Yeah, crying and urinating because you are under the precedence that your mentally distressed friend was planning on killing both himself and you is soo enjoyable. -_-

I'm sure you'll reconsider when someone does that to you.

I agree with you mate. All these overly sensitive people can't take a joke. It was a huge prank and something to laugh about once OP calms down. If everyone never trusted their friends again or stopped speaking to them after a prank then no wonder the world is going to shit.

Pranks are one thing. Pretending to kill yourself and the prankee is too ******* far. And I love me a good prank.

That wasn't a prank. Pranks are fun and no one gets serious mental scars from them. Thinking you're going to die as you get pushed out of a plane isn't funny.

"An enjoyable experience", that's why it's on FML.

If the person really was going to kill them self why would they do it when taking their mate for a tandem skydive? And also why would they cut the cord they just wouldn't open the chute in the first place? Yeh you would shit yourself at first but soon realise it was a joke. Just sound like a bunch of drama queens.

I had my ex-boyfriend 'prank' me by using my fears against me. Maybe I should have known better but for him to call and say I was in danger, then see a man rush me with a knife? Yeah, totally cool 'prank' that landed him on the floor with a punch to the balls and me even more paranoid about going by myself in the dark. Now I absolutely detest pranks because they're humiliating, and that my first time being pranked I was being laughed at for crying in fear. What should have been a once-in-a-lifetime thrill for the OP will just be remembered as a negative experience by his friend. You don't dramatically announce to your friend that you and he are both dying because he's suicidal and taking you with him as a 'prank'. I'd be cutting some other ties than those cords if that happened to me.

#52 - do you remember that plane that crashed in the mountains in Europe a year or so ago? Killed over 100 people. It was a case of co-pilot suicide. The captain was locked out of the cockpit after using the bathroom and then the co-pilot purposefully crashed the plane killing everyone on board. And this isn't an unprecedented incident. So, for OP to believe someone would want to kill them self and bring them with, it isn't exactly a far stretch to believe it.

For some reason, it's not uncommon for people to kill others then themselves. Ever heard of someone killing their family then themselves? A shooter killing people before turning the gun on themselves?

64 yeh I remember that. It's a bit different a bloke showing no signs of anything to suddenly kill everyone without warning compared to just before you go parachuting the friend screaming about it. I have a fear of spiders so what did my mates do when we went away? Put a spider in my bed. Did I scream and run out the room to them laughing yeh. Did I never speak to any of them again no I swore a lot then laughed it off then worked out how to get them back. For your bf to have a random bloke run at you with a knife then I would agree that's a dick move and something I wouldn't find that funny at all.

#77 - there is a HUGE difference between. putting a spider in someone's bed and telling someone they cut parachute cords before pushing you out of an airplane.

Clearly you've never had a camel spider in your bed. And I know I was just using it as an example of how pranks are the best when they're humiliating or play on your fears. Get op to do a follow up in a few weeks time I bet they're laughing about it. Even if they never go skydiving again.

77- Do you realize that causing someone to believe they are about to die can have serious physical and psychological consequences, including death? Would it still have been funny if OP had a fatal heart attack caused by the terror he was feeling? Would everyone who fails to find humor in making someone believe they are about to die still be butthurt people who can't take a joke? Will someone dying during one of these "pranks" finally be enough to convince you that endangering the lives of others isn't remotely funny? Grow the **** up.

Oh dear, a camel spider.. SOOO close to thinking you're going to die as you fall down. My mom has a phobia of spiders, I know how terrifying it is to her. It's a fear, but not like thinking you are going to DIE. And what if he believed his friend and didn't bother checking the parachute?! There's enough danger in sky diving itself without someone making you think you're about to die. And no, not every suicidal person tries to reach out and it's not uncommon for them to commit suicide and completely blindside someone. When you have depression, it's pretty common to learn to fake a smile and act like you're okay.

I was taking the piss you silly twat. Learn what sarcasm is. I'm bored of this conversation now clearly it's something we'll always disagree on. You think it's life ending I think it's something to laugh about. I'm sure the world will keep spinning.

96 I'm perfectly grown up thanks if your opinion counted for anything I still wouldn't be bothered what you think. Get off your high ******* horse and stop thinking the worst of everything you stuck up ****

#95 - considering that the camel spider is 1) not, technically speaking, truly a spider nor 2) poisonous in any way, you can't compare it AT ALL to what happened to OP. If you had said it was a brown recluse or a black widow, it might possibly have a tiny means of comparison, but considering bites from the two are rarely fatal while falling several thousand feet from an airplane without a parachute usually is, you are reaching even with those two spiders as examples.

100- Lol okay, if you say so. Clearly your response proves you're quite the paradigm of maturity. Have a nice day!

100 you know nothing about me to even question my maturity. And like I said your opinion means nothing to me. 95 apologies for calling it a spider when technically it's not but as I don't know the correct terminology I used the easiest one, but if I said black widow or brown recluse I would have been lying as I have encountered neither. I know falling to your death from 14000ft is completely different to being bitten by a spider I was merely using it as an example of whilst pranks can be designed to humiliate and scare you it doesn't mean you should never speak to people again over it. If I was in the situation as OP I would have shit myself, probably twatted my mate, then laughed about it over a pint in the evening. If that means I get people hating on me then so be it I honestly couldn't care less and it has no impact on my outlook in life.

Dude. OP thought he was going to die - this was probably his first time doing something like that, and his "friend" ruined it. Completely ruined it. His friend trusted him to be his guide and he didn't do that. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some kind of criminal that could come out of this. It's borderline attempted murder. You may have been fine with it but 98% of people would NOT have been. It's not funny, it's not okay. that's NOT okay. No matter what you believe.

Plus, even though it's a prank, it's probably possible to get PTSD from something that traumatic. OP still thought he was going to die and that experience and that fear could still stick with him for a long time.

"Me being your friend was just a prank." Topped.

That's not topping it, that's just being butthurt.

agreed!