Mum bombarded with vulgar texts from men over Facebook ad
A woman has been inundated with gross messages from men after uploading a photo of herself in an outfit she wanted to sell on Facebook.
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A woman says she was inundated with unsolicited messages from men after she posted a photo of herself in a clothing item she was trying to sell on Facebook Marketplace.
April, who is a DJ, posted a photo of herself wearing an orange two-piece beachwear set on the site.
She was cradling her stomach in the image, later revealing she was pregnant when the photo was taken.
But instead of getting interest for the outfit from potential buyers, April got interest from another quarter entirely.
She shared to TikTok some of the multiple messages which she received from men over the listing, which clocked up more than 15,000 views.
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In her TikTok clip, she wrote over the photo: “POV: You innocently upload this pic to Marketplace to sell the outfit.”
The clip used Kim Petras and Sam Smith’s song Unholy.
One reply she got to the ad said: “Dress to impress.”
Another was simply a greeting with several heart emojis.
However, the messages steadily became more vulgar with one man asking, “Do you come with the dress?” as well as other lewd messages.
“These men are just too much. I am literally pregnant here,” April captioned the clip.
Many women sided with April, slamming the reaction she got.
“Everything is taken sexually these days but this dress is also [a] perfect maternity dress,” one said.
Another added: “OMG this happened to me! I posted my Depop clothes on Marketplace and it was insane.”
“I remember listing something and someone asking if I would sell my underwear. I was selling plushies, like OMG,” one wrote.
Several other women shared similar experiences but there were some who suggested April was “asking for” the attention.
In response, the new mum said: “To y’all getting nasty: I am 100 per cent certain that when you online shop, you look at models wearing the clothes to show you what the outfit looks like.
“Uploading a picture of myself does not mean that I’m ‘asking for it’. I am a new mum in a healthy relationship, simply trying to sell an outfit.”
Originally published as Mum bombarded with vulgar texts from men over Facebook ad
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