Behavior: Meet the April’s Fool’s Day Gagger

Who pulls pranks on April 1?

Prankster Personalities:

* Fun lover. There’s always someone who wants to engage others socially in a positive way. This person is the one who celebrates every holiday and birthday, loves parties and is always up for some fun. They’ll relish April Fool’s day, and go for classic jello in the toilet and kick me signs on your back kind of pranks.

* Mean spirit. Then there’s the one person with unresolved anger issues who’s looking for an excuse to be mean. April Fool’s will be the day for mean spirited pranks for this personality type. They’ll look for pranks that will embarrass others and humiliate them, blaming the jokes on the holiday, instead of taking responsibility for their own issues.

* Flirt. If you’re trying to get someone’s attention, you’ll look for a way to do it, and pulling an April Fool’s prank on the object of your affections is a great way to flirt. This April Fooler may tell someone there’s a meeting at a restaurant, and to come prepared to take notes, but when the Fooled gets there, it’s actually a lunch date treat and not the dreaded meeting.

*Serial Fooler. Traditionalists will pull the exact same prank every year, honoring their tradition, as they identify themselves with it. They may also pull a version of the same prank every year. The good news is you can count on being fooled this April 1 by this person — you just may not be sure how.