Son Plays Epic Prank on Parents After 3 Years Away from Home and Losing 45 Pounds

A young man away from home for three long years decided to pay a visit to his family. What happened was a prank of monumental proportions when he played on his drastically changed appearance to see if his parents would recognize him.
Hadi Wibawa of Indonesia came home from London where he’d been studying for the last three years. Due to the excitements of the big city or the rigors of school, he’d lost a lot of weight. Forty-five pounds in fact. So he decided to trick his parents to see if they’d still know it was him.

A much thinner Hadi.

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He telephoned his brothers to let them in on the joke, and secretly few in from London. From there, one of his brothers invited mom and dad to a restaurant for lunch. Hadi, of course, seated himself at an adjacent table and pretended not to know anyone.

Hadi impersonating a stranger.

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His parents arrived and at first neither of them recognized the guy in the white shirt next to their table. But no one could fool a mother. Not even Hadi’s. His mom caught a glimpse of him and did a double-take.

A mother’s senses are always sharp when it comes to her children.

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Hadi’s dad denied the “stranger” looked anything like his son, but mom couldn’t get over the strong resemblance. Even if Hadi looked drastically different from his weight loss.

She really couldn’t get over it.

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Finally, when dad excused himself to go to the restroom, Hadi’s mom couldn’t take it any longer. She acted on her instincts and called him by name. And of course it was him!

The happy reunion.

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Hadi’s mom, now in on the joke, decided to join in the prank. It was finally time to fool the dad. But when dad came back from the restroom, he wasn’t having any of it.