Woman leaves boyfriend close to tears with brutal PlayStation 5 prank

A woman left her boyfriend on the verge of tears with a brilliant joke in revenge for the years of tricks he played.

Rebecca Redbourn sent a picture of a playstation 5 box in the hallway of his house, writing, “My God, look what they just got. The box is huge! How am I supposed to hide this until Christmas ?! “

But once she learned that her boyfriend Luke Coburn had seen the image, she quickly followed it with a panic message telling her to ignore the text above as it was actually intended for her. sister.

Luke, who has owned the same PlayStation 3 since he was 14, said he struggled to maintain it after receiving the ‘accidental’ message, admitting he was overwhelmed by the gesture because he knew Rebecca couldn’t afford the expensive new console. .

But his reaction quickly turned to fury when his girlfriend was forced to admit that the image was actually an incredibly realistic Instagram filter, and that this year there would be no PlayStation under the Christmas tree. .

The filter is incredibly realistic

In the text message exchange shared on social media, Rebecca, 21, can be seen pulling the prank perfectly, apologizing for sending the image in error and insisting it was meant to be be a surprise next month. .

Poor Luke has no idea she’s having it and responds by saying, “Are you serious now?” I don’t know what to say, not really. [have] I cried as I opened it haha ​​but I’m still having trouble containing my shit now.

“I got very weird, haha, I love you so much, yes, even though I don’t deserve this!” And how the hell can I stay away from that for a month and not just that, how the hell? matches that for you.

But the mood quickly changed when Rebecca revealed the truth, as Luke resented her for making it so believable, calling her partner “pure shit” and adding that he hoped she was feeling guilty afterwards. her sweet initial reaction. .

Luke, who works as a civil engineer, admits he told everyone at work in his excitement, and was then teased after having to admit he fell in love with the joke.

Rebecca, a stay-at-home mom from Pontyclun, Wales, says it was revenge because Luke “constantly” teased her, but admits she felt bad for him afterwards.

“We will always have a great Christmas,” he said. However, I don’t think Luke would like to unbox a pair of socks instead of the PS5 he expected.

“It’s a smooth sailing, we’ve been together for almost four years and he’s constantly playing pranks around the house.

“Mostly jump on top of me and register my reaction and use fake spiders to scare me.” Now we have two little children, he involves them as well. I am outnumbered.

Luke already admitted he wouldn’t do anything [to prank me] He can get over it, but I know it won’t stop him. He will do whatever he can to come up with something bigger and better.

Rebecca’s post went vir al, amassing thousands of shares, likes and comments, and Luke said he always felt drained that the present wasn’t real.

He said he was skeptical when he first got the message, but when she sent a second photo of the PlayStation hidden behind a door, he was completely convinced.

Even when Rebecca admitted it was just a filter he thought she might have tried covering his tracks before going bankrupt when he took to Instagram to test it out for him. -even.

The 23-year-old said: “I’m still a bit discouraged. I’m starting to see the funny side, but obviously she had a good one for me.

“I would tell everyone at work and show them the picture of the PlayStation 5 he gave me. He was telling everyone about it and was very excited.

“I had to go tell the boys she had a good one for me. Everyone was crying with laughter, especially the men.

I’ll definitely be planning a good revenge, that’s just what. How can I get over it? She went viral with it.

“If there was a PS5 for me at Christmas, I would probably cry. I’ve had a Playstation 3 since I was 14, and we didn’t have the money to upgrade to a Playstation 4 or something, so I’m really behind all of my peers.

“Obviously with two young children now too we are working for them and not for ourselves anymore but it would mean a lot to me to have that.”

The PlayStation 5 will be released on November 12.