10 Women Prank Their Roommates By Pretending to Adopt a Dog
What would your roommate do if you texted them out of the blue that you had just adopted a 5-year-old pit bull and would be bringing him home that night? Cosmopolitan.com asked 10 women to do just that (with a little help from the adorable Instagram-famous Chase the pit bull aka @sometimescarl). Here's what happened.
1. Kathleen and her husband Michael, whom she keeps in her phone as Miguel, have been together for nine years and have been living together for the last three years in what Kathleen describes as an incredibly small one-bedroom on the fifth floor of a walkup building in Jersey City.
"The only way I could do this was to drop the photo into our text exchange and then not say anything else. There is nothing Michael talks about more than adopting a dog," Kathleen said. "When I got home, he jokingly asked where the dog was, but he had figured it out by then."
2. Carina and Claudia are best friends. They lived together in college two years and just moved into their first real apartment - a cozy two-bedroom in Williamsburg - less than a month ago.
"She sensed it was probably a prank, since she used to work here and knows we get into crazy shenanigans at Cosmo," Carina said. "But when I told her it was a joke, she admitted that she was a little nervous since I am a dog freak and impulsive enough to actually do something like this probably."
3. Ginger and Prudence (not their real names) are best friends and have been living together for a couple of years. Prudence was not amused by the prank - not even a little - and would not give permission for her text messages to be used in this post. Even two weeks later, it is still a sensitive topic. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
4. Elizabeth and David are engaged and have been living together in their small one-bedroom walkup in the West Village for two years.
"By the time I got home that night, he had already forgotten about it," Elizabeth said. "To be honest, I don't think he ever really believed me."
5. Hana lives at home with her parents and her younger brother, Harrison, who, she first texted about bringing the dog home.
"I had him open the front door for me and started scratching it so he would think Chase [the dog] was there," Hana said. "He wasn't amused when he didn't see the dog and gave me a look. I think he wanted him."
6. Tess and her fiancé Mike have been dating for six and a half years and currently share a studio in a Midtown Manhattan apartment building that does not allow pets of any kind.
"We have been talking about getting a dog for years," Tess said. "But even though I'm a sucker for all pups, I'm a basic golden retriever girl at heart, so he knew I had to be lying about adopting a pit bull."
7. Alie and her boyfriend Mike have been dating for less than a year and although they don't live together, they spend a lot of nights together at her large one-bedroom apartment.
"I grew up with dachshunds, my whole family has dachshunds, and I talk about how I want a dachshund daily, so me saying I was adopting a pit bull was a big giveaway for him," Alie said. "He wasn't mad at all - just proud of himself for spotting me trying to trick him so quickly. Moral of the story: If you want to successfully prank your boyfriend, don't talk to him about anything ever."
8. Peggy and her husband Gregory have been living together for three years in a spacious one-bedroom in Brooklyn.
"As you can see from our very brief conversation, he knew it was a prank right away," Peggy said. "The big giveaway is that this dog, while extremely adorable, is not a pug or French bull dog. Greg would've also expected me to call him and not text if I really was serious about adopting."
9. Alexa and her friend Alex have been living together for over five years - three years during college and two since graduating. They currently share a small two-bedroom in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
"He was kind of disappointed," Alexa said. "I was shocked he believed me because he should know me well enough to know I would never randomly adopt a dog. I am not that impulsive and I really want a cat. I like other people's dogs but would probably never get my own. Plus we've talked about him wanting a dog, and I've always said no, so it would be so weird for me to just bring one home. He was just hoping it was real, I guess, and now I feel kind of bad."
10. Caitlin was convinced that her roommates would kick her out if she told them she had adopted a dog without asking them (prank or no prank), so she sent the photo to her boyfriend Colin instead.
"I was meeting Colin for dinner the same night I prank-texted him," Caitlin said. "When I got to the restaurant, he asked what I was going to do now that I had a dog. I wanted to play the lie out a tiny bit longer but was fumbling with my answer. He stopped me midway through and said, 'OMG! You got me, didn't you?'
"He was jokingly upset because he didn't think I would be able to prank him. I wasn't able to fool him during the great wedding text prank, and I vowed to try again. Victory is sweet! Colin said he was actually 10 percent mad that I 'didn't have a cool dog he could hang out with' but, ultimately, he admitted it was for the best. I think he believed me instantly because adopting a dog on a whim is 100 percent something I would do. I love dogs so much! But my living situation is not ideal for a furry friend, so I think he's happy it didn't pan out that way.
"That prank was so fun, but I promised not to prank him anymore. I did not promise that I would not bring a dog home though!"
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