
Sending naked pics of yourself to a stranger is dumb.
Everyone knows it.
And yet, I’ve done it so many times.
When a rogue Red Hot Pie account popped up with my pics on it, that I definitely hadn’t created, I called my brother in a panic. My brother is an ex-police officer and works as a senior investigator dealing with online abuse, so he was clearly the best person to call.
He asked me who had naked photos of me.
I answered, “I think the question should be, who doesn’t have naked photos of me?”
He sighed and lectured me on e-safety.
He’s right.
I get it.
However, I’m a gullible exhibitionist who engages in risky behaviour, and I gotta tell you, it’s a pretty chaotic combination.
So of course, when an attractive man stopped me in the street on a balmy summer night last year, I gave him my number. It felt like a 90s romance movie.
It didn’t feel that way when he suggested sending a sexy photo.
We had chatted a little and we were getting on quite well. I was a little taken aback by the request, because for once I was being quite reserved. I was trying a new tactic in all things romance.
But I was three wines in and wearing nice undies so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I took some pics in my underwear.