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

[ShitlandIslands]

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.

@Musti Oh give over! It said he threatened to commit suicide, not that he tried to. Threatening suicide is a favoured act of manipulation by men. He is indeed a selfish arsehole and he is the one who owes an apology! Not the person who called him out on his selfish behaviour.

While planning a holiday with a friend I sent her an attachment of a holiday in Spain but sent it to all at work (managers etc). Luckily no one said a word! Phew!!

My mum is CRAP with technology, she’s always posting happy birthday type posts to her own fb status etc.

On what’s app if you hold down and swipe the mic button you can record a voice note without having to have your finger on the button the whole time. Well, she not only did that, but also managed to then SEND the recording of her and her husband’s not-so-nice (more on his part) convo about having to dog-sit my sister’s dog while she went on holiday TO MY SISTER! My sister was in (upset) tears messaging me about it and altho felt sorry for her I couldn’t stop laughing at how absolutely shite my mum is with tech and how completely unintentional it was. Plus of all the people she could have accidentally sent the recording to, it was THE person they were moaning about , like what are the odds? 😂

I once worked for a LA and someone had emailed round a few teams asking if anyone had a drum they could borrow for a project.

A friend in a different dept tried replying, but someone replied all, but every single person in that councils distribution list (think schools, colleges, churches, bin men, village halls…. ) and she wrote ‘I don’t have a drum but I feel like fucking banging one around this place. I hate it. I’m on a/l next week and got some interviews, if I don’t get one of those I’m just going on the sick until I get something else. Fuck them’

People were literally running round the offices going ‘read your email! Read your email!’

I felt so sick for her… but I also loved it.

Suella Braverman has joined the group. 😂

Worked in a hospital department where someone sent a they’re all cunts and I’m outta here email…to the entire trust. Detailing their exit plans, upcoming interviews and if they weren’t appointed they’d throw a sickie.

@gabrielaromt nooo!! Did he just say oh it was me?

I'd give a good deal to see the WhatsApp messages flying around between the Chief Whip's Office and the PM at the moment.

@ShitlandIslands any chance you’re coming back to explain the ticks thing or were PP right?

I once received an email as my email address was included in a forwarded email, which said "My Name, the lady with the hymen."

*which was correspondence from our synagogue

Dearie me, I love a smutty gaff. What were they intending to say out of interest

I was once talking to an old friend of mine who I no longer liked/had anything in common with and I screenshot the conversation and went to send it to someone else but accidentally sent it back to the old friend I was talking to!

Give it up no ody cares. I hate it when Mumsnet becomes a pile on leave the poor person alone. People change details to protect privacy it's obviously what's happened.

Totally agree with @CatsandFish , he sounds pathetic. Threatening suicide is vile and controlling, which is why most that do threaten never actually do it - they wouldnt be able to see the reaction if they did.

@RealHousewifeOfNorthernAlberta you did nothing wrong - HE caused the family rift by his behaviour not you!

Not sure how on earth your DH could have had a good relationship with him when he treated their parents so badly though

🤨 ODFOD, I’m allowed to post whatever I like and quoting my post only perpetuates a conversation you apparently don’t want to see. Get a grip.

@Coldymccold And, by the way, I care, so whether you do or not doesn’t really matter 🤷 as for “clearly”, you have absolutely no clue what has actually happened, whether it’s a journo fishing for a story, OP being the sender or a completely made up post. It makes a difference to some people as to whether or not they want to share their own story.

I care @ChronicOverthinkr !

So clearly OP making up a load of old tut to get the topic going because this is a known thread filler.

But then mucks up, gets called on it, and vanishes.

I said he threatened to commit suicide. He is a complete drama queen! No matter what happens to anyone around him, good or bad, he makes it all about himself. When our daughter committed suicide he never once showed any empathy or offered condolences. He just shrugged it off and then had a hissy fit because once again he had lost his job. My issue with him is that I made a huge .mistake and sent him a text about me venting about him, to him instead of another family member. Now he is taking it out on my husband. I regret writing the text. If I had something to say I should have said it to his face.

Here here - it was a great thread apart from all the pointless goings on about the ticks.

mine was actually my dh - we met online dating and he ( was apparently so sought after he had several women on the go at the start 🙄 ) unfortunately for him he had a tendency to cut and paste messages for speed. I therefore received a message for someone called Tanya thanking her or a lovely evening but postponing the next planned date ( he had arranged to see me that day instead) He realised after he sent it apparently and got in a bit of a state - I let him sweat for a few days.

Omg I think I may have recently sent a very private message complaining about my husband to our son's class WhatsApp group instead of to my friend. I also mentioned an affair I had had with a colleague several years earlier, before my DH and I were married and pre kids (and that DH was aware of), but it sounds like it's more recent in the message. But I was mid conversation with my friend and was saying lots of things. But this was definitely the worst of it. It was the early hours of the morning and I was quite drunk. It was only in the morning that my husband said, what on earth did you post to the class group. Apparently I had deleted it for all, but also must have deleted it for myself too. So, I was frantically trying to remember what I had sent. I was obviously thankful that I had deleted it, but not sure what time it was sent. Hoping desperately that I realised my error before anyone read it. I am absolutely mortified. Have been trying to find a way to recover the deleted message on WhatsApp just to reassure myself that I sent something much less damaging than I did. I feel sick to my stomach and seriously thinking of moving to a different area.

I sent a text to my dh about being ready for a walk when he was, only I sent it to the chippy van! My last text was to them enquiring about allergens and I thought I'd clicked his name when in fact I didn't. I only realised when I hadn't heard back from dh and looked, and then quickly sent them an apology text. They replied much later saying something about the fish & chips must have been good if I was asking them to go for a walk! Only mildly embarrassing but glad they were ok about it.

The fish & chips were really good, the best we'd had for a long time (including from the supposed best chippy in Kyle of Lochalsh, which were not good at all).

Not really an incorrectly sent message but more of a spoken out of turn mistake. The assistant head at DS's school sometimes runs competitions on the social media page such as 'who am I? or 'what am I?' and giving a list of clues. Children are supposed to go in next day and hand in an answer. Without thinking I answered in a comment and accidentally gave the whole game away. We are fairly new to the school and hadn't really seen many of these before but I was so humiliated when I found out I'd misunderstood how to play. This was a while ago now but I still have cold sweats and hot face when I think about it. If anyone could make me feel better I would appreciate the support!😳