Text message or WhatsApp?

[Thriwit]

I’ll admit I’m socially inept.

DD has a party invite from school, with a mobile number to RSVP to.
Do I send a text message, or WhatsApp?
What’s the done thing?

YABU - Text message
YANBU - WhatsApp

Don't phone! If she's anything like me she'll use the sent texts/WhatsApp's as a list of how many to cater for.

Either is fine for a one off message about an event with no expectation of an ongoing relationship. I don't think there's a "right" way to do it. Use a text if you're low on data. Use WhatsApp if you're on WiFi with no network coverage. Whatever.

I'd favour WhatsApp if I was organising the party and wanted to message the parents of all the invitees though - that kind of group messaging scenario is what it's best at for my money. Plus, I could share photos of the party on the group afterwards.

Personally I'd prefer to receive what's app

Either but don’t phone!

Either is fine! When we held a birthday party recently we got mainly text messages but a few WhatsApps too

I would text. I used WhatsApp once to reply to a child’s party invite and it seemed to weird the parent out for some reason like they thought I’d hunted them down on it 🤷🏻‍♀️

What's app for parties. That way you know they got it

I text, but I check to see if they've got WhatsApp so I can try and recognise them at the party

WhatsApp is where it’s at! ! I haven’t had a text since January!

Text! Not everyone wants or uses WhatsApp.

Jesus Christ, don't phone 😳
Carrier pigeon is preferable to a call.

A) pretty sure 99% of people have what's app. I don't know anyone who doesn't.
B) when you type the number in, it'll show if they don't have it.
C) it doesn't really matter whether you go for text or what's app, but...
D) for the love of god, DON'T PHONE!

Maybe you could knock their door if you know where they live and say thanks in person. <mwah ha ha> 😈

Text or WhatsApp would be fine OP. Don’t overthink these things.

i'd sooner have a baby goat sent my way with a written (in joined up writing) rsvp sticking out of a straw boater put jauntily on his head but that lets his horns poke through (if he has any. i'm not very up to speed with baby goats)

Calling is a rude way to RSVP IMO.

Texts/WhatsApp - asynchronous communication. Sent at your convenience, read at the receiver's convenience. Much like the original invite.

Calling - I don't care what you're doing right now, you need to answer your phone, and take down that I'm attending or not. Or scrabble around listening to a voicemail where I can't quite hear if you said Viv or Liv.

Don't phone, unless you want to be a social pariah 🤣

I always text if I don't know the person well / we aren't on any shared groups. Like a pp mentioned WhatsApp just feels a bit familiar.

Although I always text my dad too as he only sends memes from WhatsApp and doesn't ever reply if you message him on it.

I text as didn’t think everyone used WhatsApp although I am sure they tend to now!

I always text but I don't think it really matter. Definitely don't phone, I can't believe people actually do that for kids parties.

I'd WhatsApp, I haven't used text messages in years and wouldn't even be able to receive them half the week as I'm in the office with no signal.

WhatsApp! I don't always get notifications for my text and I tend to ignore texts ... normally EE or similar trying to sell me something

why would people assume everyone has a smart phone AND whats app?

plenty of older folk i know (yes, parents too! older parents) still have dumb phones, which is very limiting.. but they do exist.

definitely don't phone

but use text message, which every single phone can deal with.

if someone sent me a whatsapp message for this i'd wonder what was going on- i wouldn't expect it at all, i use it for close family/friends only.

Do people still text? iMessage maybe, but pretty much everyone WhatsApp's these days, surely?