1 in 7 people have sent a sexually explicit text to the wrong person A quarter have sent a naughty image to the wrong person A tenth sent it to a family member 44% acknowledged it and apologised for the mishap 39% ignored it and pretended it hadn't happened 11% pretended the message was meant for recipient There are many awkward moments in life but 'sexting' the wrong person has to be close to topping the list. And for anyone who has made this humiliating error, you're not alone because according to the latest research 1 in 7 Brits have accidentally sent a text message of an explicit nature to the wrong person. And it gets worse, a quarter of these messages contained a risqué image in it and a tenth got shamefully caught out sending it to a family member. Error: One in seven of us have sent an explicit message to the wrong person, sometimes an ex partner or even family member The latest survey also revealed that a quarter of those who'd made the mistake admitted they sent the message to an ex-partner by mistake. All respondents who had accidentally sent a rude text message to the wrong person were also asked how they reacted when they realised their mistake. While 44 per cent acknowledged it and apologised for the mishap, 39 per cent ignored it and pretended it hadn't happened with 11 per cent going so far as to pretend the message was meant for the 'wrong' person. Furthermore, 19 per cent of the total respondents said that they had received a sexually explicit text message that wasn't intended for them in the past. Oops: Nine per cent of people have sent an explicit text to their family, with 11 per cent of people pretending it was meant for the recipient When those who had sent a rude text message of some sort in the past, accidental or not, were asked what had made them do so; the majority (77 per cent) said it was because they were under the influence of alcohol with 57 per cent regretted sending a rude text message. A spokesman for MobileInsurance.co.uk, who carried out the study, said: 'We often have customers write in concerned that the contents of their mobile phone will be revealed when sending their handset off to be fixed, but people needn't worry about that due to confidentiality. 'This made us wonder how many people tended to send risqué text messages and images they wouldn't want to end up in the wrong hands. The number of people who had sent a rude text message accidentally to the wrong person was a real shock and, as for those who sent the message to a family member, I cannot imagine how that conversation went afterwards. How embarrassing! To be on the safe side, perhaps steer clear of using your phone for those types of rendezvous! Friend - 37 per cent Ex-partner - 25 per cent Colleague - 17 per cent Family member - 9 per cent Stranger - 7 per cent Other - 5 per cent