Husband Spots Wife Selling His Items on Her Instagram Story, but Not for the Reason You Think (Exclusive)

When Abbie Arndt saw a TikTok video of a woman posting her boyfriend's sweatshirts connected Snapchat and pretending to waste them, she knew she had to effort nan prank connected her husband, Austin.

Abbie, a 31-year-old full-time contented creator, started by looking for random things astir nan location that her hubby loved and took photos of them from angles that made them look for illustration items she was selling. Since Abbie doesn't usage Snapchat, she created a backstage Instagram Story pinch only her hubby included and posted nan photos there.

"I added things my hubby uses and loves nan astir — his guitar, Xbox, and TV — but I started pinch smaller items to easiness into it. It sewage much aggravated arsenic it went on," Abbie tells PEOPLE exclusively. She adds that Austin was visiting pinch his dada erstwhile she began posting.

"My hubby is simply a beautiful calm personification and usually goes pinch nan flow, truthful erstwhile he first started replying, asking why I was trading his stuff, for illustration his shoes and hat, I deliberation he was genuinely curious. He was wondering if I didn’t for illustration them aliases if thing was incorrect pinch them," she continues.

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As nan prank went on, Abbie added her dogs to story, which near Austin confused. "The 1 that made maine laughter nan astir was erstwhile he realized it was a joke and replied, 'For free? At slightest do $600 for both,' erstwhile I posted astir nan dogs."

Eventually, aft that, Austin detected that it was each a prank. Abbie says erstwhile he recovered out, he called her correct away, laughing. He besides told her that he was really stressed for a second. 

"We joke astir and prank each different rather a bit, but this was a longer, drawn-out prank than our accustomed ones!" Abbie says.

The couple, who person 4 kids, loves sharing their emotion connected TikTok, truthful aft nan prank, Abbie decided to compile immoderate of nan photos together and station them. She says their contented is usually based astir joke and trying to make group laugh.

So, erstwhile nan video went viral, amassing complete 6.5 cardinal views and thousands of comments, she was truthful gladsome group recovered it arsenic funny arsenic she did.

"That man was STRESSED," 1 personification wrote.

"'At slightest make it $600 for both' 😂 had maine holler!!" personification other said.

Another remark read, "This is really really funny. Well done!"

"From this prank, I learned that moreover aft 10 years together, he still has a awesome consciousness of joke and we still person truthful overmuch nosy together," Abbie says. "He is ever trying to get maine backmost now and is simply a small much alert erstwhile I'm trying to prank him."