Page 16 | Tell me your horror stories of wrongly sent/forwarded messages to help me cope.

ShitlandIslands · 2022-10-10T15:33:08+00:00

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.

Only4nomore · 13/10/2022 14:27

Extremely graphic nudes....to a family WhatsApp group... including brother in laws..his father and brothers
I was woken to is your WiFi on....?
Me - yes why...?
Then panic set in when he realised he had not sent them to me....

JustAMinutePeople · 13/10/2022 14:34

When my prematurely born son was finally allowed his first feed, my husband took some pictures of us. My breast properly on show. I then asked him to forward the pictures to me (this was before airdrop was invented). He accidentally forwarded it to his… school reunion WhatsApp group.

JustAMinutePeople · 13/10/2022 14:36

JustAMinutePeople · 13/10/2022 14:34

When my prematurely born son was finally allowed his first feed, my husband took some pictures of us. My breast properly on show. I then asked him to forward the pictures to me (this was before airdrop was invented). He accidentally forwarded it to his… school reunion WhatsApp group.

Oops can’t find a way to edit. BOTH breasts and some nipples on show 🫣

Onesnowynight · 13/10/2022 14:41

My ex director sent an mail to another senior colleague about me and sent it to me by mistake. There was a lot of apologies and grovelling after and I ended up resigning. I should have taken it further but was glad of the push to leave.

TimBoothseyes · 13/10/2022 14:43

DD's DP meant to send her a text saying how much he was looking forward to getting home from work and how hot see looked that morning....except it didn't go to DD. Let's just say the next time they visited after that was a bit awkward for the 1st hour. 😂

savehannah · 13/10/2022 14:57

Someone I know just emailed our kids head of year to complain about the teaching in a particular subject, without realising the head of year was actually the teacher in question. 🤣 Apparently the response she got was "frosty" lol.

IOMmumma · 13/10/2022 15:08

Had a colleague once who was publicly refused the afternoon off at short notice. She emailed me straight away telling me what an absolute knob he was, pressed send, then turned to me in absolute horror and whispered oh my god, I’ve just sent it to him! Luckily I managed to save the day.. he immediately got called to the public counter so I slid round and deleted the offending email before his screen saver came on

AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 13/10/2022 17:18

Many years ago I secretly got 2 pet mice from my sisters friend. They started smelling really bad and my sister texted her friend "Friend, these mice are really starting to stink and mum's getting suspicious, what should we do?" A few seconds later we heard "WHAT FUCKING MICE???" Yep, she'd sent it to mum instead of the friend. My mice were returned the next day 😔

gabrielaromt · 13/10/2022 17:56

I have two.

Once I got a message from one of the girls in my team saying she cannot stop thinking about me an how much she loves me. It was for her boyfriend.

Not text, but live event. At the nursery Christmas party, Father Christmas came over, he looked awful, spread the Christmas gifts to the kids and we moved to some other event. Next, father of one of my DS friends, takes a sit next to me and we start a conversation. And I'm saying something along the lines of: oh, u were late. No worries, u did not miss a thing, Father Christmas looked awful. It appears he played the role of Father Christmas. I felt awful 😞

DaughterofDawn · 13/10/2022 19:01

gabrielaromt · 13/10/2022 17:56

I have two.

Once I got a message from one of the girls in my team saying she cannot stop thinking about me an how much she loves me. It was for her boyfriend.

Not text, but live event. At the nursery Christmas party, Father Christmas came over, he looked awful, spread the Christmas gifts to the kids and we moved to some other event. Next, father of one of my DS friends, takes a sit next to me and we start a conversation. And I'm saying something along the lines of: oh, u were late. No worries, u did not miss a thing, Father Christmas looked awful. It appears he played the role of Father Christmas. I felt awful 😞

Oof 🪦💀

Bettyswoo · 13/10/2022 19:47

AriettyHomily · 10/10/2022 16:37

I texted the school whatsapp group instead of DH to say 'thank goodness xxx didn't get the same school as DD'

That didn't go down well.

😂😂 as a member of several school mum groups this made me howl 😂😂

withaspongeandarustyspanner · 13/10/2022 19:56

When I was doing my teacher training, I sent my tutor an email. I'd written and asked my partner to glance over it; he made some suggestions. It was great so far.

Until I pressed the forward button and didn't check/delete the rest of the message where I finished the message with 'I love you'.

After my panic, and finally accepting that there was no recall button, I had to confess to my tutor.

He hadn't even noticed.

ddl1 · 13/10/2022 20:08

Oh, another one from the receiving end, though not actually about e-mails. I was supervising a student's project, and she showed her write-up draft to her dad, asking for feedback. He not only commented on her writing style, but was very opinionated about how statistical analyses should be done and wrote on her draft about where he'd have given different advice from me. By mistake, she gave me the draft on which he'd made his notes. If I'd known it was her dad, I wouldn't have been bothered, but I jumped to the conclusion that it was one of my colleagues trying to undermine me, and I called the student in to find out what had happened. She explained what had happened, and got quite shaky and started crying, and I felt guilty,

ElfineHawkMonitor · 13/10/2022 22:08

I once got a call from a guy I’d met, asking me on a second date. I was thrilled and immediately texted my best friend to say ‘YES! He called, you were right!’ or words to that effect, only I accidentally sent it to him. I remember curling up in a ball on the floor for hours with the embarrassment 😳

WobblyLondoner · 13/10/2022 22:59

Great thread. My one immediate memory is a work one, when I'd met someone at an event and she'd followed it up with a nice email. I bounced the email on to a colleague saying something like "she was great, fantastic communicator, should nobble her for our next X".

Except of course I just sent it to the woman in question. I realised immediately, curled up inside, and sent a message apologising. She did graciously reply saying no problem!

OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 14/10/2022 14:11

gabrielaromt · 13/10/2022 17:56

I have two.

Once I got a message from one of the girls in my team saying she cannot stop thinking about me an how much she loves me. It was for her boyfriend.

Not text, but live event. At the nursery Christmas party, Father Christmas came over, he looked awful, spread the Christmas gifts to the kids and we moved to some other event. Next, father of one of my DS friends, takes a sit next to me and we start a conversation. And I'm saying something along the lines of: oh, u were late. No worries, u did not miss a thing, Father Christmas looked awful. It appears he played the role of Father Christmas. I felt awful 😞

This one just reminded me of a text I got from my son when he was about 11 that was meant for my mum.

"Nana can you tell mum please. She's being so mean to me today! Can I come live with you?"

OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 14/10/2022 14:11

Sorry I replied to the wrong post!! I meant the mouse one!

MrsPetty · 14/10/2022 15:49

@Treesa22 I didn’t have to work with him. But he left pretty soon after. Sexting at work was probably one of her more redeeming traits. Lateness, absenteeism, laziness, surliness, entitlement to name a few. I did her a favour by not taking it to HR she was already on a warning.

VWCJW · 15/10/2022 14:09

I have just texted my friend, about my husband, but sent it to him! Oops!

Sandy8765 · 15/10/2022 19:02

I sent a message to a work group instead of my friend saying ' bigboy was playing up!. ( bigboy is my cat!!)

RealHousewifeOfNorthernAlberta · 16/10/2022 02:54

My 89 yr old mother in law was dying and my youngest brother in law finally went to see her after 4 years (he lives 5 mins from her). He complained to me that seeing her caused severe anxiety and panic attacks. He did the same thing when his father died and even threatened to commit suicide. He is a drama queen and only interested in himself. He makes every situations n about himself. I was angry and wrote a text to my middle bro in laws wife. I reiterated what he said and called him a self centred asshole. OMG.... I sent it to him by mistake !!! I realized within minutes what I had done and deleted it. Too late, he had already read it. This has caused a huge rift between my husband and his brother with whom he had an excellent relationship. My hubby isn't angry with me and understands what happened. But my bro in law is livid and will not let it go. I am so regretful that I didn't say it to his face and instead vented in a text intended to someone else. Did I mean it? Yes. He is a self centred asshole. I am so sad that I caused such a huge family problem.

Redebs · 16/10/2022 07:11

I'm just recovering from covid.
Last week my daughter posted on family WhatsApp, a photo of my little grandson's wonderful effort at writing a very sweet little message.
It was totally adorable and I was choked up by it.
I intended to reply with a 😭.

In my bleary-eyed state, I sent a puke emoji instead.
Mortified!
Family has been teasing me.

Pixiedusty · 16/10/2022 08:19

Atmywitsend29 · 10/10/2022 18:10

No they don't 😂 In a group chat the ticks go blue when everyone has read the message

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I think @asitwere's point is that you can't see the blue ticks on a message unless you are the one who sent it, in group chat or otherwise.
😅

Bogocz1 · 16/10/2022 09:58

My friend once sent me a text intended for her husband of what she was going to do to him that night. I was picking her up as I got the text. Embarrassing 😳

Musti · 16/10/2022 12:57

RealHousewifeOfNorthernAlberta · 16/10/2022 02:54

My 89 yr old mother in law was dying and my youngest brother in law finally went to see her after 4 years (he lives 5 mins from her). He complained to me that seeing her caused severe anxiety and panic attacks. He did the same thing when his father died and even threatened to commit suicide. He is a drama queen and only interested in himself. He makes every situations n about himself. I was angry and wrote a text to my middle bro in laws wife. I reiterated what he said and called him a self centred asshole. OMG.... I sent it to him by mistake !!! I realized within minutes what I had done and deleted it. Too late, he had already read it. This has caused a huge rift between my husband and his brother with whom he had an excellent relationship. My hubby isn't angry with me and understands what happened. But my bro in law is livid and will not let it go. I am so regretful that I didn't say it to his face and instead vented in a text intended to someone else. Did I mean it? Yes. He is a self centred asshole. I am so sad that I caused such a huge family problem.

If he tried to commit suicide when his father died, then it isn’t about being a drama queen, it is how it impacts him so extremely. When my grandmother died, I was so heartbroken that I didn’t know if life was worth living. And I don’t have any mh issues, never had depression or anything. I’m usually very optimistic and half glass full person. But with death it is different.

I don’t go to funerals if I can help it because it affects me so badly for so long. Even people who I don’t really know that well.

I think you owe him an apology. And to have caused this rift between brothers is unforgivable.