to want to die of shame because........

[mortification]

.....(have name changed)...I just sent a text to my OH along the lines of "and I love you and your great big XXXX and I can't wait to see you tomorrow and sit on it with my really XXX XXXXX and etc etc" - you get the general gist -

To realise to my horror I have sent it to my Dad who I have also been texting all day as my mum is in hosp having a routine op.

[shock

Shit.

Shit.

And shit again.

That's all I can think to say.

trying hard not to laugh

I got a text off best friend saying "stressheaderic is a cheeky cow, can't believe her nerve", all because I said I might have my baby daughter with me when I called in hers for a birthday drink.
It wasn't meant for me obviously. We haven't spoken much since!

Oooh, but your dad...

Oh you poor thing...he won't say a word.

I would just text him and say "whoops! Obviously not meant for you Dad!" My Dad would just bluster a bit and that would be the end of it.

just say it was your mate messing around. best text him "you might have received an odd text earlier, [friend] was messing around with my phone, not sure what she's written though!"

easy, blameless, and makes you totally innocent to the nature of the text.

seriously though, OH MY GOD

He is "Dad" in my phone though

R.O.F.L.

so sorry for you though.

Fake your own death.

It's the only way out of this.

You'll actually die when you have to face him next so you may as well go for the fake death route anyway.

That is so but at the same time, I feel a little sick for you!

Thanks for sharing, because I just laughed my socks off.
Sorry though, cos we all feel your mortification.
What's that great phrase I heard on here?
'Style it out!'
Not sure how, but keep us updated!

It could have been worse i.e. your FIL.

Oh
My
God
!!!!

Poor you!

I agree with lemony- blame it on a friend messing about. It kind of gives your Dad the option of thinking it wasn't you- which I think may sit more comfortably with you both!!!

You could even text him to say it was your friend so that you don't even have to say anything about it to him.

I know you must be looking everywhere for a big hole to swallow you up but I promise you it will feel a bit less horrific in the morning.

Ha ha - oh my.

I wouldn't lie that it was a mate - too obvious. Your Dad probably won't answer (promise us you will tell us if he does) so it will get "forgotten".

Sorry just seen your response to Lemony. Don't forget he doesn't know he is 'dad' in your phone book. You could make something up like he's number 1 on speed dial, or she sent it to an entire group.I do know lying is wrong but think it can be excused in this particular situation!

To be honest I don't think you need to worry about making your explanation too believable as your dad will be looking for any excuse not to think it was you so he's hardly going to be looking for holes in your story.

By the way I'm not suggesting that your text was horrific. Just that I imagine that in the same way we don't like to think of our parents sex lives, our parents don't like to think of ours.....

Ohhh my cheeks burn for you.
Aeons ago I called my first proper boyfriend and said, in my best teenage sultry voice, 'My hot pie is missing your big mac.'
Loooong silence followed by, 'Wrangler, this is Wranglershag's dad,'
They say the shame will fade but they lie. x

I once got a seamingly innocent text off married cousin meant for his bit on the side put me in a right awkward position as I was half sleeping and replied to him, only to be told oops wrong person.

OMG sorry but i did have a chuckle.

To make you feel better i will share something almost as cringeworthy.

When one of my best friends had her first baby earlier this year she sent me a text with the full horror of her labour which was bad. I went to ring her back, went through to her generic orange voicemail so i left a lengthy message talking about episiotomies, being scared to do the first poo, frozen gel pads for knickers etc you get the gist. As i went to hang up the phone i saw i had overscrolled her number, the next person to her in my phone book is... my boss.....now i know why they have that "if you want to change your message press #" of course i didn't remember that and hung the phone up. I texted my boss to ask him to delete a v embarrassing voicemail from me without listening to it, he claims he did, i am not so sure.

I'm afraid I would have to kill myself.

Text messages are evil. Never, ever send one again, it is the only way to prevent these issues.

In fact, burn your phone, today. Landlines are the only safe option

I left a sexy voicemail meant for my husband, on a collegue's by mistake (they have the same first name). He rang me back and said "I assume that message wasn't meant for me?" He thought it was hilarious, I was dying of embarrassment!

Sorry OP, I imagine you feel like you'd like the earth to open up and swallow you whole.

Holy shit - your dad, I can't think of anybody worse. I don't know what I'd do in your shoes.

I think I'd have to lie and say my phone was stolen. Give it a respectable 24 hours, ring him from the home phone and say if needs to contact you, he should do so on the landline because phone has been nicked... blah blah blah.

on your behalf

I think I'd have to kill myself as well.

Ask yourself this: will it matter in a 100 years time.

LOL

Maybe try a name change in RL and emigrate to Oz. That might stem the embarrassment!!

But think also of all the joy and merriment you've brought the rest of us!

Also, now your dad knows you do rude things with your DH. I'm sure my dad assumes (hopes) the storks brought our DCs.

I'd die too. I only had text sex once because it was too stressful quadruple checking each time it said XXXX not Mum on the send bit. Couldn't get into it at all.

My Dad is not the kind of man to laugh about something like this!