Trivial point about family WhatsApp.

[CurlewKate]

If you have a family WhatsApp with your dp,, children and their partners how do you end messages? I was talking about this to a RL friend (my god, my life's exciting!) and she says she just puts Mum. I put K/M ( for Kate and Mum. What do you do?

A few kisses, and an emoji or two if appropriate. None of us put names.

I don’t end messages on WhatsApp, just type the message and press send. No sign off.

I actually love the idea that people sign their WhatsApps. You know your name is right there at the top of the message?!
Cordially
Immemorial

Why do you even sign your name?

We don't sign our names, our names are at the top of the message so everyone knows who has said what. (As long as you have that person saved in your phone contacts which I assume you do if they're family.)

It's very sweet signing off on messages though.

You don’t need to sign of messages with your name on WhatsApp. Everyone knows it’s from you. Put kisses or whatever, fine, but don’t sign off!

No need to sign off. They know who you are.

No names here. They’re at the top of the message.

Warmest regards.

No one signs off on our family chat

No sign off, my name is right there so they know who it is. Just the comment or sometimes just a meme, no comment.

No sign offs here either

Also no need for names as it on your message!
Fondest Wishes
Doreen/Mummy.

No sign offs on WhatsApp. And no bloody kisses either.

Yours in perpetuity,

Showy

🤣I know I don't need to. But we all do!

@ShowOfHands No kisses?? 😢😢😢

It hasn't ever occurred to me to sign off on a WhatsApp message!

For the longest time my dad would sign off with dad. He seemed to treat WhatsApp like emails and wouldn't check back for days. He still struggles to understand that if we are in the same chat then I have seen the same messages as him. He is in no way cognitively impaired but he just doesn't seem to get WhatsApp!

I’ve never signed off on a WhatsApp message, they know who it’s from!

I am laughing at putting your name, like no one knows who you are!!

Depending on the message I will be putting an appropriate emoji or nothing!

I have a friend who I have known for decades and we have been on WhatsApp since that first came out and she signs her name and I find it hilarious!

Of course no one needs to sign off a WhatsApp. I literally don't think I've ever seen that, unless someone isn't in your address book.

In anniversary cards my PIL used to write from Mum & Dad/Real Names

I don't do kisses on WhatsApp, it's unnecessary, unless it's something particularly heartfelt, eg my friend is currently in hospital. Definitely don't sign off WhatsApp messages.
I also find Dear blah blah quite formal with emails, unless it's from someone I don't know

I think I've being doing mine all wrong.
I print them out and pop them in an envelope and post them (it's quite costly these days too)
Just press send, you say? 🤔

You don't need to put your name at the end - it's listed at the top of each message!

I usually end with a smile emoji or a couple of kisses.

My MIL sometimes writes very long updates about what they've been up to and she will end those with "Love, Mum and Dad".

I have the same trouble as your dad, but with Twitter (X now I suppose) Sometimes i think it's just a mental block but I can't get my head around it at all. And here is where I edit my post to tag @HappierTimesAhead (am also v grateful for the new edit function on whatsapp - it's a life saver!)

@CurlewKate I love those very exciting RL conversations too. I'm curious to know whether they class as the despised 'small talk' or deep and meaningful by MN standards.....

I had no idea people "signed" WhatsApps or texts. Your name is literally right above the bubble your message is in. No one is going to get confused.