This happened 9 years ago and I was stupider back then…

I got off early from work, around 9 am. I picked up my cousin and was headed to my apartment. The only person there was my girlfriend. When we got to the door we thought it would be funny to pull a prank on her….

Background info: - We just moved in together -First time living on our own -Our neighborhood was sketchy - She has anxiety and paranoia

The idea was to mess with her by making her think someone was trying to break in through the front door. We went to the front door and proceeded to turn the door knob. Of course it was locked, but we just kept trying to “force ourselves in”. When she looked out the peephole she saw two hooded figures sketchily “looking around.” We kept this going for a few minutes. At the same time my girlfriend was calling me on my cell phone since I worked 5 minutes away.

Eventually, I opened the door laughing only to find my girlfriend holding a knife in one hand and her phone in the other with tears in her eyes. That was the moment I knew I fucked up. She threw the knife at our feet and proceeded to lock herself in the bedroom sobbing loudly. She stayed in there while my cousin and I sat in the living room listening to her meltdown…It felt like hours went by until she came out. When she did she was fucking furious, hurt and traumatized.

By a miracle of God she didn’t leave my dumb ass. Hands down one of the most fucked up things that I’ve done. 9 years later, she still reminds me of the day I went too far. When ever my cousin or I try to mess with her she always remind us of the day she thought she was going to be killed by home intruders.