A man has refused to open a picture message sent from his mother in fear it would be something explicit.

Liam McDonald text from mum (c) Twitter

Liam McDonald text from mum (c) Twitter

Liam McDonald received a string of images on November 3, which were meant for his father.

And almost one week later the male has kept the message as unread because he is terrified what the contents may hold, the Mirror Online has reported.

Liam has screenshot the notification, which he has shared on his Twitter account. The post read: ''s***ing myself to open this (sic).''

However, Liam's post has seen a surge of people encourage him to open the message, but Liam has politely declined and has still not opened the text.