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AIBU to ask for your text disasters?

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Raffles1981 · 01/07/2018 21:09

Just reading the christening story so just wondering - what was your worst txt moment?
I once sent a txt to my friend slagging her off. I was having a conversation with her and another girl and got confused (wine and txt do not mix people!) It was a brutal rundown of her personality. She has forgiven me (long story) and we have moved on after I apologised but it can still make me cringe. So are you in the mood to share??

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lancelott · 02/07/2018 15:54

"Aunt Flo has left town in time for weekend away.... 👉👌"

Sent to all colleagues via WhatsApp group 😩

TheHodgeoftheHedge · 02/07/2018 16:05

Not a text, but I had a shocker of autocorrect on an email one.

I emailed my sister about a potential present for my nephews and meant to say "would they like some wellies for Christmas?". Microsoft autocorrected it to "would they like some willies for Christmas?".
Thankfully she was just a bit bemused and it still makes me laugh.

IllHaveTheSaladPlease · 02/07/2018 16:21

@tccat I'm a regular user of "Kind retards" Grin

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Raffles1981 · 02/07/2018 17:23

Where do you get Willies for Christmas? Just asking for a friend. Hmm

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Raffles1981 · 02/07/2018 17:24

IllHaveTheSaladPlease - I once sent Kind Retards to an officer in the RAF. Thankfully he had a sense of humour!

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ChickenOrEgg6 · 02/07/2018 17:38

During er, sexy times, my phone changed
"I want to pull your dick out and..."
To "I want to pull your dick off and..."
He replied "okay, but just put it back on after you're done"
😂😂😂

ALongHardWinter · 02/07/2018 17:51

I still inwardly cringe when I think about the time I sent a text criticising my brother,to my brother! It was intended for my DD. I don't quite know what happened,it was a new phone and I was having a few teething problems with it. I had been staying for a few days at my recently passed away DM's house,where my brother was living at the time,and I had been getting fed up with his constant excuses not to get on with helping me sort DM's stuff out,constantly complaining that he was tired,or had too many other things to do.
I text my DD words to the effect that I was getting sick of brother's excuses,anyone would think he was the only person in the world who got tired,FFS he only works part time. I mentioned him by name,so there was no way he would have thought I was referring to anyone else. It was only when the delivery report came through saying 'delivered to brother' that I realised my fuck up. He was at work at the time and I knew he wouldn't look at his phone until he finished work,so I was in an agony of suspense for 3 hours until he arrived home. Strangely he never mentioned it,and to this day I'm not sure why. I've never dared to ask!

ALongHardWinter · 02/07/2018 17:56

readyforapummelling Did you have to bleach your eyeballs after that? Grin.
OMG I am laughing my head off at some of these!

LadyRussell · 02/07/2018 17:57

I texted my husband telling him what I was planning to do with him when he got home as he works away all week.

I sent it to my dad Blush

LanguidLobster · 02/07/2018 18:13

@tccat you've got a back history with this!

Not much really but guy I'm supposed to be seeing accused me of lying the night my cat died. I lost my temper entirely (something along the lines of FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF, first time I've ever list my temper with him) but I knew he didn't intend it in a mean way.

I informed him haughtily of the vet's number first thing next morning and he backtracked furiously

possumgoddess · 02/07/2018 19:41

I sent my daughter a text that was meant to go to the man with whom I was having a secret romance. She wasn't aware I was seeing anyone so it was extremely embarassing, but luckily she was over 18 and it didn't contain any explicit details. Still makes me cringe.....

ThreeIsACharm · 02/07/2018 20:13

In a group WhatsApp one of my friend was telling us her mum had been very sick in hospital but she may get out tomorrow.
I sent. "That's good. I hope she dies"
I meant does.
I phoned her apologising profusely.
her mum made a full recovery thankfully.

ThreeIsACharm · 02/07/2018 20:14

Autocorrect fail

crimsonlake · 02/07/2018 22:02

A few months ago during the bad snowy period we had I decided the roads were too bad to drive to work and would stat home/ I might add I was working ad hoc in an office for a friend.I text my son later in the morning to say I had decided to stay home etc, added that I was only really needed for answering the phone there and that given it was a few hours work a day and low pay it was not worth the risk and the inevitable delay.
All well and good until I later pressed resend on the text to my other son and somehow my friend/ boss received it as well.... He seemed to take it in good humour at first and then quickly changed his mind. I was mortified and knowing him as I did knew no matter what I said I could not defend myself.
I knew I would be in for it on my return to the office the next day, so I decided to leave there and then! He was really cross and even sent a copy of the text to my colleague! We have made up since, but he may have forgiven, but wont let me forget.

Ptarmigan49 · 02/07/2018 22:15

My son came back from a week's camp and his rucksack of clothes was untouched. He'd been with his cousin so I texted my sister saying 'DS appears to have worn the same undercrackers for the entire week.'
Only I sent it to my bank.

eurgh · 02/07/2018 23:20

Instead of 'It's fine, you can park in the corner' - I managed to text the health visitor: 'It's fine, you can wank in the corner'
She was very matronly and strict and I was Very. Red. Faced.

4catsaremylife · 03/07/2018 03:03

I was trying to meet up with my adult DS but running late so sent a quick text only my damned predictive text sent "I'm lesbian now" to my adult Ds instead of I'm leaving now he replied saying "..Okay....."

Ladywillpower · 03/07/2018 03:18

My DP teaches singing at a Performing Arts College. He was texted by an acquaintance to ask if he could perform in a show they were putting on. He was busy so intended to reply " no sorry I have something on in the college" but auto correct altered it to " sorry I have a thong on in the college". He never heard from them again !

hazell42 · 03/07/2018 04:10

One narrowly avoided, thank god.
Back in the day, I had an old nokia phone which my son used to borrow to text his girlfriend. They were always sending silly messages to each other.
After they moved in together I continued to use the phone and i noticed that there was a message in the Drafts folder which said 'Ha, ha, I hate you.'
I knew that message was there, and never deleted it.
On the night that he phoned me at 3 am to say his girlfriend was being rushed into hospital with a suspected miscarriage, I went to send her a supportive message and ALMOST sent that one by mistake.
I caught it just in time. My heart flips over every time I think about it.
I deleted all my draft messages right there and then.

SinceWhenDid · 03/07/2018 07:56

Even my heart flipped at that one! Shock

The best autocorrects were the ones on old Nokias where you had the same number key for 3 different letters. My sons name uses the exact same keys as my FIL's. When he was a baby I sent a friend saying I was still in bed with FIL instead of ds Grin

My teenage sister was going out and I sent her a text saying "Time to PARDY!!!" Except it didn't. Instead it said "Time to SCREW!!!" 😂

RevRichardWayneGaryWayne · 03/07/2018 07:56

I just heard that the guy who invented predictive text and auto-correct died yesterday.

His Funfair is next monkey.

LightAsTheBreeze · 03/07/2018 08:39

I haven't but adult DS sent me 2 texts which obviously weren't meant for me at about 2 oclock one morning, every time I went to my texts for the next week they were sitting there, I couldn't delete them or I would have lost my other texts from him, they were never mentioned though and eventually they disappeared up the thread.

spiderlight · 03/07/2018 09:12

When DS started Reception, I had to have some medical tests that involved fasting. One of my new mum friends texted me about something or other and said she'd see me at home-time to sort it out. I replied that DH was doing the school run that day because I'd just done a 24-hour fast and I was feeling a bit washed out.....except my bloody phone autocorrected it and informed this very naice new mum friend that I had just done a 24-hour fart. Blush

Balaboosteh · 03/07/2018 09:16

I once told my builder all about a nasty outbreak of thrush that I was having - with details of discharge odour and texture...

Butterfly98 · 03/07/2018 10:20

I'm loving this hilarious thread! Many years ago after being offered my dream job after 3rd stressful interview my new boss said he would text me a security door code so that I could access the main office floor when starting work there 4 weeks later. Anyway, he sent it as promised and also welcomed me to the company, said it would be great to have me on board etc in the same text.... I was in the middle of having a text tiff with dh about decorating the house (u can see where this is going 😬) and managed to reply to new boss with 'aren't u a ray of sunshine, thanks a lot for nothing and what did ur last slave die of!!' Cringed and panicked for an hour, then plucked up courage to ring boss and explain, luckily he had a sense of humour and said at least I spoke my mind! All was well and after starting job I realized why he was so understanding as his desk was beside mine and on a daily basis he was constantly bickering about silly things with his wife on phone and said much worse for everyone to hear!! I know unprofessional but very funny and made day go faster! 😂😂

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