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A Reddit post has gone viral after a 15-year-old girl revealed she was pranked when her 16-year-old boyfriend allegedly put the topical pain reliever Icy Hot in her bra, and the Internet is rallying around the girl in the situation.
The post was shared on the subreddit r/AmItheA**hole by u/icyhotprankthrowaway on January 24. It's titled, "AITA for 'overreacting' when my boyfriend put Icy Hot in my bra?"
u/icyhotprankthrowaway said she is "so mad right now," adding: "My hands are shaking."
The girl explained in the posting that she's been dating "Luke" for one year. However, this is the first prank he's pulled on her.
u/icyhotprankthrowaway continued: "Today, while he was at my house, he did this horrible prank on me. He put Icy Hot in my bra. While I was taking a shower, he rubbed Icy Hot all over the bra on top in my underwear drawer with two of his friends, 'Liam,' and 'Barry.' Then they left my room. I changed and came downstairs."
The Redditor said, "It hurt like hell," and she didn't know what was happening.
"I kept grimacing and cringing, and Luke was like, 'Enjoying your Icy Hot? Oh yeah, you just got pranked!'"
u/icyhotprankthrowaway added that she "snapped," telling her boyfriend to leave. His response, according to her, was: "'Calm down, it was a harmless prank, you are overreacting! You'll regret overreacting tomorrow, it's just a prank!'"
However, u/icyhotprankthrowaway didn't feel it was a prank and wrote: "it was embarrassing and painful."
The Redditor also said her boyfriend thought she was "being dramatic, am overreacting, and need to calm down." She added that her boyfriend keeps texting and calling her, although she doesn't want to talk to him.
Occurrences like this aren't new, as there are videos online of people putting Icy Hot in bras and underwear as well as in other situations--all in the name of "pranking."
According to its website, Icy Hot products are generally used to relieve "minor pain associated with: arthritis, simple backache, muscle strains, sprains, bruises and cramps.
Meanwhile, people have sided with the poster and don't think she's wrong in this situation. Some commenters feel u/icyhotprankthrowaway should report the incident, while others blame social media. A few even have their own advice on how u/icyhotprankthrowaway can get back at Luke.
"I 100% agree with telling his mother," a Redditor said. "If my sons pulled this crap, the consequences would be catastrophic."
Another user doesn't think u/icyhotprankthrowaway was out of line, adding: "Not only would Icy Hot be uncomfortable under normal circumstances, but straight out of a warm shower your pores are typically opened, and it will burn tenfold! Source: I made this mistake once on my back. What a jerk move! Your bf is not funny, OP [original poster]. He's the a**hole."
Others think the OP needs to reach out to her mother about what happened. "If you're comfortable, tell your mom," someone said.
They also added: "Oh, sweet girl. NTA. Dump him. What he did was abusive and immature. And when I say abusive, I mean both physically and emotionally."
One person brought up gaslighting. "Like what the hell 'you'll regret this tomorrow' and 'you're overreacting,'" they said. "Hell no, GTFO of that relationship because that is extremely toxic."
Another commenter said the post was "one of the easiest NTAs [not the a**hole] ever." They also said: "If it caused pain, then WTF does he think the word 'harmless' means? Those who say he's immature are understating it."
"It's a prank when everyone is laughing, it's bullying when only the prankster laughs," a user wrote. "NTA. Look for a new bf."
One commenter said it isn't "cool" or "funny," telling u/icyhotprankthrowaway to ask Luke: "If he'd enjoy getting Icy Hot in his underwear. Also letting his friends in your underwear drawer isn't OK."
And another commenter supported u/icyhotprankthrowaway, saying: "It clearly wasn't harmless considering it was literally causing you pain.
