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My FIL just sent me a whatsapp

78 replies

homemadegin · 26/01/2019 21:52

I spent yesterday teaching him and MIL so they could join the group chat Wink

I am sat cuddling my long long awaited rainbow baby DD. Many many losses before her and a fairly bumpy start when she arrived.

Anyway it says " thank you for helping us. I want you to know I would have sold my sex to see you have a baby." Then "soul, sold my soul"

It made me howl with laughter then tears. They can be a tricky pair, very old fashioned and stubborn, but today I feel loved. Even if autocorrect needs some work....

Any family text errors with you recently? Grin

OP posts:
Scandaloso · 26/01/2019 22:58

(she didn't know what it meant)

Scandaloso · 26/01/2019 22:58

She also requested a full frontal of my dp recently. ........not sure that's what you mean MIL

Grin
TuMeke · 26/01/2019 23:03

Betty that is (one of) the original meanings of dildo! Albeit in the seventeenth century Grin

MadnessPrevails · 26/01/2019 23:04

I spent some time teaching my FIL how to use WhatsApp and send photos. When he got home he sent me this. Took me a minute to figure out it was a close up of his fingers. Much howling laughter ensued...

Scandaloso · 26/01/2019 23:06
Shock Grin

I bet you did a double take!

'hmmmm, do you think that's a picture of your dad's bellend, James?'

PrettySimple · 26/01/2019 23:09

lol after telling family aunt has died, not realising it means laugh out loud rather than lots of love. i have had this!!!

Not in a text but my gran told me once when she was courting my grandad that at a village party her friend spiked her with vodka and she got "absolutely stoned" she didn't know it was in there and she was sick on her new shoes

Imaystillbedrunk · 26/01/2019 23:13

@FrowningFlamingo my DH and I went to view a house a few years ago, much to our surprise a teacher from school and her DH answered the door. We said hello, reminisced and then theH took us around the house. At one point he flung open the door of the understairs cupboard proudly exclaiming and "here's our glory hole, hides all manners of sins". How we contained our laughter I'll never know.

StyleOfTheTimes · 26/01/2019 23:14

My grandma would send lol at the end of every text thinking it meant lots of love. It was fine until she was telling me about her “poor friend who’s husband has just passed away lol” worst of it was she’d put it in block capitals LOL. She was in her 80s at the time 😂

Lbwestf123 · 26/01/2019 23:14

Congratulations 💗

Returning2thesceneofthecrime · 26/01/2019 23:14

OP, now you need to text your FIL to tell him hat LMAO means 😂

April241 · 26/01/2019 23:17

I'm howling at the dildo one!!!!

BuffyFlanket · 26/01/2019 23:21

Aww this made me well up then laugh 😂

zen1 · 26/01/2019 23:21

My DF made the lol error a couple of years ago: “X has died. LOL, Dad”.

FortyFacedFuckers · 26/01/2019 23:28

My mum does the LOL thing i’ve told her but she still text a young girl in her work LOL when her grandad died Blush

My grandma announced over Christmas that she had downloaded snapchat on her phone because she had heard it was a good way to send pictures! I somehow don’t think the pictures that are usually sent on snapchat are quite what she has in mind!

hiddeneverythin · 26/01/2019 23:42

Hahahaha

Lalliella · 26/01/2019 23:50

Lovely story OP. Your FIL sounds like a treasure Smile

AlbertWinestein · 26/01/2019 23:58

Congratulations on your baby and congratulations on having a beautiful relationship with your in laws too.

I’d completely forgotten about SWALK!

Stygimoloch · 27/01/2019 00:09

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/daves4/crying-laughing-emoji

This reminds me of this buzzfeed article. Really made me laugh.

SylvanianFrenemies · 27/01/2019 00:17

My fil once sent me a message that said "spread you later".

He then followed up with an apology and a correction to "see". Would have been better if he'd just ignored it!

notacooldad · 27/01/2019 00:21

Not a text related one but my MIL calls any messy cupboard a 'glory hole' grinblush
So did both my nan's and older relatIves.

RagingWhoreBag · 27/01/2019 00:34

He he - that’s hilarious!! Grin

Not me, but 14 y/o DS accidentally sent his 12 y/o sister a message meant for his girlfriend Grin. DD didn’t even know DS had a GF so was utterly confused.

Luckily he’s a good boy so it was just a meme that said “I like you, let’s Avo cuddle” with a pic of 2 avocados 🥑 Grin

FromDespairToHere · 27/01/2019 01:56

We have a WhatsApp group for our Brownie parents. My fellow owl recently posted a message that ended "blah blah blah this terminate" then followed that up with
"terminate"
"terminate"
"this terminate"
"terminate"
"this TERM"
I was wetting myself laughing as each new message came through!

wobblebot · 27/01/2019 02:47

My mum uses '😂' completely incorrectly.
For example ...

Me: "Andrews dads cancer is terminal"

My mum. "😂😂😂"

🙈

Mumberjack · 27/01/2019 07:06

Not a text but my great aunt did describe Elsie at the bingo who won the ‘snowball’ as a wanker. Grin
Huge congratulations on your rainbow baby, I’ve been there and it’s a feeling beyond words Flowers

Jaxtellerswife · 27/01/2019 07:28

Same as pp. my dad thought LOL meant lots of love and I never corrected him because he only texts me and I found it endearing. He would also give bad news with it though and did more than once
'Hi, just letting you know she's ok but mum has a fall today. Lol dad'
And my mum has corrected him now because of
'Hi, so and so isn't going to make it, lol dad'

Bless him

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