Published 14:04 IST, December 3rd 2021

UK mother lists baby for sale instead of sofa on Facebook; netizens hilariously troll her

In UK, the 20-year-old Lucy Battle, who is a new mother, revealed how she was mortified after she uploaded a picture of her baby on Facebook sale post.

Reported by: Amrit Burman
Follow: Google News Icon
  • share
Image: Unsplash/Representative | Image: self
Advertisement

In a bizarre incident, a mor accidentally listed her baby for sale on Facebook marketplace, instead of her sofa. 20-year-old Lucy Battle, who is a new mor, revealed how she was mortified after she uploaded a picture of her baby on her selling post and wrote "need gone today".

According to a report by Daily Mail, Lucy said, "I posted a picture of my old sofa on Facebook because I got a new one and I needed old one gone as soon as possible, so I thought I'd give it away to someone who needed it," she explained. "I was going through my pictures on my camera roll on my phone and I must have selected one of Oscar". 

Advertisement

However, people on social media were quick to comment on post, and some curious users even wanted to kw about sale.

"I realised when everyone started commenting and messaging me, and n I couldn't delete it eir," she stated.

post soon accumulated hundreds of comments from users, and one mor even joked about swapping cute baby for her teen kids. Ar user's comment read, "How's he at washing up?", while one or person said, "What's he like with or babies?"

Advertisement

Baby on sale

picture was posted on a local Facebook group. Looking at adorable child, one lady jumped into comment section and asked Lucy if she was ready for an exchange deal. She wrote, "How about a two-for-one swap? I have a teenr, 14, my bror, 6, and I will throw in far for free".

Daily Mail reported that 20-year-old was quite embarrassed by whole thing, but at same time, she was overwhelmed by comments about how much everybody wanted him. 

Advertisement

UK man places himself for sale on Facebook

In a similar incident, a UK man last year posted a picture of himself for sale on Facebook after he struggled to get into a relationship and didn't find a girlfriend on online dating applications. man later said that he had been looking to find love for a long time but failed every time, after which he thought about posting his picture for sale as a solution. man had listed himself as "free" and dexcribed his condition as "good or used".

Im: Unsplash/Representative Im

14:04 IST, December 3rd 2021