A horrified woman revealed she came inches from disaster when her boyfriend mistook an electric lint remover for a vibrator.
The Mumsnet user told how her hapless partner brought the device into the bedroom after finding it in a drawer alongside their real sex toys.
The gadget has tiny blades to remove lint or fluff from fabric, meaning it would have been extraordinarily painful had it come into contact with the woman’s intimate area.
The woman left fellow Mumsnet users in stitches when she shared the story online, with one saying they were ‘crying with laughter’.
The Mumsnet user told how her hapless partner brought an electric lint remover (seen in stock image) into the bedroom after finding it in a drawer alongside their real sex toys
The woman left other Mumsnet users ‘crying with laughter’ with this light-hearted post
The Mumsnet user, known by her username Saturdaynightllama, said she had used the lint remover on her winter sweaters and tossed it back in the drawer.
She wrote: ‘We also keep sex toys in the drawers with the underwear and socks.
‘So, we’re enjoying Sexy Saturday, he gets up to get a toy and comes back with the de-bobbler buzzing…coming at my lady garden with a bloody de-bobbler. He thought I’d bought a new toy.’
The woman ended the post by asking whether it was an easy mistake to make, claiming she thought he was ‘insane’.
The gadget (seen in stock image) has tiny blades to remove lint or fluff from fabric, meaning it would have been extraordinarily painful had it come into contact with the woman
Dozens were left tickled by the story and shared their own tales of mistaken sex toys
The story tickled Mumsnet users, with one writing: ‘That made me laugh and cringe in equal measure.’
Another posted: ‘Oh god this has so brightened my day.’ A third joked: ‘Sexy Saturday….happy days. Enjoy whatever the equipment.’
Others shared their own bedroom horror stories. One shared: ‘I once bought an awkward to get on pair of boots so got a shoe horn.
‘Ex found it and asked what sort of secret sex toy I had been hiding. WTF he thought I would do it is beyond me.’
Others even suggested it was a bad enough offence that she should LBT, or ‘leave the b*****d’
Another shared a painful Deep Heat-related mishap.
She wrote: ‘Crying here. It’s also reminded me of the most awful thing I ever did to a boyfriend.
‘He’d had to put Deep Heat on his granny’s back, went for a pee afterwards and got a pleasant buzz. Asked me to apply some to his manly parts.
‘I didn’t realise he meant a teenshy tiny bit, I put half the tube’s contents on my hand and slathered it all over, it didn’t end well.
‘Not helped by the fact that I was helpless laughing while he bellowed and shrieked and ran for the bathroom to use the shower on his burning penis.’
Her post left other Mumsnet users in stitches (pictured), with many saying they were ‘crying with laughter’