57 Times Group Chat Conversations Escalated Faster Than Their Members Expected

Got randomly added into a group chat and thought I’d have some fun with it

my family group chat is always popping so I’d thought I’d share a little bit of what goes on in it. It includes my mom, step dad, sister and brother, and my uncle and grandma. We’re all very close so this is all taken lightly.

My housemate tends to leave dishes in the sink for days without washing them. I don’t care if people use my things but I just don’t like when I can’t use them for days because someone was too lazy to clean. I’ve given this same reminder/nudge in the groupchat in the past because after a while the sink starts smelling really bad from the dirty dishes just sitting there. I wasn’t wanting to argue and I definitely wasn’t mad about it. I dislike that my housemate said I was “making a big deal about it” and “blowing up.” This was over something so small too. Luckily he’s moving out soon. I was making a response and was considering sending it but my landlord stepped in. The last slide is my land lord messaging me directly about it. For those wondering why my landlord was in this groupchat to begin with, he used to live at the house until a couple weeks ago when he moved out but he still messages us in this chat about things in the house.

WARNING: Long Post I (M25) received a text message from my older brother (M37), who lives in Virginia, 4 hours away from my parents house in PA. Earlier this day, my father had texted me "Are you alive?" because I hadn't "texted in a week" (I texted him 4 days ago). He visits them as often as possible, even being told sometimes to not bother coming because he comes so often. For context, my oldest brother (M38) has lived at home with my parents for his entire life and has no plans of leaving yet. He leaves his girlfriend at home, doesn't go out with her very often. He abandons her for days at a time while he goes and visits my parents. Meanwhile, I live about 15 minutes away and I've only been there a few times in the past few months. I have been making the effort to live my own life and set new boundaries on how often I'm expected to be there and call. My dad would pretty much have me do roll call every morning and ask where I'm working "for my safety". Before I had moved out with my girlfriend (F26), I was expected to text my mom or dad every time I left her place before we were going anywhere. This was also before I learned how to drive. I was never pressured to learn how to cook, drive, clean, or do any basic necessities and chores to become an adult. I was actually told no every time I had asked to learn. I was always told "I will just do it/I'll do it for you". I am much happier now that I have moved out, and my supportive girlfriend has helped me along the way. It's visible to others how much happier I am as well. When trying to move out, they didn't speak to me for days. They blamed my girlfriend, who was apparently "forcing me" and "brainwashing me" to move out and away from them, even though we are only a town over. My family has never liked my girlfriend and would always make a fuss or cause an issue over me hanging out with her "more than them". They were trying to turn me against her for months, even though this was my first ever relationship. I have also refused to let my family into my apartment, as I believe they have no reason to. They know the general area where I live, but nothing specific, so they really don't know where I live. In the past, I did not really go out much nor did I really have any friends. I was always afraid of scaring people with my parents and have always been embarrassed by them. For years, I stayed up in my room and played video games. My mother is an unstable narcissist and my father has always been emotionally unavailable. I've never had anyone to talk about my true feelings until I met my girlfriend. After having an outside view on what she was seeing, it made me realize that this was all not normal, and I feel like I have left a "cult" after receiving that text last night. He was basically saying to me how high and mighty he was and how much better of a son he is because he chooses to do all of that. Has anyone else dealt with anything like this? Feel free to ask more questions if more context is needed. TL;DR: Text from my brother makes me feel like I left a "family cult".

My Sister was sharing a case she had that day in a group chat with my Mom, Dad, and I. My Mom was replying, and my Sister had just gotten back from vacation, which is why she asked if she was exhausted. Just wanted to give a little context.

I have no idea who these people are, but they included me in their group chat that was started when one of the adult siblings had a baby. I just responded politely stuff like "oh cute! Congratulations!". They started asking for baby name suggestions, I gave mine, "Rose" (part of one of my kid's names), and they loved it and used it.

After about a year of this, one of them finally found me out, apparently they thought I was their mom lol. One of them immediately removed me from the group chat. I still think of them occasionally (I was cleaning out my texts and came across theirs). I wonder how the baby is doing lol.