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. Parents, us three “kids” and partners. We post on it every day.

We have one there's 13 of us. It just makes life easier as we are a close family and do a lot together so it helps with not having to contact everyone separately.

So. Many. WhatsApps.

Divorced parents so separate groups with my siblings for each. Groups that involve just my siblings. Groups that involve step-siblings. Groups that involve all of the above plus partners. Groups that involve just the siblings and partners but not the parents. Same again for my husband’s side. Whenever someone has news it often has to go to two or three different groups to make sure everyone is covered!

Yes we have a couple but not much gets posted on them. Mostly share pictures if we have group outings.

Christ no. Any group chat is the work of the devil anyway but whenever a family group chat has been started by anyone it inevitably ends up in flouncing, tears, accusations and people not speaking for months 😂

We used to have a what's app group and thank the lord one of my SIL deleted what's app so she 'left' but then we were stuck with other SIL who needed so much attention all the time I couldn't hack it (this was one with in laws) ended up everyone leaving at some.point so we don't have that now. I set up one for me and my parents but that's it. A lot of the school mums create several groups too

About eight of them. Really useful. Only occasionally troublesome (when my parents completely misunderstand a joke).

Only one for me, DS1 and his partner. Not for any other family members.

To say my mental health improved since groups were left or deleted says it all x

We just have one for me, DH and our teen DC, we don't necessarily use it every day, but it's another handy communication tool. I've just used it to request a cup of tea in bed (I have covid)

We also have a shared photo album on Google that both sets of grandparents have access to, fewer pics on there now that the kids are older.

Yes!

Me, my brother and my dad - we swap Wordle, Nerdle and Quordle attempts each morning over breakfast, and other blatant excuses for them to actually communicate.

Since my mum died they just don't chat much, she was the one making the phone calls. They get on very well, it's that neither thinks to instigate that kind of low grade social contact. WhatsApp Wordle chat has been great.

We don't have one.

I am in several work groups though.

We have more than one - some with different members in and for set reasons eg one around helping elderly DM with Alzheimer’s - so we don’t all visit at once or duplicate her shopping - she lives alone in warden call bungalow and will ring all of us frequently for a huge crisis like running out of tissues

We never did until last year when I left my husband. We've managed to keep on reasonably good terms and he's set up a WA group for me, him and our two young adult DDs. Usually we're just sharing pictures of the pets and other nonsense stuff.

No.

I was on one with my husbands family- his sisters and brother etc and it was just absolute nonsense so I left the group.. pretty sure they still talk about the fact I left it but honestly it was too much.. I have one with my own family that my husband isn't in and that works for us!!

Nope, we don't. It would never work as my DH resists all social media and any form of connectivity, really. He was the last person in the UK to get a smartphone but he barely uses it. Our children used to say you'd be better writing a message on something and throwing at him

Sort of. My sister set one up to share photos of my nephews with both sets of grandparents plus my aunt. My aunt left the group after an argument with my sister.

I like seeing the photos of my nephews, but there's often a lot of angst because my mum doesn't approve of some of things she lets the kids get up to and will say that, which means my sister gets defensive and they are both rude to each other. And then my mum and her in-laws don't get on particularly well so there's often the two grandmas trying to out do each other in the grandma stakes. So I have it on mute and only check it occasionally.

We have a family group on instant messenger. I came out of it as I got wound up!

I don't think that made a lot of sense but basically there's too much bitching in it.

Hilarious one which “D”B set up - he posts rubbish - no one ever responds.

Cringe for him.

Also my sister set one up and another sister flounced and she insists on adding her back in!! Can you stop someone doing that?

One with DD, SiL, DH, DS and DSis
One with DD and DS