<p>D’s boyfriend was supposed to be flying up to see her on Monday, for his spring break (not hers though.) So she calls me 30 minutes ago to ask if I can video chat with her on Skype, which I do. She proceeds to tell me she got a package, and I assumed it was a jacket that a friend of mine was sending her. But NOOOOOO…into the screen pops her boyfriend, who had showed up two days early to “surprise” her. </p>
<p>That in itself was shocking. I then proceed to text my boyfriend who is at a conference in DC, and the text was something to the effect of “UGH, just shoot me, D’s boyfriend showed up two days early to surprise her, and is staying till next Sunday, well there goes a year off my life from stress!”</p>
<p>Then the bad part happened, I sent the text accidentally to HER, not my boyfriend. She simply texted me back to say “I love you mom!”</p>
<p>Have any of you ever made a text blunder? Or maybe sent an e-mail to the wrong person? Please tell me I am not the only one who has done this!</p>
<p>Well, I do not text as it doesn’t work where I live. </p>
<p>However, in my view, the good news in your situation is that your D is likely laughing with her boyfriend about your text and she did not get mad at you but sent you back, “I love you mom!”</p>
<p>This is something that has probably happened to many people, although perhaps not necessarily in the technologic manner. Did you ever say something about someone and it got back to them? Many years ago a regrettable comment got back to a friend, and no amount of apology helped. At least your D is not mad. I try hard not to gossip, but am not always successful.</p>
<p>My husband got a very funny mis-sent email at work awhile ago. It said something to the effect of, “Hi honey. Great news. I’ll be home early tonight, and I’m really h****y.” lol</p>
<p>My husband didn’t let her know she sent it to the wrong person, so he doesn’t know if she ever realized her mistake. He didn’t know the woman, but it was an inner office email.</p>
<p>I have been getting a series of updates about elaborate Bat Mitzvah plans on the west coast. I thought it was a scam to get me to pay for a hotel stay, or something else like scamming me for a check as a gift. After getting several of them, I ran it past DH. He decided to reply to one of these emails. It turned out not to be a scam and this lady thought that her emails were going to her sister!</p>
<p>I have sent one text to one of my son’s that was meant for the other son. I now double check who I am sending a text to before I just push “send”.</p>
<p>coronax2: I would have been so tempted to shoot back a message of “well, good luck with that, then!” In this PC world, however, no go! </p>
<p>My son thinks I have become a texting maniac…sometimes I send him 2-3 messages once or twice a week! </p>
<p>I have miss-sent e-mails…the telling of an intimate family issue which I sent to S’s music teacher instead of to my cousin…I was mortified when she sent it back to me with concern and sympathy. He apologized to her for me, but she was fine.</p>
<p>I occasionally email the wrong person b/c I type the first few letters of the name, and auto-complete helps me by completing with the wrong name…and I don’t notice!</p>
<p>son’s male friend received texts asking him “what color her prom dress was”. Sons friend then exchanged numerous comical texts with some poor boy who thought he was talking to his prom date. He finally ended the texts by letting the guy know he had the wrong # but, boy, they were merciless.</p>
<p>I love to text!!! Who knows if I ever messed up but it’s so darn convenient.</p>
<p>You’re not alone at all, lol. I’ve done similar things with email, texts and the worst is with instant messages. I mostly just im with the kids when they’re at school…well, actually even when they’re home, we’ve all been in the same room and actually im each other, lol…and then talk about it…goofy family. Anyway, I’ve sent texts meant for my daughter to my son and vice versa. There was one situation where I did something very much like the text you meant to send to your boyfreind, but to your daughter instead. I was telling my daughter that her brother was bringing some kids home from school, and there was one that I really couldn’t stand…etc, naturally I sent it to son instead of daughter…he lol’d me, and said when you get to know “the kid” better you’ll like her… He too, laughed it off, so maybe the kids are making allowances for our blunders. After all we didn’t grow up with all this stuff like they have.</p>
<p>I’m not a huge texter…but my sister in law is insane with it! I mean she literally can’t put her phone down for a second. She is constantly texting someone. She actually texted through a concert my son was the lead tenor in, and no matter who nudged her, shhh’d her, or asked her to put it away…she kept it up! She does it in movies, at restaraunts, its wacky. She and my brother are separated, and she must send him 100 texts a day…which he started to save, lol…some things should NOT be put in texts or emails or even old fashioned writing!</p>
<p>I got a broadcast email sent to a company alias announcing the sudden death of “John” from his manager. In a hurry I responded back, “This is so shocking. John was such a good human being. I did not know him well excepting it was only in the last Christmas party I happened to sit next to him and learned about his passion for musical instruments. Please give my condolences to him.”</p>
<p>I can’t IM at all, and my texting skills aren’t much better. On the night d3 broke up with her boyfriend last summer, she was terribly upset. I was up until long past midnight talking with her. When we said good night, I texted her two older sisters to let them know what had happened and tell them that d3 would appreciate a phone call the next day. EXCEPT that I actually texted d3 instead of d2 … I realized this when d3 came out of her bedroom laughing, took my phone, and forwarded the message to the appropriate sister. I knew she was going to be okay when I saw that she could still get a kick out of what a techno-idiot Good Old Mom is. (And she’s since reconciled with the boyfriend, so all’s well that ends well.) :)</p>
<p>I do this when my morning coffee has not kicked in yet. Last week, my boss IMed me a list of what I could do to help him, I then copied the list and sent it to me. Later on when I was looking for the email for this list, I realized I did not send it to myself but I sent it to my boss. haha, he must have wondering why I sent it to him.</p>
<p>The bad thing is when I try to read my text messages without my glasses. I can usually tell who they’re from (which of my 2 D’s or my H), but I generally try to read it, say WHAT the H***? and then find my glasses so I can really read them. I’ve kept myself highly entertained laughing at the big difference in meaning that I discover. I love texting…it’s a good way to get updates from a kid who’s out with friends (without them having to call their MOM) in front of everyone…and good for short questions without a conversation required. D will send me pics of her in 2 dresses in a store dressing room…which “Which one do you like better?” questions, haha. Our kids are convinced that we’re both old and senile, so they always expect strange text messages from us!!</p>
<p>Last night my H got a text message after midnight. Since he is “on watch” for a 24/7 project, he had to check it. The message was from an unknown number… “Five puppies so far! We are such proud grandparents!” Who knows who that person (dog?) was trying to text?<br>
He didn’t respond, but we have had an interesting day trying to come up with the best silly response.</p>
<p>astrophysicsmom, lol, then there’s that “predictive spelling” thing that makes my messages totally unintelligible because I didn’t notice the wrong word being stuck in there…add on bifocal/monovision contacts and you have a real potential for silly stuff.</p>