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I've tried to give some "family condoms" away!

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TuttiFruttiWhatACutie · 11/05/2021 19:41

I'm mortified. My DD's teacher's father died a few days ago. I found out today and texted the teacher to offer my condolences (I have his number because of PTA related stuff).

Expect I didn't. Bloody auto-correct changed "condolences" to "condoms". So I texted a guy whose dad had just died: "I would like to offer you our family's condoms."

And it wasn't even a WhatsApp message that I could quickly delete. Oh no - it was an actual text that can't be deleted.

He hasn't replied and I'm feeling like if there wasn't bloody Covid, I'd emigrate to the Australian outback somewhere and not show my face to anyone!

This is my first post on MN (and it had to be something like this, didn't it?), so please make me feel better and tell me about similarly mortifying things you've done. Please.

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Userguaranteed · 11/05/2021 20:14

Sorry OP, this one didn't work when I got to 'share your hilarious/embarrassing mistakes for a good thread to cheer me up'.

Even your title was meant to be entertaining and i must admit I did laugh at the story.

Think you would have gotten more consolation and less judgment from people if you didn't do that.

Anyway, I'm sure it's fine. Who knows, they may find humour in the autocorrect incident even for a second or so - I know I would. But I wouldn't expect a reply from them.

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TuttiFruttiWhatACutie · 11/05/2021 20:17

@Userguaranteed - Yeh, maybe. I just wanted people to respond and tell me "Hey, it's not that bad. I did xxxx". A bit of support, I guess.

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RandomUsernameHere · 11/05/2021 20:21

@Kittykat93

If you were feeling so terrible and embarrassed though op why would you come on here and present the story in an amusing way for everyone on a forum?? Wouldnt you just correct your mistake and move on? Just seems like one of those 'I'm trying to be soooooo hilarious' kinda threads.

Agree with this. I also find it very surprising that you didn't bother to check the message before sending, given the sensitive subject matter.

vacuumnomore · 11/05/2021 20:21

No idea why people are being so horrible. It's not the end of the world, and it doesn't detract from the nice intention of your message.

Flibbitygibbit · 11/05/2021 20:22

Cool story bro.

Northernsoullover · 11/05/2021 20:25

Not an autocorrect but I got drunk once and asked a man for coffee on a dating app. Got even drunker as the evening progressed, checked my messages and thought he'd sent ME a message. So I replied 'oh yes, that would be lovely'' I I never heard from him again and I no longer drink. Best all round really.

godmum56 · 11/05/2021 20:26

first thing I ever do with new tech is turn off autocorrect and predictive text.

Catabogus · 11/05/2021 20:33

I accidentally emailed a student to say that it might take a while to approve her request for a fortnight’s extension on a university assessment, since owing to Covid our administrators were all dead.

I MEANT to type that owing to Covid our administrators were all “dealing with a large volume of similar requests” but something went dramatically wrong halfway through the word “dealing”, AND I simultaneously hit “send’.

I had to send a very embarrassed and hasty follow up email saying not to worry, our administrators weren’t actually all dead, and it would all be fine. I’m not sure the student really believed me as she was a bit odd with me after that.

SmileyClare · 11/05/2021 20:39

Catabogus a bit dark, but that did make me laugh

carolcarolcarrot · 11/05/2021 20:42

Fuck, Mumsnetters are on one tonight!

I hope more people come back with hilarious autocorrect stories. I love threads like this (when they go down well)!

flashylamp · 11/05/2021 20:46

@carolcarolcarrot

Fuck, Mumsnetters are on one tonight!

I hope more people come back with hilarious autocorrect stories. I love threads like this (when they go down well)!

Turns out OP wasn't trying to be funny

BrilliantBetty · 11/05/2021 20:50

I'd definitely read back through a text just incase if texting a teacher... actually I have never had a teacher's mobile number.

SmileyClare · 11/05/2021 20:56

Sorry Op, this thread could have had legs but the pitch of this is off . No one knows if you want to raise a laugh or just want to share how awful you feel? Did you really want others to make you feel better by sharing times when they also felt truly awful or do you want funny auto correct anecdotes?

Maybe like the text, just pretend this never happened. Oh and welcome to Mumsnet

Catabogus · 11/05/2021 20:57

@Idontgiveagriffindamn

That’s terrible and hilarious death aside obviously. I told my friend I was buying a floaty nazi dress for her wedding - auto corrected from maxi.

This made me smile - I’m trying to picture a “floaty Nazi dress” but not having much success. Chiffon swastikas perhaps.

elsaesmeralda · 11/05/2021 21:02

@Northernsoullover

I I never heard from him again and I no longer drink. Best all round really.

🤣🤣

Meirou90 · 11/05/2021 21:20

@Northernsoullover

I I never heard from him again and I no longer drink. Best all round really.

Simple, but really funny

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TuttiFruttiWhatACutie · 11/05/2021 21:25

@SmileyClare - a bit of it all really. It's like when you do something stupid and you tell your friends and they sit there and console you, laugh a bit at your stupidity to lighten the mood, tell you about times when they've been stupid and say others have done similar too. Someone did say rather sharply in the context that this was "an old joke" and implying I'd made it up - whereas your friends might say that this is something that's been doing the rounds for ages so that means it's an easy mistake to make and means others have done it too so it's not just you.

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SmileyClare · 11/05/2021 21:30

Don't worry Op no need to tie yourself in knots.

It's an easy mistake and means others have done it too hopefully not to this particular teacher though poor bloke

BrownEyedGirl80 · 11/05/2021 21:34

I accidentally sent an email to everyone in my workplace with Cunt in it if that makes you feel any better

Puffinhead · 11/05/2021 21:46

@Northernsoullover

I I never heard from him again and I no longer drink. Best all round really.

Brilliant!

scotsllb · 11/05/2021 21:54

@ChairmansReserve

0/10 for story 5/10 for referencing a 1980s Gino Ginelli ice cream advert in your username

Gino Ginelli!!! Omg that takes me back !

MintyCedric · 11/05/2021 22:19

I once sent an email referring to our headteacher as Christ instead of Chris...he was Cc'd in and found it highly amusing.

I also recently had a male friend message to ask how I was getting on with a project I'd been chatting about...

"How fat have you got?"

He meant 'how far...' and was absolutely mortified (he's a relatively new online friend so easy to potentially take it the wrong way, bless him)

BabyFartsDoStink · 11/05/2021 22:22

I had a boss named Vanina in a company with lots of foreign offices and people communicating in English as a second or third language. Let's just say Vanilla was the better auto correct option

MisContrued · 11/05/2021 22:26

I dated a guy once who used to do the most awful/hilarious typos in his messages. I never mentioned it as I thought he was dyslexic and didn't want to make fun of that (British I know) and now I'm just realising it might have been auto correct fail.

BrilliantBetty · 12/05/2021 21:35

I had a boss named Vanina in a company with lots of foreign offices and people communicating in English as a second or third language. Let's just say Vanilla was the better auto correct option

Omg

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