Fun & Famous
9 funny things that family members do in WhatsApp groups
As you know, I am not a proponent of groups on WhatsApp. Okay, only with Amayzine and with my family, because that is quite handy. At a younger age, you ask how late you need to be home for dinner, and once you live on your own, you spam the app with news, trivialities, and random funnies to not lose that daily contact moment.
In my family, the group is called ‘Family Things’. I think it was named that way by my sister. In the family group, things are discussed that cannot stand the light of day. Even our love lives are excluded from the secret society. Only grandma might still be allowed to join. But she finds phones complicated, and we forgive her for that.
Alright, with our pants down: 9 things we all do in the family app.
1. Sending each other photos of our dinner
No idea why, but probably because we miss eating together AND want to make the other jealous because our sushi table is way more glamorous than that sad pile of cauliflower from the other.
2. One of the WhatsAppers seems constantly drunk
Usually, that's the troublemaker or the oldest in the group. He/she seems continuously wasted due to typos or somewhat confused autocorrect settings. Stupid autocorrect.
”He/she seems continuously wasted due to typos or somewhat confused autocorrect settings”
3. You laugh your head off
When mothers throw in grumpy texts like: ‘Get off Netflix everyone. I can't even watch a movie. Damn.’ Hilarious.
4. You send sharp comments to each other about work
Sister: ‘I’m waiting in a van at the station, I’m working.’ Mom: ‘You’re getting paid while you’re bored. I’d gladly swap.’
‘Moms still seem to not have found the question mark, making every question seem like a command’
5. Messages from parents come with separate punctuation
My mom still seems to not have found the question mark, making every question seem like a command:
HOW IS IT THERE. ARE YOU COMING. WHAT TIME.
6. And sometimes you respond half absent
You sometimes throw in a random ‘hahaha’ in the group when you’re busy and don’t feel like giving extensive commentary on a photo or video. That’s fine.
”To which the fifty-plus respond: ‘How do you get those cat ears?”
7. Siblings understand the digital stuff of this time
They send each other Snaps with cat whiskers and ears. To which the fifty-plus respond: ‘How do you get those cat ears? Can that be done on WhatsApp?’
8. The interaction within the family is just funny
A small excerpt from our conversation last week. Mom: ‘How is it, have you seen the Eiffel Tower yet?’ Me: ‘Yes seen, it’s super cool here! And oh guys, I just bought the most expensive sunglasses of my life, I think. I couldn’t help myself in the Chanel store.’ Sister: ‘PHOTOS!!!’ Mom: ‘Watch your stuff x.’
9. Current events are discussed in detail, with appropriate commentary
Me: ‘I’m in love with Douwe Bob.’
Me: ‘Are you watching the Song Festival too?’
Sister: ‘No’
Sister: ‘And just no’
Mom sends a screenshot from Twitter:
‘Damn, missed Douwe Bob. Was on the toilet. Wanted to hurry but he said I should take it easy. #esf16’
Me: ‘hahahah idiots.’
Also nice to immediately grab: the 7 women in group chats on WhatsApp.
