Embarrassing text messages and emails

Have you ever sent a private message to the wrong person by accident? And that someone happened to be the last person you wanted them to see? I have. Several times.



Case 1:
Last year, I was sitting alone in the university health clinic and a guy I happened to have hooked up with not so long ago entered the room with a girl I knew he was seeing/having sex with. Just to clarify, I was not into him or was jealous but I felt very awkward and I avoided looking in his direction so I wouldn't have to catch his eye. I whipped out my phone and sent a text message to my friend (or so I thought) saying 'Oh god, the guy (whose name I won't mention) just walked in with his girl and he just left.' A few seconds later, I realized that I sent it to him and was mortified. A minute later he replied , 'I was trying to make eye contact with you'. GAH.

Case 2:
This isn't too much of a big deal, but nevertheless I was pretty embarrassed. So I went to Vietnam in March with three other people and I wanted to send them my hidden photo album through a Facebook message. A few days later, one of them told me that I sent it to the wrong person with the same first name on Facebook. That person happened to be a woman who works in my university who was partially involved in the process of offering me admission to the university. I wasn't impressed because it had photos of me in a bikini, my friend wrapped semi-naked in the bedsheet and another one of me pulling the ugliest face I could manage.

Case 3:
My roommate hardly sleeps in our room since revision period started and I often had my boyfriend over and we'd spend late nights together. My roommate came back one afternoon and was leaving again, so I asked her when she'd be back again and she said not until Sunday night. I was cheering with joy in my mind so I immediately texted my boyfriend which read 'My roommate is not coming back until Sunday night' with a big smiley next to it. I later realized with shame that I sent it to her and was so embarrassed I called my boyfriend to rant then sent a backup message to her saying 'Oops sorry I was trying to send that to my boyfriend....no offence to you, I was just happy to have him over!'

With the frequent use of technology, we really ought to be careful to avoid some horrible situations - say, sending a message to your boss about how much you dislike him/her. Which never happened to me, thank god. I'm just saying.