Fun & Famous
12 FUNNY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN FAMILY WHATSAPP GROUPS
As you might remember, I’m not a huge advocate for WhatsApp groups. Okay, besides the Amayzine chat group and my family one. When your young you use it to let your parents know what time you’re going to be home for dinner and once you start living on your own you spam each other with messages about random things just to stay connected.
In my family, our chat group is called ‘Family Things’. I think it was my sister who came up with the name. We discuss things in this group that may never see the light of day. Ever our partners are excluded from this secret group app. The only one we might still accept would be my grandma. But she doesn’t know anything about cell phones so we forgive her.
But here’s a little hunch about what we discuss: 12 things everyone does in family chat groups.
1. Send each other photos of food
No idea why, maybe it’s because you miss each other around the dinner table or to make the others jealous that you’re eating sushi while they’re eating a simple dish with cauliflower.
2. One person in the group always seems drunk
Usually it’s the troublemaker of the bunch, or the oldest of the group. He or she currently seems wasted with their constant typo’s and confusing autocorrect. Stupid autocorrect.
”He or she currently seems wasted with their constant typo’s and confusing autocorrect. ”
3. Always laughing hysterically
When your mom sends cranky text like the following: ‘How about everyone turn off their Netflix. I can’t even watch a god damn movie. Piece of shit.’ Hysterical.
4. You sent straight to the point messages to each other when you’re at work
Sister: ‘I’m at the station waiting for a bus, I am at work.’
Mother: ‘You’re getting paid while being bored. I wouldn’t mind switching places.’
5. Parents seem to have their own punctuation in texts
My mom hasn’t quite got ahold of when she should and when she shouldn’t use the question mark making every thing she sends look like an order. HOW IS IT. ARE YOU STILL COMING. WHAT TIME.
6. Sometimes you half-ass your replies
Sometimes you’ll throw a random ‘hahaha’ in the group when you’re too busy to send a proper reply.
7. Brothers and sisters get the tech of the digital age
They send each other Snap photos with the dog face which makes the older generation respond: ‘How did you get those dog ears and nose? How does that work on WhatsApp?’
8. The interaction between the family is hilarious
Here’s a little insight to convo from last week.
Mom: ‘How are you have you seen the Eiffel Tower yet.’
Me: Yes I saw it, everything here is so cool! And my god guys, I just bought the most expensive pair of sunglasses in my life. I couldn’t contain myself in the Chanel store.’
Sister: ‘PHOTO!!!’
Mom: ‘Keep an eye on your things x.’
9. News updates are all discussed
Me: ‘I am in love with Douwe Bob.’
Ik: ‘Are you guys watching the Songfestival?’
Sister: ‘No’
Sister: ‘And no.’
Mom sends a print screen from Twitter:
‘Shit, I just missed Douwe Bob. I was taking a dump. I wanted to hurry up but he kept telling me to slow down. #esf16’
Me: ‘hahahah idiots.’
