Tell me your horror stories of wrongly sent/forwarded messages to help me cope.

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I'm dying of cringe here. I feel so tense.I didn't even do the crime but I've got palpitations here.

My mate just sent our Cookery WhatsApp group a photo of her boyfriend proposing to her. Another member of the WhatsApp group forwarded the photo to a different WhatsApp group, let's say a Jigsaw WhatsApp group, with a not-so-complimentary message.

Unbeknownst to the forwarder, the newly engaged mate is also in the Jigsaw WhatsApp group.

The Jigsaw WhatsApp group is very quiet. Eerily quiet.

Oh my god. My actual heart.

[WhatsApp groups aren't actually Cookery and Jigsaws - invented to protect the identities of those involved].

I don't have anything to relate this experience to. The worst it got for me was when I once text my boss a picture intended for DP.

DP was, say, Dave in my contact list and my boss was, say, Davey.
The picture was of a terrible, terrible, non-risen, beige stodge-fest of a cake I'd made on my day off with the accompanying message "I'm a shit head".

After I'd reassured my boss I wasn't having a breakdown (just bad a baking), it was all fine. I changed DP's name in my contact list very soon after.

Message to my DH about DSis accidentally sent to DSis.

”omg xxx is absolutely driving me mad today! I don’t know who she thinks she is! There’s no way I’m booking that surprise spa day for her birthday now!!!”

😳😳😳

I once sent an email to a work colleague ‘saying don’t worry about anything, your pregnancy is a secret safe with me, tell people when you’re ready’ to the whole work place by mistake. Even writing this years later I feel awful about it. She was very understanding!

I once sent a series of about 5 texts to my milkman suggesting he review my DS's uni applications with him and talking generally about the suitability of various courses. There was also an update tagged on to let him know that DD was currently playing Monopoly in the kitchen 🙈 The messages were destined for my ex. The milkman never replied.

Received a message from a female work colleague telling me she was going to tie me to the bed naked when she got home from work. Sadly, it was meant for her husband.

My old boss once interviewed two people called Sue and accidentally told the wrong one she’d got the job! She had to call her back and explain, it really didn’t go well 🤦🏼‍♀️

When I was in my late teens 2 of my best mates were dating, I'll call them John and Laura. Laura went on a night out with another group of friends and ended up kissing a guy she knew. She messaged the guy the next day asking him not to tell John. Only she didn't message the guy, she messaged John.

Another one was when I used to work for a national organisation. A colleague was at home watching TV when One Direction came on. She tweeted something none too complimentary about them (including some swear words). Unfortunately she managed to tweet from the company Twitter account instead of her personal one that she had intended.

An ex boss of mine asked me to look after their pet while they went on holiday. I was texting a friend at the same time and texted my friend for advice on how to get out of it. I accidentally sent it to my boss. I felt so bad, especially as she's a lovely person. I still cringe about it now.

About 15 odd years ago, I was part of a group project.
I was really keen to make it work out and worked my arse off to do so, in fact the rest of those in the project were bloody hard workers too. The project actually grew and two other ladies were added to help out.

I was working late in my home office and an email pinged into my inbox from one of the new ladies.
They hadn't been involved long and I hadn't met them in person.

The subject line said Argggg Help! all in capitals so I thought some major catastrophe had happened with a server.

Oh no, it wasn't, it was her, slagging me off to her friend who clearly had a similar email address.

And I don't mean a tiny bit. I mean really slagging me to death. The email equivalent of if looks could kill. She really went to town on how I made her look bad and was selfish and she hates me being part of this project. How I was so full of my self, how I clearly was a massive brown nose. If she met me she would literally have to force herself not to punch me or call me a very rude amount of names.

It was quite the email and it took me ages to read as it went on for quite some amount of paragraphs. Real ranting to your mates no holds barred.

I left it about 10 minutes. Then I emailed her. Literally just "did you mean to send that to me as I must say as ways to say what you feel it's ingenious"

She didn't answer me at all. But the team lead did who asked was I OK (at which point I laughed as I found it quite funny) and said the other person decided to leave the project. No shit she did.

The rest of the gang on the project were horrified! Those who had met her said she was incredibly lazy and entitled and they weren't sad to see her go.
I still have the email, I still find it hilarious.

I had an assistant years ago at work who was really, really irritating. Another member of staff sent me an IM meant for her saying ‘I’m gonna f&ck you so hard you won’t sit down for a week’ 😂 She understood it was best she left with a standard reference rather than have a disciplinary….

I once text my fiancé that a colleague was pregnant….it turns out it wasn’t my fiancé but the pregnant colleague…I had to grovel apologetically and I was so embarrassed 🙈

Wow, that was a good response! What did she say in return?

I once called in to work because I was severely hungover then text what I thought was the group of friends I'd been out with saying something like "I'm dying, you've all poisoned me with wine and I've called in sick!" but I sent it to my work group chat with my bosses in.

I once had a mobile where if you kept pressing the middle button it sent the last text to the first person in the contacts. I kept getting my weird messages from my boss like 'when did we agree this' and ' thanks but my wife won't be happy'. I then caught my son playing with my phone and saw him send the last (quite saucy) message I sent to my husband, straight to my Boss.

I once changed my exs name in my phone to a very rude word, we then made up and we’re back together when I screenshot my phone to show him something and he realised what I had saved him as 😬

I’ve also bitched about my sister (very clearly stating her name in the text) and then sent it to her by mistake instead of my friends 🤦‍♀️ I wanted the ground to eat me up, I literally felt my soul leave my body

My company had a pretty famous person doing some free work for us. He emailed to thank us for a lovely, successful day and compliment us on our work etc... I MEANT to forward the email to our PR team with the comment 'gorgeous man, sadly gay 😉'. I hit reply instead of forward....
Had to hide in the loo for a good half hour to cringe. Thankfully he saw the funny side and took the compliment as it was intended.... I never lived it down though.

I sent a message to my husband, complaining about my MIL not getting my baby to sleep early enough. She was giving up her time to look after my baby. She replied to say she was doing her best (I had sent it to her by mistake). I realized what an ungrateful cow I was being (if sleep deprived) and I should really appreciate the wonderful woman she was. Fast forward 11 years and My daughter has appointments with a sleep clinic because she still doesn’t sleep and has been diagnosed with ASD. I do feel bad about that text.

Sent an email in work to a colleague about another colleague calling her something unsavoury and asking why she was in such a mood that day. Colleague mistakenly sent it onto moody colleague, I literally saw her face change when she opened the email a desk away from me. She promptly got up and reported it to the manager. Manager called me in and said yes I know she is a right witch but can you be cute enough next time not to email it . Nearly died. I apologised of course and spent the months remaining making it up to her

I text my boss instead of my know ex asking why I don’t get I love you texts in the morning anymore.

I sent a message to an eBay buyer after she bought an item off me. I still had her number on my phone as she collected it from my house. Instead of texting my DP, I texted her instead with just a "love you 😘 xx"

Wanted the ground to swallow me up, and hoped she didn't think I was some weirdo stalker person 😂 Explained it was for my DP. This was 5 years ago and I still think about it

Also, not a text, but a face to face interaction. (Which makes it worse) I asked my manager if he wanted to go to a strip club unintentionally. I meant a well known pub with a very similar name, but got the names mixed up

Please help me raise money by sponsoring my wank in the Peak District

Ohh I’m cringing reading that

Ssssssscccccrreeeeaaaammmm that's awful.

Wise words, @Psychonabike !

That is such a horrible message to send. Why would you take the piss out of someone's happy day. Sorry, OP, but I couldn't be friends with someone so mean and bitter.