I once met a girl at a party, and somehow, we ended up waking up together the next morning. She rushed out in a panic—something about being late—while I had the luxury of a slow breakfast and even managed a nice bath.
Just as I was cleaning up, I noticed something on the table: her earrings. Not just any earrings, either—beautiful, heavy, vintage ones she’d mentioned the night before. “They were my great-grandmother’s,” she’d said.
So, naturally, I figured I should return them.
I headed over to the address she’d casually mentioned the night before and rang the bell. A woman who looked like an older version of her—robe, messy morning hair—opened the door.
I smiled and said, “Hey, could you please give these to Julia? She left them at my place yesterday.”
The woman froze. She took the earrings slowly, eyeing me with a strange expression.
“Yesterday?” she asked.
“Yeah,” I nodded. “She forgot them.”
There was a long pause.
“But… Julia died six years ago.”
I just stood there—completely stunned, unsure if I’d walked into some cruel joke or a ghost story.
Then, from somewhere inside the house, I heard a voice shout:
“Mum! Stop messing with him!”
Julia came bounding into view, very much alive and very much rolling her eyes.
Her mother burst out laughing. “Sorry, I couldn’t resist. You looked so terrified!”
She invited me in for coffee. That’s how I met my future mother-in-law—and survived the weirdest prank I’ve ever experienced before breakfast.

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