Texts to the wrong person?

jackiback

I'm sitting here and reading these and cringing so much. So. Much. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1k9vj6/what_was_the_most_embarrassing_textmessage_youve/

Have you ever done this? How bad was it? 

Savanna111911

I've done it but it has never been anything serious at all. It's always been something totally benign. 

It's a huge fear of mine, and pretty much the reason I don't "sext" or anything else. I'm just way too terrified that something like this would happen.

 

I have had a couple of awkward autocorrects though. One funny one that was fairly PG, my mom was babysitting my furbaby (dog) and she texted me and said he was being really restless.  I texted her back saying "rub his tummy". But it autocorrected to "rub his thingy".  She was like...WHATTT??? 

ewill7911

I did this through email. I was on deployment on the ship I was stationed on and everything was done through email. I was emailing my friend about how a guy in our department was kind of a jerk with something he did. Well I wanted to make sure I spelled his name correctly so I looked his name up, and added it to the CC section and didnt remove it...
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AshleyT121

I accidentally sent a text to MH about running in to an old (long-standing) crush, that I meant to send to my BFF.  oops

84Lauren

My mom found out my sister was engaged via a text my sis meant to send to her boyfriend (apparently fiance). My sister at first tried to play it as an April fools joke (it was like October) in a dramatic, elaborate attempt that included her FI calling my mom. That remains one of the most hilarious days of my life.

pinkybooklover09

The ex accidentally sent me a text meant for his current wife. 

booknerd226

These are hilarious. The comments are almost as funny as the actual stories.

julie37619

When my sister had been dating her now-husband for just a month or two, I was trying to text her late one night that I love her and accidentally sent it to him instead.

sfgiantsjo

My husband and I jokingly call each other pretty explicit "pet names" via text. We only joke that way in person now because I sent my (male) friend The following text:

I made Rigatoni for dinner, Sweet(enter explicit male body part here). 

The worst part was I was WITH that male friend, so I heard his phone go off, knew what I did, and watched him read it. The look on his face was priceless, but I was mortified. He was like, "Reeeeeally? Well, what time is dinner?"

sonore32

LOL i have to finish reading these later...i'm sitting in a laundromat laughing my head off...I think other people think I'm crazy (or crazier than I am )

GreenBride624

sfgiantsjo said:

My husband and I jokingly call each other pretty explicit "pet names" via text. We only joke that way in person now because I sent my (male) friend The following text:

I made Rigatoni for dinner, Sweet(enter explicit male body part here). 

The worst part was I was WITH that male friend, so I heard his phone go off, knew what I did, and watched him read it. The look on his face was priceless, but I was mortified. He was like, "Reeeeeally? Well, what time is dinner?"

OMG!  I would have died!!!

GreenBride624

I'm dying over this one:

"I once got this text from my boss: "I HOPE U FUKKIN DIE!!" I knew I wasn't the intended recipient (and she later sheepishly explained that I'm right next to her ex-husband in her contacts) but I was surprised that it still packed an emotional wallop. Like on an intellectual level I could be like "this obviously has nothing to do with me,” but on an emotional level I still felt like "oh man, why is she yelling at me?" Very odd, very modern experience.

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This read like an art review."

Hoycie

ewill7911 said:

I did this through email. I was on deployment on the ship I was stationed on and everything was done through email. I was emailing my friend about how a guy in our department was kind of a jerk with something he did. Well I wanted to make sure I spelled his name correctly so I looked his name up, and added it to the CC section and didnt remove it...
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OMG! @ewill7911 did the jerk ever say something?

ewill7911

Hoycie said:

I did this through email. I was on deployment on the ship I was stationed on and everything was done through email. I was emailing my friend about how a guy in our department was kind of a jerk with something he did. Well I wanted to make sure I spelled his name correctly so I looked his name up, and added it to the CC section and didnt remove it...
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OMG! @ewill7911 did the jerk ever say something?

Yes! I am not sure what was worse- him being mentioned in my email and then SENDING it to him, or the email chain that went with it. Both my friend and I are huge HP fans, and often are pretty nerdy to each other - plus working out, losing weight, the normal stuff we talked about every day.
But he emailed me back and asked me if I meant to send him the email. I mean obviously no I did not, I called him a douche in it and forwarded my whole email chain with my friend.
After that I swear every departmental meeting I was sitting within 5 people of him. At least it wasnt anything super embarrassing, but it was still enough to make me want to crawl under a rock, esp when you have to go ask that person for something, just makes it more awkward.

Pepper6

I was simultaneously texting two friends, one told me she was moving out of state with a guy she just met, so I text the other friend telling him this and saying "OMG, that's stupid".  Then I had to cover by texting her back saying that I was texting someone else about a different friend who was doing something else stupid...bla bla bla.  It was stupid, but now I'm pretty anal about verifying who a text is going to before I hit send.

On another note, when my H calls, I usually answer the phone "Hey sexy".  He got in an accident one day and the fire department called me from his phone, so I answered like normal saying 'hey sexy' only to have some firefighter respond.  Though I will say that awkwardness was overshadowed by the fact that he was calling to tell me they were taking him to the hospital in an ambulance...(he was fine, just dislocated his shoulder and didn't want to wait for me to come get him)

SnShne322

This happened years ago.  We have a chat program at work and I was chatting with a coworker.  Another girl in my department was supposed to be doing some work with me, but it appeared as though she wasn't.  This was a regular occurrence.  We worked in different buildings so it was hard to keep tabs.  I sent to my coworker something like, "OMG What is she working on? She's been done with X for hours! This is ridiculous." Well, I sent it the other girl.  I was terrified she was going to say something to our supervisor, but she didn't.  Now I NEVER talk about coworkers on chat. I mean, it could have been worse, but I was so embarrassed. 

84Lauren

One of our clients accidentally sent my coworker (the client's customer service rep) an email that said she was going to make a voodoo doll of her. My cw totally called her out on it and it was AWESOME. Some days in customer service are better than others ;-)

julie37619

I have a cousin who is super into cosplay and does all the cons.  A friend and I were going to be in ATL during a Steampunk Con and stopped by to check it out and see my cousin.  I meant to text Luke "there are all kinds of crazy boobs here" and sent it to my cousin (one of the people with crazy boobs) by accident.