AITA for pretending to kidnap my own child to annoy a stranger

NTA - that’s honestly hilarious. When I was a child and we’d go to the playground my Dad would reply with “I haven’t decided yet” when asked which child was his and it never failed to get a laugh. Long story short, it takes quite the idiotic kidnapper to say “I’m kidnapping her” when asked by a bystander as to what they’re doing. Child kidnapping stories quite rightly get a lot of media attention but it shouldn’t reach a point where you’re unable to crack a Dad joke; it’s not the same as saying the b-word at an airport. Had I genuine concerns that you were a child-snatcher and you replied with your Dad joke I think my fears would be more quickly allayed than if you hadn’t.

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