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  • 11-09-2013 11:25pm
    #1
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101




    So, this just happened to me.
    Only in the form of a facebook message.

    I had a little rant about a friend of mine who has been totally flaky and MIA the last while....probably because of her new OH...TO THE FLAKY FRIEND.

    So I panicked and followed it up with a whole bunch of apologetic long-winded nonsense and I'm just sitting here waiting for that dreaded little "Seen By Flaky Friend" to appear so the process of absolute mortification can be complete.

    Not too bad as far as mis-sent messages go, to be fair.

    Anyone have any worse horror stories?


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  • #2
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    I received a message just as I opened this thread:o


  • #3
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I've done that loads of times. Just get a new number and never speak to the person again :pac:


  • #4
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Yep. And I will say no more about that! :)


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,764 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    I've done that a few times and the aftermath was bad very bad

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #6
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    My name is URL wrote: »
    I've done that loads of times. Just get a new number and never speak to the person again :pac:

    A reasonable approach :pac:

    although the last time I sent a message to the wrong person I ended up throwing the phone into the toilet out of panic.
    Eventually took it out, realising I was being stupid and dried it out..started working eventually and as it turned on, what's the first thing that pops up on the screen?

    oh yes, those magical words....


    Message sending failed.

    Never been so happy :P


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  • #7
    tim3000
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭tim3000


    What you should have done is copied a good chunk of your previous chat log with her then pasted it into chat straight away.That way your comment gets mixed up with all your old comments. She starts reading it then realises I have read this before booom problem solved


  • #8
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    I love looking through those websites where people post embarrassing texts like this.


  • #9
    Chris Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Chris Ryan


    You could just delete the Facebook message before they see it...


  • #10
    dobman88
    Registered Users Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Frape??? Is that still a valid excuse?


  • #11
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    You could just delete the Facebook message before they see it...


    Can you? How?


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  • #12
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    You could just delete the Facebook message before they see it...

    what. how!?


  • #13
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    good to know deleting the message


    op dont worry about it itle probably be a good thing


  • #14
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    tim3000 wrote: »
    What you should have done is copied a good chunk of your previous chat log with her then pasted it into chat straight away.That way your comment gets mixed up with all your old comments. She starts reading it then realises I have read this before booom problem solved


    Oh I fookin love that!!


  • #15
    Vito Corleone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭Vito Corleone


    Never write (type) anything like that down. If you're going to give out about someone do it in such a way that there is no record.

    Also, you could say you have an annoying friend who wrote loads of random insulting messages to people. Send something like "fuck you" to people you know (who know your other friend) to make the whole story realistic.


  • #16
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    tim3000 wrote: »
    What you should have done is copied a good chunk of your previous chat log with her then pasted it into chat straight away.That way your comment gets mixed up with all your old comments. She starts reading it then realises I have read this before booom problem solved


    That's actually fairly ingenious.


  • #17
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Sent a Willy pic to my friend once by accident. Was meant for a girl I was seeing at the time!


  • #18
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Always make your texts as ambiguous as possible.

    For example.

    I was out with Steve the other night and he was trying to dodge rounds as usual the tight bastard.

    Ambiguous version.

    Was out with the other fella and he was avoiding going to the bar as usual.


  • #19
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    mango salsa wrote: »
    I've done that a few times and the aftermath was bad very bad

    How, exactly?

    I'm sure she knows she's a flake. I just hate the idea that she'll think I was talking behind her back.

    In my defence, I introduced her to her OH. Maybe I should mention that fact.

    tim3000 wrote: »
    What you should have done is copied a good chunk of your previous chat log with her then pasted it into chat straight away.That way your comment gets mixed up with all your old comments. She starts reading it then realises I have read this before booom problem solved

    But she'd see the rant-y bitchy messages regardless, and in addition to that, just think I'm fcuking crazy for trying to Copy and Paste a conversation we had like six months ago to cover it.

    In any case, too late. Hole has already been dug.


  • #20
    Chris Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Chris Ryan


    SV wrote: »
    what. how!?

    Go to your messages, hold down the one you want to delete and press delete


  • #21
    Two Tone from Limehouse
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Two Tone from Limehouse


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    Sent a Willy pic to my friend once by accident. Was meant for a girl I was seeing at the time!

    I texted my old boss telling her how much I was looking forward to going down on her .... And it was on a fri evening . Longest wkend I ever put down.monday morning she called me in for a chat and just took the pish.. Was lucky we got in well.., I suppose she's had many a fantasy about it anyway..,,


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  • #22
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    Go to your messages, hold down the one you want to delete and press delete

    That just deletes it from your msgs not theirs afaik...


  • #23
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    You could just delete the Facebook message before they see it...

    HOW DOES ONE DO THIS???

    I've googled and it doesn't seem possible....

    PLEASE HELP


  • #24
    Chris Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Chris Ryan


    aaakev wrote: »
    That delets it from your screen not theirs afaik...

    Surely if they didn't see it, it would disappear from theirs too? If not it seems a bit redundant hahaha


  • #25
    tim3000
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭tim3000


    beks101 wrote: »
    How, exactly?





    But she'd see the rant-y bitchy messages regardless, and in addition to that, just think I'm fcuking crazy for trying to Copy and Paste a conversation we had like six months ago to cover it.

    In any case, too late. Hole has already been dug.

    Not like 6 months of it just maybe the last 2 or 3 chats ye had its not perfect but something to bare in mind if this kinda thing happens again. It might work in a pinch.


  • #26
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    beks101 wrote: »
    How, exactly?

    I'm sure she knows she's a flake. I just hate the idea that she'll think I was talking behind her back.

    In my defence, I introduced her to her OH. Maybe I should mention that fact.




    But she'd see the rant-y bitchy messages regardless, and in addition to that, just think I'm fcuking crazy for trying to Copy and Paste a conversation we had like six months ago to cover it.

    In any case, too late. Hole has already been dug.


    Look at it this way: maybe it was something she needed to know? Perhaps it was a Freudian Slip...


  • #27
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    Surely if they didn't see it, it would disappear from theirs too? If not it seems a bit redundant hahaha

    Na its just like deleting an email from your sent box, the person you sent it to still has it


  • #28
    Chris Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Chris Ryan


    aaakev wrote: »
    Na its just like deleting an email from your sent box, the person you sent it to still has it

    Oh well, you're fúcked so OP :P


  • #29
    Mickey H
    Registered Users Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    Keith wrote: »
    I love looking through those websites where people post embarrassing texts like this.

    Some disturbing stuff in there Keith. :D


  • #30
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    Am I the only person in the world who doesn't send nasty messages about people to mutual friends? Why do that? :confused:


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  • #31
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Chris Ryan wrote: »
    You could just delete the Facebook message before they see it...

    Won't they still get an email notification containing the message if they have notifications on?

    Plus they'll see it anyway.

    As a rule I don't really bitch about people by text if they are a contact. Just do it in person if you really have to.


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