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Question about WhatsApp

11 replies

thecatsarecrazy · 18/02/2021 16:23

I sent someone a message who normally has read receipt turned on so blue ticks turn blue.. I sent 2 messages that had 2 grey ticks and I could see he was online. Not proud of myself but I sent a shitty message and implied he was ignoring me. It had been 2 hours and he doesn't like it when I go quite. He replied saying how dare you, I haven't had any messages. The shitty one I sent had 2 blue ticks.. my question is could he be mucking around with settings or could it show as received but he didn't get it. He took a screenshot to "prove" I hadn't sent any but it also had the nasty one he sent removed too

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KirstenBlest · 18/02/2021 16:29

From what you have posted it doesn't sound like a healthy relationship.

FossilisedFanny · 18/02/2021 16:33

He hadn’t bothered to read the messages although he probably saw them pop up on his front screen and is now having a go at you for sussing him out. Who is he to you? If he’s a partner, I’d question the relationship

prettyindarkblack · 18/02/2021 16:36

No, if you turn off your read receipt (the blue ticks) then back on, it makes previous messages blue ticked, if they were read. You can also tell because it means his screenshot would show your messages with blue or not blue ticks (basically if you remove the blue thing, it stops you also knowing when the other person has too).

This happens a lot to me and DH - we never turn off read receipts but if he's in bad signal, they don't go two ticked immediately, and if he's already said something the previous don't tick. It's a weird bug.

Ffsseriously · 18/02/2021 16:39

I agree i have sent my dp messages before which he hasn't received but he has recieved later ones i have sent.

Kinkybutkind · 18/02/2021 18:53

I’ve sent messages that show as only one tick and yet they’ve been answered by the other person so clearly received.

I’ve had random blue ticks appear on some but not all messages.. so first two grey, second blue, last one grey but responded to.

I do think WiFi signal has a lot to do with it - but then again, you can delete messages from a WhatsApp thread so...

I think you can drive yourself crazy trying to deduce something from an unreliable data source, but sending a shitty message to someone for not reading your WhatsApp message... seems a bit of an over reaction to me. Is there more to this? Does he have form for avoiding your messages ?

saltychocolateballs · 18/02/2021 18:59

I rekon he had the two messages and read them as they come up on his Home Screen he then seen the nasty one on his Home Screen . Deleted the two before hand and opened the other one to make out he hadn't had them . I'd leave it there with him op .

PolloDePrimavera · 18/02/2021 19:04

If he'd deleted a message, it would say he had done so. It doesn't sound great on either side OP.

frozendaisy · 18/02/2021 19:07

Regardless of the colour of ticks on WhatsApp, I think the main issue is he doesn't like it when you go quiet but he can also it to you.

Honestly I would be a bit distant for a bit.

I just don't understand double standards in a relationship.

They are just text messages that send everyone loopy lou if there are blue ticks or not, it's madness.

youvegottenminuteslynn · 18/02/2021 23:25

This really doesn't sound like a healthy relationship does it OP?

N4m3Change · 18/02/2021 23:33

I think shes ignoring us....how dare she Grin

Monty27 · 18/02/2021 23:38

@N4m3Change

I think shes ignoring us....how dare she Grin
😂 OP you can set settings for privacy. Or maybe he just didn't notice them I've had this shit and it turned out I'd inadvertently changed my own settings 🤦
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