She dodged a major bullet.

[@haroldvazquez]

@juliearmfield2634 Oh definitely! 100%!!!

[@loganjoh1]

Story 1: ex is a clown and his family is the rest of the circus. Story 2: what a twist

[@BruinPhD2009]

Story one: I wonder if the boyfriend pulled this stunt to hurt his sister. Whole family is unhinged, so it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

[@captainfluffypaws7068]

I wouldn't be shocked at all if that was true.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Let OP’s ex and his family think she was the bad guy, anything to get away from such ridiculous people.

[@WhatIsThisEven5011]

Yeah, some fights just aren't worth the victory you might win.

[@ANNA-fr333]

​@@WhatIsThisEven5011Exactly

[@ANNA-fr333]

Entitled peops always view anyone who doesn't behave exactly how they think they should as villains. But will makes excuses for active abusers till they are blue in the face, if they stroke their ego. ...Tbf though, everyone is someone's villain. Morality is subjective to experience and all that. It's why we NEED agreed upon and taught decorum. Laws shouldn't be the morality line. They should be the bare minimum.

[@ScooterBond1970]

Mom: "I don't think I want you in my house anymore." OP: "You can't fire me, I quit."

[@ebagentj]

In a neighborhood I lived in over 15 years ago, someone pulled a similar prank on my neighbor, only it was with pink plastic lawn flamingos. They left a sign amidst them that said "you've been flamingo'd!" and the pranksters signed it. The pranksters had a good laugh, the "victims" had a good laugh and left the flamingos up for the rest of the summer (then they had help gathering them and cleaning them up, presumably from the pranksters), the neighborhood had a good laugh. Just a wholesome prank where everyone was amused, aka how a prank should go.

[@yesthatmousyiris4887]

I want to do that to my dad for cracks and giggles

[@TraceyBoyland]

The fkg nerve of the sister babysitting story.

[@user-wr3vt8uq4s]

The faux moralizing was cherry on top of the hypocrisy cake. And they're two adults who have other people paying their mortgage.

[@davidburton3447]

Yeah no "strange women touching the kids" until they're old enough to become swingers too. lol

[@sharyebethancourt3660]

S2: who called tossing under the bus as a diversion from their own actions? Cuz spot on!

[@evavocative6975]

Story 1: NOPE NTA. As far as property goes, they pretty much have NO CLAIM to getting the gnomes back. I would have just Goodwill donated them after the first day, because no one claimed them and didn't say who it was.

[@untitled-gv3qp]

I would've checked to see if any were worth anything and then probably just thrown the rest away.

[@xelectrix]

Or what if OP had just left the gnomes out to be picked off by the neighborhood kids? Then what?

[@NerdilyDone]

Same, except I would have given some away too.

[@dianaphillips8038]

You can’t be held responsible for breaking the rules of a game you didn’t know you were playing.

[@Chantal_P-v4x]

Story 1 - This is rediculous. And sadly, yet another example from Reddit of someone punished for not reading minds... for doing exactly what any reasonable human would do, given their lack of telepathy, and an ability to gaze into the future. *sigh* She dodged a bullet with this one. That entire family is unhinged. And I would want to be no part of it. 50 garden gnomes> What the heck was OP exacted to do with 50 of them, just taking up space indefinitely in storage?

[@momo382844]

Sounds like everyone in that family rode the short yellow bus to school. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Cjaj2]

story 1 is unhinged: the bf or whoever left these gnomes in her yard for 2 months if someone left something with me for 2 months and didn't explicitly ask me to store it for them I'd get rid of it too.

[@lunaticbz3594]

Just as a warning remember to not touch the gnomes with green hats. Some of them bite.

[@dagnytheartist]

What is that a reference to?

[@lunaticbz3594]

@@dagnytheartist Tales from the gas station, it is a book series and also was read by Mr Creepypasta here on youtube. (Not sure if my other reply went through or not youtube comments being weird for me ignore if this is a double post)

[@dagnytheartist]

@@lunaticbz3594 Ah, thanks!

[@vintagemoss9578]

Gnomes show up on my lawn and it’s target practice! 😂

[@AutumnFire1414]

Ah, someone after my own heart!

[@rhylla_864]

I'd have chucked the damn things the first day. So boyfriend and sister should be honestly grateful that op kept them for as long as she did.

[@britnicox3929]

1: the family is honestly ridiculous and it’s for the best that they are nowhere near OP anymore. I’m glad that she told the mom to her face that she would never stay in a family that acted like theirs because somebody needed to tell them they were ridiculous. And as long as they leave her alone and keep their mouth shut about her good riddance, really 2: the sad part is they just destroyed a lot of bridges that could’ve helped them take care of their kids and now they may be unable to continue doing what they want because nobody is gonna want to watch them. Glad the MIL is setting the record straight. I want an update for how they respond when everything happens

[@Beagle04]

I don't think she said that to the ex's mom. She probably thought that to herself.

[@GiordanDiodato]

1. How is Krissy ridiculous?

[@middaydraws3379]

@@GiordanDiodato Easy: Instead of actually listening to both sides and going "Yeah it's weird that you'd even be able to get into a storage unit you don't even have the key to" she still believed her brother, why else would she block OP? I know Krissy is probably grieving over losing 90% of her gnome army that she had with her late-BF but she's most likely blaming the wrong person and not thinking clearly.

[@STAYATINYARMYSIN]

@@middaydraws3379she probably blocked because of her grief , anything and everything to do with Steve for her is a no go. She can’t move and hasn’t , her anger and grief just clouded her judgement and hopefully for her sake she removes her brother out of her life as well.

[@ginathecookie]

​@@middaydraws3379we don't know why she blocked. Krissy didn't actually say or do much. Given this has to do with grief I can see why. The more active jerks in this were Mrs Mom and Joe (the now ex bf).

[@Psibound]

story 2: All they ended up doing was pulling more attention to them when they should have come forward. I hope OP does pull mortgage support from them and make them sweat for a little bit.

[@thomasjoseph5876]

Just another example of how Swinging destroys relationships.

[@audreym3908]

​@@thomasjoseph5876no, just that they should've been truthful or had cancelled their plans

[@bessieburnet9816]

Yo, props. Not a cruel and horrific prank this time. BF's reaction super unreasonable though. Edit: Ok, after that update, it was a cruel prank. Not to OP, tho.

[@Gumbier_Than]

Him and his whole family sucks, so hard.

[@bessieburnet9816]

​@@Gumbier_Than Not Krissy. She seems fine. That mother though. What a wierdo.

[@rubymeaddle]

It was cruel to Krissy unfortunately 🫤

[@carlrood4457]

He doesn't seem to understand how pranks are supposed to work. You get the reaction and then have a laugh about it together. Not revealing it, kind of defeats the purpose and after two months it's just junk.

[@chinaking918]

@@carlrood4457this. The moment she called about it , that should’ve been the got’cha moment. To drag it out for 2 months while denying any connection to them was weird and killed the whole joke. I feel bad for Krissy. Those were keepsakes that are irreplaceable and her shitty brother not only touched them w/o permission he didn’t even have half a brain to get them back after his badly planned prank. 🥴

[@catsncrows]

S1 I bet the boyfriend disapproved of Krissy hanging onto the gnomes and concocted a half baked plan with op as the scapegoat to get rid of them. What a mush for brains!

[@restionSerpentine]

I have a little ceramic dinosaur, eating a gnome, stepping on another and carrying a gnome under each arm put it in a potted plant as a warning to other gnomes

[@damien678]

THATS INCREDIBLE LMAO

[@dizzysdoings]

First story, if I came outside and found a bunch of gnomes in my yard, I'd let everyone know that the responsible party had 48 hours to remove them. Any that were left would be either donated or tossed.

[@MarkNarrations]

Hope you have a wonderful start to your week all, you deserve it!!

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Have a lovely week Mark 🧇🧇💜💜🤗🤗

[@Droptheworldghost]

Have any awesome week good sir

[@bigbleeg]

Love you, Mark

[@AutumnFire1414]

Thank you for all your hard work on your channel, Mark!

[@kieramaccourt8717]

Have a great week!

[@thefallennero5265]

Story 1: Since the family believes the ex's story about OP getting the gnomes from out of the storage unit three hours away.........won't they be stuck with the long lingering question of how the hell she got them out in the first place or is that just wishful thinking on my part? "You should have kept them even if you didn't know who they belonged to." Now I'm curious what property Mrs. Mom has in her possession that belongs to other people. She should be lucky that OP brought the gnomes to her instead giving the rest away or just throwing them out.

[@dimsufferer9951]

Also how the hell would OP know about the gnomes in the first place?

[@aduckofsomesort]

@@dimsufferer9951 even if she did how would she get access to the storage unit?

[@untitled-gv3qp]

That's just something AHs do when they wanna complain but have nothing to complain about. She knows her reasoning is nonsensical she just can't admit it or she'd have to admit to screwing up. Because obviously it can't be her precious sons fault, so the OP had to have erred in some way. /s

[@margaritap.9459]

​@@aduckofsomesortif she knew, I think, she would have instantly thought that Krissy put them there and not think it's a big mystery

[@STAYATINYARMYSIN]

We don’t know all the lies he told his family , what if he told them “I mentioned the prank Kris’s and Steve used to do to OP and she demanded we do it too , we got them out and now because of her most of them are gone”

[@TsukiKageTora]

If you wanted to pull a prank off that involves something of yours, perhaps tell the person the next day? Because if something happens to your stuff, it’s directly your responsibility because you didn’t come clean to the prank. She thought it was now hers because she couldn’t find out who did it. It’s not like she intentionally gave away the gnomes knowing it was her BF’s sister’s. If he has to “rethink” the relationship after this misunderstanding directly at the fault of him and his sister, then OP is better off finding a person who knows how to take accountability for his actions instead of blaming OP for it Edit: update: so the BF pos decided to prank OP for 2 months with gnomes and not tell her they are her sister’s passed away boyfriend’s which his sister is grieving over still? Uh… huh… then he blames it all on OP. Do they honestly believe that OP knows where that storage unit is, what is in it? Hopefully the sister realizes the faults in her brother’s story sooner than later. I’m pretty sure the BF wants to get rid of them because he believes his sister “grieved too long” or something like that, but instead of getting rid of it, he pulled a prank on his girlfriend and spinner the story to make her look like the bad one and the one at fault.

[@m.o.4240]

It reminds me of story where op sold the engagement ring her ex gave her bc he wouldn't come get it or when she said she would sell it then got mad when she did

[@TsukiKageTora]

I would never use the health of a friend or a family member as a lie to not do something (watch my own kids, go to work, etc.) This is because it put it out in the atmosphere. You’re basically risking their health by saying they have bad health to get out or something. And that is vile.

[@EluneAnzu]

Story 1: The ex and family are ridiculous if they think anyone's going to hold onto a bunch of gnomes for months, especially when the target of the prank doesn't know what's going on. Also the fact that the gnomes were important to the ex's sister makes it worse IMO, if someone did that to me, especially without me knowing who did it, I'd assume that they didn't want them back since they're just leaving them for months. Also the story made me remember that "you've been gnomed!" meme.

[@anthonym6119]

Who keeps the joke a secret for so long and gets upset when they decide to get rid of it.

[@MogofWar]

I'm guessing the asshole was looking for an offramp for the relationship.

[@AndyyWithAY]

Story 2 there's no issue. They were not strangers and beggars can't be choosers. Go NC with the sister until she apologizes. Clearly she lied since MIL is perfectly fine. But her on blast also. She's a lying liar who lies I knew they were having sex. Did not know about this wild swingers part. I hope the children are mentally sound bc the parents don't have 2 braincells between them

[@scout_princess]

Same

[@Nicholem718-1]

😂😂😂😂 “she’s a lying liar who lies”. I love it!

[@aidenflame1576]

I CAME DOWN TO FIND SOMEONE WHK THOUGHT THIS WAS CEAZY I DIDNT GET TO THE LIES PART OMG I KNEW THOSE B!TCHES WERE SUS AS HELL i only got to them saying they were mad they had kids aroumd alcohol

[@Enderslegend]

Story 2: You don’t get to decide who someone has in their home or when. You don’t like it, then take your down somewhere else.

[@cmsxcb]

"Is this really about the gnomes?" Now there's a phrase I never thought I'd hear.

[@0SC2]

Congratulations to OP 1 on her lucky escape from a family of narcissists.

[@shalaineenglish3761]

Story 1 Those gnomes would have been put in trash bags and put by the curb within the hour. I am like a grumpy old man about my lawn. Story 2 They played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.

[@fyoutube9410]

If a bunch of gnomes were in my garden. I'd think the house is cursed!

[@BruinPhD2009]

Second story: I jokingly said to myself that sister and BIL were secret swingers and THEN CAME THE UPDATE! The logic of those two people is ridiculous. 😂

[@BritInvLvr]

Damn. Gnome army! Come invade my house. My gnomes need backup against the turtle army.

[@PuppyKatt]

Story 1: NTA You asked, nobody confessed, so you did what you did, and it is time for YOU to re-think the relationship. Tough luck to Krissy.

[@Trivial_Whim]

Lived in a town that did this with plastic flamingos, with a little sign saying “get flocked”. If it happened to you, you had to nominate the next house for a week later.

[@wonhur885]

A very fascinating video, this brings back painful memories which i have been enduring. My relationship of 5 years ended 3 months ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her.

[@MalcolmM.Stanton-hy4jb]

its difficult to let go of someone you love, i was in a similar situation, my relationship of 12 years ended, but i couldn't just let her go i did all i could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual counsellor who helped me bring her back

[@wonhur885]

Amazing, how did you get a spiritual counsellor, and how do I reach her?

[@MalcolmM.Stanton-hy4jb]

Her name is Shelly renee white, and she is a great spiritual counsellor who can bring back your ex.

[@wonhur885]

Thank you for this valuable information, i just looked her up now online. impressive.

[@sst1911]

Two months? Those gnomes wouldn't have lasted one day if they were left on my lawn.

[@ToxicSunrise132]

Oh man. "Throw the Gnome" is kind of a meme in our D&D group. I'm 99% sure this would have resulted in the prankee videoing themselves throwing at least one of the gnomes in the trash while shouting "YEET!" Edit after finishing the story: does anyone else feel like the boyfriend wanted the gnomes gone and used OP as a scapegoat so he could dispose of them without getting into trouble?

[@shesawmyparty]

That's exactly what i was thinking. He also wanted to break up her beforehand and was looking for an excuse.

[@Snowshowslow]

Yeah that did occur to me but why would anyone care over what a sibling has stashed in their shed (assuming it's not illegal or dangerous)?

[@shesawmyparty]

@@Snowshowslow Because in his brilliant mind, getting rid of the gnomes, means his sister will move on from her grief.

[@PlasticBluVentRabbit]

“Hello there me ol’ chum! I’m g’not a gn’elf! I’m g’not a gn’oblin! I’m a gn’ome! And you’ve been… GNOOOOOMED!” But for real, what the fuck xD who leaves their gnomes behind for like two freakin’ months?

[@ettinakitten5047]

Someone who stole the gnomes from his grieving sister and doesn't give a shit about her.

[@FrostyBob99]

As soon as I heard they lied about the mother in law being in the hospital I immediately knew what they were up to! 😂 Yeah. It's typical.

[@annabethsmith-kingsley2079]

The gnome thing sounds like the most cowardly way to break up

[@Philsh12]

Oh, no!! They’re upset that the gnomes they didn’t claim or even explain were cleaned up and removed?! Oh, no!

[@CazzieB]

Acquiesce is ah-kwee-ess. Just mentioning as it comes up in the videos a lot, and each time you pronounce it differently. ;-) love you!

[@sunnykitten815]

We used to do something like the gnomes for our church but everyone knew about it. We left pink lawn flamingos in peoples yards as a fundraisers for our church youth group mission trips. They would stay there for a day or 2 then our youth pastor would go get them a few days later. Harmless fun but that is completely unreasonable

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

Oh, my church did that too. Is it like a common thing, or did you happen to go to a church in Davis California?

[@ToxicSunrise132]

Nah, I think this is a Thing. My east coast church did the same thing when I was in high school

[@sunnykitten815]

@@ToxicSunrise132 I'm from North Carolina so yeah

[@spikesgirl9371]

Texan here. Our youth did this. You either paid insurance and the Flamingos would not show up or they showed up and you paid a cleaning fee. For a few extra bucks you got to send them to a person of your choice.

[@sunnykitten815]

@@spikesgirl9371 yeah we got paid to get them too. The worst one was big mama jama! It was a 6 foot flamingo that was put in buckets of sand right in front of their door. Like you can't use that door lol. Everyone found it hilarious but hated the $50 they had to spend on big mama alone

[@smokeyjazz5506]

Gnomebody knows the trouble I've seen, Gnomebody knows but me..

[@TsukiKageTora]

Story 2: I would never go out of my way to leave my kids to sleep around with other couples. I would rather be with my kids.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Same here. 😊 I feel like this is a couple who shouldn't have had children. 😒

[@TsukiKageTora]

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly I don’t think they even wanted kids. They were more upset at being found out about what they were doing instead of actually caring for their kids. I feel sorry for those twins. Hopefully they will have love and support from someone else because they aren’t gonna get it from their parents when they get older.

[@rebeccataylor2049]

You helped them out! Never baby sit for them again! NTA

[@juliamiller2299]

My favourite story was the stewardess, who stole I think her father's garden gnome and took him around the world, taking photos of the gnome in front of famous landmarks and anonymously sending them to her father. Eventually she secretly returned the gnome to his garden.

[@lianabaddley8217]

My BIL was in the Navy. His kids had a stuffed Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb. One of them snuck him in his luggage without telling him or the other kids. He found it, and took it whenever he left his bunk. Took pictures around the ship with other sailors. Then also whenever he left the ship. When he left the Navy and had to travel for work he'd take him and send pictures back. It is still one of the family's favorite memories.

[@alderblanco2362]

Haha, my family has a plate like that! It was a wedding gift to my parents that they never used. Its called Shell Platter on the box, but the box is damaged and now reads Hell Platter. I have since stolen said platter and it now lives in my house.

[@JennRighter]

Story 2 The commenter who said they would understand if it was friends they didn’t know-no, lol. That’s still not okay. No one is responsible for suddenly watching your children and if you have concerns like that don’t dump your kids off at your relative’s house. One of the couple could’ve went to the hospital while the other stayed with the children. Or they could’ve taken the children with them to the hospital. Not dumped the kids there suddenly only to berate the person who did them a favor.

[@JennRighter]

Parents can be wayyyyy too entitled. They’re YOUR kids. If you have an issue with alcohol being in someone’s house or their friends being at their house, don’t dump your kids there with almost no notice. Very simple. They’re your kids and your responsibility. You can’t throw them into a situation then get mad at someone else that it wasn’t ideal.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

​@@JennRighter This. Exactly this. And I think it goes without saying, but if you don't want to be a parent, then DON'T HAVE children!

[@user-blob]

@@JennRighteragreed!!!

[@mycupoverflows7811]

Yes, I was wondering why both parents had to be at the hospital in the first place. Such a dumb couple.

[@poetryqn]

Story 2: Well, *that* was unexpected! Lol Sister and BIL's story was thin and bound to unravel. What's that line from the song Wicked Game? "Strange what desire will make foolish people do."

[@terramarini6880]

Pretty sure if they had just said "thanks sis you are a peach" and left, that's where it would have stayed. They blew it up in their own faces.

[@strawberrysangria1474]

Story 1: So we're supposed to keep whatever crap someone else puts on our property? If someone does the sticky note car prank, do we have to keep 100s of sticky notes for them later? Maybe Krissy and her weird brother should try pranking a storage unit next time.

[@meepmeep749]

The gnome prank sounds fun. They probably just blamed girlfriend because the alternative is to blame someone related to them

[@aduckofsomesort]

It’s not fun to have a bunch of garbage dumped on your front lawn. And it wasn’t fun for the person who actually owned the gnomes. The ex-boyfriend literally just stole sentimentally valuable items and then abandoned them.

[@STAYATINYARMYSIN]

Kris’s didn’t blame her tho , she just said okay and blocked her. Think about it she’s still hung up on Steve and hasn’t been able to move on , ofc she’s not going to want to stumble across the profile of OP it’s just going to bring up that OP accidentally got rid of the gnomes she had no knowledge who’s they were , if anything I hope Krissy cuts ties with her brother. What he did makes me feel like he did it to force Krissy to move on from Steve especially with that “I liked having my own little secret”.

[@sharyebethancourt3660]

S1 is ridiculous! He’s rethinking the relationship?! OP should do the same

[@CouncilEstateRach]

F00king run number 1 op!!! This isnt a normal family... get from there fast before they destroy yr confidence and then you can't leave........ please.

[@MogofWar]

Heh! She was already running full speed away before she found out the worst of it.

[@TiBunCosplay]

Story one reminds me of the poem Ode to the Person Who Stole My Family's Lawn Gnome by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz.

[@CloverField83]

My mom has a bronze relief sculpture of a boy peeing into a bucket that she keeps in the main bathroom upstairs. As an ongoing prank, the family used to take the peeing boy and hides him somewhere else in the house whenever se go over to visit. One time, it took her months to find the peeing boy (he's very small), and the person who hid him had to tell her where he was. She was so distraught over that that she put the peeing boy away in storage for a long time (years). Now that the peeing boy is out and on display again, no one touches him.

[@ettinakitten5047]

Is he a manneken pis?

[@photofreak56]

Story one made me so fucking sad. It's not up to OP to keep Gnomes. I feel bad for the sister but like it's not OP knew the backstory of the Gnomes, if someone left a bunch of Gnomes on my mom's lawn she would bag them up and give them to either good will or some other thift shop.

[@Akunadin1752]

My friends and I have a prank we’ve kept going on for years. Not gnomes but a 6ft cement dinosaur. We randomly put it in someone’s yard in the middle of the night. We always tell their partners/roommates when we are doing it.

[@evavocative6975]

Our family had a "Cursed Cookie" plate. Basically, it got taken to a family member's house the first time, no one owned up to who brought the cookies because they tasted outright AWEFUL. Like, someone accidentally used baking soda instead of baking powder or accidentally used salt instead of sugar mess up. So the cookie plate didn't get claimed. The person who's house that was hosting used the plate and took cookies to the next family gathering and then just left the plate. It's a glass paint with painted flowers, not some cheap thing. It just gets taken from house to house and left with the host for them to take food to the next family gathering. 😂 Usually it's cookies. So... kind of the running joke in the family, to see if anyone would ever own up to who actually owned the plate initially.

[@mycupoverflows7811]

That's cute

[@lifewithlee6298]

I did not take your gnomes 😂😅 you must believe me. Sounds like a line from an odd fantasy novel

[@MrsGump]

I remember a news story here in nz years ago. Some couple had a gnome or 2 turn up in their front yard - no idea who put them there iirc. Anywho it became a bit of a town story & then random ppl from all over heard about it n started leaving gnomes too. Before they knew it over time their front yard became famous & overrun with stray/runaway/kidnapped gnomes!

[@lifewithlee6298]

The gnome army 😅 you must join or they won’t leave. That’s a great prank if you have friends into it V

[@YuumiMa1n]

Haha I don’t gnome about that one! Love you mark!❤

[@MarkNarrations]

eeeeeeyyy!! Cheeky :)

[@milescoburn1845]

Story # 1 - If it were me, I would have trashed the gnomes immediately. No survivors.

[@Luke-jn3im]

About 3 years ago i made the mistake of buying a garden gnome that i thought was cute. Now, every birthday/Christmas, guess what i get given to me lol

[@mbyerly9680]

"Flocking" has become a common prank in some areas, but it involves plastic flamingoes on the front yard. In some place, it's even a fundraiser for charities. You pay to have a friend or family member flocked. In some cases, there's a sign which shows who the flamingoes really belong to. Gnomes are just creepy. I'd use gnomes for the lawns of HOA presidents and Karens.

[@spookyprizm8162]

Perfect timing whilst I get ready for DnD again this week! Thanks Mark!! ❤❤❤

[@MarkNarrations]

You're most welcome, enjoy your DnD session!

[@kieramaccourt8717]

That's a perfect story for DnD

[@livewellwitheds6885]

what a FAFO moment 😂😂😂 im amazed the gnomes lasted this long. op has NOTHING to apologize for I hope the whole damn family saw that post! i also love the "i believe you, but actually i dont" from the mom

[@Kati_P]

I have my paternal grandmother's deviled egg serving dish, and a serving dish that she liked to present her special sweet pea salad in on special occasions. I loathe both deviled eggs and sweet pea salad, but I loved my grandma. The deviled egg dish is ceramic with some little yellow chicks in the middle and the "shells" they hatched out of are the dips in the dish that hold the individual eggs, and I use it for decoration around Easter. I serve everything BUT sweet pea salad in the other bowl, lol. It's okay. Grandma would understand.

[@unholysporkable]

My dad and I had a running prank every Xmas. He had a plastic, light up nativity with a sheep in it. The bulb in the sheep went out so all he had to replace it was a red bulb. So a pink sheep graced his yard. I began sneaking over at night, swiping the pink sheep, and I would put it in MY uard. TheN pops would sneak over and steal it back. Went on for YEARS, had the cops called on both of us a few times from freaked out neighbors. When my dad got too ill to sneak in to steal it, he made a huge production of "Passing on the Pink Lamb" to me. Sadly, my ex trashed it during the divorce. I miss that damn pink lamb....

[@winxclubssuperfan1]

For some reason the gnome story made me think of the gnomes in Fable 3. The story is likewise insane, who on earth would have the space or patience to keep that many gnomes for more than a few weeks at most.

[@carolsh1983]

Hey Mark! Thanks for making my day brighter. I love your takes on these stories and you read them so well. Just so you know, acquiesce is pronounced “a-kwee-ess”. That’s a tiny nit-pick though. You are awesome! 🤗

[@kathleengenieve3804]

As far as the gnome story, all I can say is click your heels three times Dorothy and repeat after me, "There's no place like Gnome. There's no place like Gnome."

[@brie1162]

11:42 The only innocent ones in story are OP and the gnomes. They couldn’t help that they were drafted into an “army of gnomes” and left to stand their ground during the fire fight.They are the only casualties in this war. Poor innocent gnomes.

[@TheEudaimonya]

If someone left 50 gnomes in my yard I would think they were my gnomes now. Why would I assume that they'd come back for the gnomes? This story is so weird.

[@TH-hy9kr]

Someone stole our garden gnome years ago. His name was Jerome. 🥺

[@Peeges_]

Thanks for hanging out with us ❤

[@MarkNarrations]

Thank you for being here

[@dest5218]

Lol love seeing this

[@Peeges_]

@@dest5218 gotta show my appreciation for all his hard work ✨💕

[@ravenfox926]

S2: NTA and I'd become suddenly unavailable to watch their kids in the future. And I'd probably block their lying asses too.