Today, my mom learned how to use the text messaging on her smartphone. I've received 37 already, and she calls after every single one to make sure I understood her. FML
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Today, I finally taught my mom how to text message people. Now I get a message from her every 30 seconds saying "Hi". FML
Today, my mom finally learned how to text. Now it's her way of communicating, even when we're in the same room. FML
Today, I finally convinced my grandpa to try a smartphone. After an hour of teaching him how to text, he announced he'd figured it out on his own. The first message he ever sent was meant for me. It went to his pharmacist instead and simply read, "Love you. Thanks for everything." FML
Today, I got a text from my mom that said, “I’m so proud of you!” I immediately replied, “Thanks, Mom!” Then I realized it was meant for my sister, and my mom had accidentally texted me instead of her. FML
Today, I found out my best friend made a program to reply to my text messages with random sentences from a list. It took 15 minutes of texting before I finally noticed. FML
Today, I sent my mom a text to tell her about my promotion at work. She responded with, "Who is this?" It turns out that she deleted my number, because I "never call." FML
Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know everything was okay. She responded, telling me not to message her so much because "the price of text messages really adds up." FML
Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML
Today, I found out my dad bought an iPhone. I've spent the better part of the last six months teaching him how to check his email and online newspapers. FML
Today, I found out that my mom has linked my iPhone with her iPad and has been secretly reading my texts. FML
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ceddyz17 10
Smart phone used for dumb things
yamatelle 19
"Mom, please STFU!" "What does that mean?" "ummm...Save The Faithless Unbelievers..."
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Comments (149)
wisese 0
My grandma does that; she also uses text short hand, which drives me crazy.
GameOver008 1
U should've replied with "mom ur such a wonderful noob"
Savra_fml 17
I get it now. This is the dude that was going to get his mom an engagement ring. But to make his fiancee happy, he opted for a smart phone. Obviouslt still regretting the decision. That's why he doesn't have the heart to say "stop texting me mommy"
MelCristian55 0
Haha thats great! Tell her to back off!
Enslaved 38
A-T-T-I-C
AliCat18 12
lol shame your mom sounds so cute. I understand how you feel so don't worry she will get over it eventually.
RawrNom 0
My.dad.types.like.this.because.I.didn't.teach.him.the.space.button. my mum talks like this: I'm at as. b bk sn. gta gt mlk wt u wnt? alll the time. and this is every text. I feel for you OP!
rattusrattus 19
Speaking as a member of the "txt tlk" generation*, what the blazes did your mother say?! *I'm a member of that generation, doesn't mean I participated in any of that bollocks.
NoLongerExists 11
I actually could kind of understand the mom saying "i'm at *somewhere*. be back soon. gotta get milk, what do you want?" This is something like a guessing game! But seriously, it sucks that your parents text like that o.O My mom learned on her own, my dad on the other hand..... he just sends mysterious messages. At least none of them are like OP's.
HomeAl0ne 20
Here's a helpful guide to mom's common messages: r u wrn wr/kln? = "are you wearing clean underwear?" u shd wr a swtr 2nte = "you should wear a sweater tonight" Y? dnt u fnd a nce :^$ gal n setL dwn? = "why don't you find a nice Jewish girl and settle down?" u l%k thin. RU e@tiN proply? = "you look thin. are you eating properly?" i jst spoke 2 ms Johnson. u knw, hr hubby isa 2thDr. Her boy, Henry, u remMbR him, u 2 uzd 2 play drs n nurses ot n d bac shed 4 hrs, Nyway Henry S doiN accountancy. She wz sAyn dat Henry's cuz, Mildred, uzd 2 liv 3 streets awy frm d skool we almst sent u 2.... = "i just spoke to Mrs Johnson. You know, her husband is a dentist. Her boy, Henry, you remember him, you two used to play doctors and nurses out in the back shed for hours, anyway Henry is doing accountancy. She was saying that Henry's cousin, Mildred, used to live three streets away from the school we almost sent you to...."
AliCat18 12
lol shame your mom sounds so cute! i know how you feel so don't worry she will get over it eventually! good luck till then!
slyronit 3
Ha Ha I can identify with you. That was one mistake I made that can't be undone.
MissRoxiie 12
My mom did the same thing to me... I had to spend hours teaching her how to text efficiently...
gracetaylor 0
hahaha my mum did the same