Does everyone have a family what's App Group.

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Does everyone have one?
If not have you opted out of it and how do people react if you do etc?

What is your situation re What's App?

Yes for my own family and I love it, but we're close and all get on well - no other way my mum would have interaction with her grandkids otherwise. We don't do Facebook.

"Mummy" WhatsApp groups though- ughhhh

No. Never had one. We do our group chats over messenger so don't see the point of another one.

@Mummyoflittledragon

Dd set up one for the 3 of us. Dh, dd and me.

Likewise. She's a young adult no longer living at home so it's handy at times

I have one with my teenage children. I like it.

I left the family one when I went NC with my mum.

DH side quite active but no feelings of obligation at all to post anything. It’s mainly used for kids photos/updates and event planning.

I’m in one with my DM and sisters but it’s very very quiet, we all WA and FB message each other individually very regularly which is maybe why it’s not really needed.

I'm on the inlaws one but it's the spouses that spend all their time texting photos etc I don't bother and then DH moans I'm not contributing! But none of the actual non married into the family are!

I’m on my husband’s family and I have it archived with notifications off and I just check it at my convenience.

Yes but I keep it on mute and only check when I want to

We are a very small family . Parents either passed or unable to WhatsApp, DH an only and I only have one sibling.

We have a family group just for me ,
DH, DS and his GF (they are in their 20s, don't live with us).

Yes and we have one for extended family. Used for arranging parties, get togethers and sharing photos etc

Nope. Not a chance. I love and like my family (both immediate and wider) but I do not need them having access to my life 24/7.

If I need to find out some family info (sick uncles etc), I’ll send a message via WhatsApp or text to one person (their son or daughter for example). Bloody hate WhatsApp groups pinging away and automatically mute any I’m added to.

I am with my DH and the children. Also have one with in-laws for news about fil, when anyones visited him, reminders about his doctors visits etc. He’s 94 so needs quite a bit of support. It’s never used for anything else.

That’s the most active one. We also have:

Me, DH and two teen DC (Dc3 is due to join in two weeks when he gets a phone)

Me, two cousins (sisters really)

I have one with my mum and dad but they just WhatsApp me individually usually.

I'm trying to slowly phase out all my WhatsApp groups. I used to be in one with my auntie, cousins and my siblings. I left that (not dramatically or due to a falling out or anything). I still have one with me and my siblings, but it's on mute. One of my siblings and I barely speak, so it's completely awkward being in a group chat with him. The ones I actually want to speak to phone me a lot or I phone them, so there's no need for the family WhatsApp group.

We have umpteen FB Messenger groups, all for DH's family. There's a 'big' one which is all of us (except for DH, who refuses to have Messenger) plus close family friends; an 'immediate family only' one which is just MIL, PIL and their sons and daughters-in-law; a separate 'immediate family' birthday group, as above but also including the older kids, which MIL uses to remind us of upcoming birthdays and discuss presents (the birthday person is removed and then re-added); THEN there's a WhatsApp group as well, which is meant to be chat between MIL and the grandkids, although she seems to have forgotten about that one. I don't mind though. I'm an only child and have lost both my parents, and I get on really well with all DH's family, so it's nice to feel connected (most of the time...)

Yes - Mum, my sister, my aunt and her daughter (my cousin).

I do with my sisters - we have a family one (me, DH and ds) and also one for the in-laws (DH won’t join that one).

The one with my sisters one is just silly things that we send to each other.

One with my husband's parents, his siblings and all partners.

One with my dad (divorced parents), my siblings and all partners.

One with my mum and her new spouse.

A rarely used one with aunts/uncles/necessary, but that's really only for family news / requests for help with school projects about genetics, those things.

@Bitofachinwag

No. Whatsapp is owned by Facebook and I want nothing to do with them.

Same here. I have unlimited texts with my phone contract anyway, so I don't need it.

We have so many.

My family
Dh's family
Ladies of Dh's family
Ladies group of extended family
Older cousins
Girl cousins
Siblings and partners

The larger groups are on mute.

I do I love it lol. We speak daily just me, my mom and 2 brothers. It’s a good way of catching up and learning about our terminally ill niece (one of the brothers daughters)

DS2 set up a nice family (DH's family and us) one a few years ago. He added DS1 who immediately left!

I have one with DH, BIl and SIL which we 90% use about MIL. We live close by and do a lot of her life admin/shopping/medical appointments etc. They live 3 hours away so we keep them posted ie when she has been in hospital/when we were arranging carers etc.

I have one other with my SIL (my side) and 2 other female relatives but we mostly use that about 3 times a year when we are arranging a family get toghether - or to share pictures of our dogs!

Yes with parents and siblings. It’s fairly quiet though, just pictures of the kids, or a quick update to everyone at once if needed about something.