Happy with an emogi?

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I work with a group of women, I put a picture onto our whatsapp group (which is 3 of us), and no response not even am emogi. AIBU to be hurt. I would have been happy with a heart 💚

Group chats are soul destroying. I dismantled the family one for this reason - a no response is like a whole crowd turning their back on you. Just horrible.

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It was a picture of my kids for Saint Patrick's Day, and nothing, just two blue ticks.

Do the others post photos of their kids?

They do. And that's why it hurt me.

I really thought they were friends but they just work mates. It's hurtful for me, I know that's pathetic.

Do your work mates celebrate St Patrick's Day OP? Could it be something to do with the occasion you are celebrating?
I don't know where you are based but in so many places St Patrick's Day has just become an excuse for a massive booze up, starting early in the morning. As such it's become a nuisance for a lot of people.

I'm sorry you are so upset.

You'll get someone calling you seven ways to christmas for pointing that out. You're very brave!

Yeah op, it’s just bad manners. An acknowledgment costs nothing. I’m sorry you feel rubbish and humiliated about it. Just try to rise above and see this as a lesson that they aren’t the friends they thought you were.

Why would your work group be interested in a St Patrick's day photo of your kids? Unless they are Irish or heavily invested in them, what's the point?
Not being personal, but the children of work colleagues are of very little interest to their colleagues.
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I'm not interested in my colleague's children, but I am interested in my colleagues and making our interactions smooth and pleasant - so I would 'like' a picture in these circumstances, especially if everyone else had ignored it.

You’re going to have tp figure out a way of being less thin-skinned, OP.

Are you particularly close? I wouldn’t respond to a colleagues photo of their kids, especially out of the blue. I’m sorry you’re so upset, but this is a massive non issue.

Perhaps your work colleagues do not celebrate st patrick's day and do not want a cute picture of children reminging them that it is st patricks day.
Are you aware of their religous/cultural beliefs?

I’m not interested in photos of other peoples kids but I’d still saw something like aww cute!

Maybe they were busy and thought since it’s just a photo I’ll not respond yet and then forgot.

Exactly, it’s a bit apropos of nothing. Were there words with picture op? What was your intent when you posted it?

Does your workplace not encourage multiculturalism? Where I work, we acknowledge events from a wide range of cultures - no one would be expected personally to celebrate something not of their own culture, but we are encouraged to be supportive of others who are celebrating.

Do adults really get ‘hurt’ if no one responds to that sort of WhatsApp messages

It was a whatsapp group not an office-based thing.
Other people's children celebrating 'events' are boring

Well it’s not nice to be ignored is it? It takes zero effort to just ‘like’ a photo.

Yes but if a like is proffered, they'll be seen as an encouragement, @SwerveCity
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The OP’s said that all 3 of them on the group share photos of their kids so that does make it a bit different. It’s not as if her photo came out of the blue.

I would think unless they have Irish heritage dressing up for St Patrick’s day may not register with them?

Most things other people do in which you have no personal involvement are boring, unless they fall under the heading of gossip. It's a WhatsApp group composed solely of work colleagues, so it's a work thing - OP wouldn't be in the group if they didn't work together.

It's normal to show a level of interest in harmless news your colleagues choose to share - it's how people rub along pleasantly together even if they don't have much in common. Reacting to a photo with a 'like' takes a couple of seconds - no one is expecting three paragraphs in praise of its composition and subject - it's churlish to ignore it, in my view.

What type of person would not want to be ‘reminded it is St Patrick’s Day’, though? Someone who once had a holiday in Connemara when it rained? Someone allergic to the sight of shamrock-shaped boppers?

OP are you in Ireland, and are your colleagues? Because whether it was a bank holiday and people were out at parades or were having a normal working Monday is going to have an impact on whether people were likely to see WhatsApps yesterday. I’m only responding now, for instance (Tuesday breakfast), to messages from yesterday afternoon, because I took DS to the parade and then went to a seisiún with friends till late.