People Share Their Most Embarrassing 'Oops, Wrong Group Chat' Moments
In the immortal words of Ms. Britney Spears... Oops I did it again. Well, who hasn't? In this time of Covid we've been forced to meet over computer screens and thrive in ZOOM meetings. This is not a conducive way to live. Maybe I'm an eight hundred year old man, but I can't figure it all out and I don't care. I can't get the video to work, let alone the audio. And I've lost track of the "groups" that I keep mixing up. Can you imagine sharing in your Zumba class the thoughts you had about plotting to kill your boss that only your therapist was meant to hear? Just me?
Redditor u/SidneyRL wanted to know who, besides us, has dialed into the wrong number while dealing with online discussions, especially this last year. They asked... What's was your most embarrassing "oops wrong chat" moment?Baby
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTIyNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjE1OTExOH0.zbpDzkzJdU-UJF3w6FidmcSoJNKvUu8Au3Yb9aN_CGQ/img.gif?width=980" id="57958" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8dee72cc0ebb5e79fdc877f7c9167597" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="300" data-height="245" />Shocked Bbc Three GIF by BBCGiphy<p>Sent my teacher "hey baby u up?" </p>Let me Tell you about "Her"
<p>A coworker kept screwing things up and I was the one who was fixing it. This particular instance wasn't too egregious, but she had a pattern of reading half a request doing the part she read and flagging it as complete despite having no response to the back half of it. It was resulting in complaints that were funnelling back to me. Our clients were frustrated and so I was frustrated.</p>Grandma Said...
<p>Accidentally sent <a href="https://i.imgur.com/zs0Aej4.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this meme</a> to the group chat my grandma made to wish all the grandkids happy (insert holiday here).</p><p>I meant to send it to my brother. He (in the group chat) almost immediately replied with <a href="https://i.imgur.com/WkUaBR8.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This one</a></p><p>I didn't realize it was the group chat, but he full well knew it was and began crap posting. The new group chat from my grandma made no longer includes me or my brother. She just texts us individually. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnozst8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">swanyMcswan</a></p>Hey Harry
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTI4MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODcyMDcxMn0.7MnkEcnphk3zan2YwK0mBCoWim6SRcHxG20_1rQZf1A/img.gif?width=980" id="8edbf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="77b1d99cabd84a1fa8471b37c72d6343" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="245" data-height="294" />frustrated one direction GIFGiphy<p>I thought I was typing in Spotify but instead I texted my boss "Harry Styles" out of nowhere. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnpoimx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">sunstonedx</a></p>What are you doing??
<p>A friend of mine was being extremely clingy for weeks and demanding my attention all the time. When I took time to answer, she even wrote "why don't you answer?? What are you doing??" I took a screenshot of the conversation and accidentally sent it to her, instead of another friend... Whatsapp delete message feature did not exist back then unfortunately. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnp3lr1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Frandom314</a></p>Drunk Dave
<p>Only a close call (thankfully) but was sending an "adult" message to a guy I was seeing called Dave. Dave and Dad are very similar when drunk... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnownx4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dgic</a></p>Playing Games
<p>My brother and I are up late playing video games online (so we're talking through a headset... he lived 7 hours away at the time), lots of drinking, catching up, talking about life. He's telling me about a girl he was seeing for a while but there were some cultural differences so their relationship fizzled out a few months ago and they haven't spoken since. I tell him to send me a picture of her and he says "okay, hold on." </p>Whoops...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3MTI4OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNDM1ODk2Nn0.pRdxommUjcT_JdqhRIvr7_E0ursID8hua0T8h8A9OuQ/img.gif?width=980" id="e1cc2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cb05f84b018d2833392b3fbd282be133" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="540" data-height="540" />Drew Barrymore Oops GIF by NETFLIXGiphy<p>I was posting a funny meme to a group chat but accidentally posted it to a more serious group chat, which would be ok, but someone told us about the passing of their father earlier that day so it was very awkward. This was like a year back don't really remember. If I'm not mistaken it might have been one about a very unenthusiastic car salesman, or overly enthusiastic. I really don't remember.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnozlcz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">A-Tea-Chair</a></p>Dad Bod it is...
<p>As an inside joke, one of my friends' names in my phone is "Dad Bod." His name is directly above my father's in my contact list. Some time ago, I called "Dad Bod" and left him a message saying I needed him to pick up my antidepressants on his way home from work, and asked if he wouldn't mind getting a box of tampons while he was at the pharmacy. I still think about it sometimes when I can't sleep. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnq1br7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">queenofcannoli</a></p>When on Craigslist...
<p>I was selling a dining table on Craigslist, and had the usual back and forth with tons of people. One of them texted me a couple days later of an uncouth meme about the town we live in by mistake and was really embarrassed.</p><p>I sent one back, and we talked crap about some of the stuff going on in our area for a couple days (big scandal). Seemed like we were budding into a real friendship! Alas, my inability to text people back in a timely manner to the kabbash on something that might have been wonderful. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lldvvx/whats_was_your_most_embarrassing_oops_wrong_chat/gnp43bb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CapitalGains42</a></p>Students Break Down The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened To Them During Remote Learning
The pandemic has changed the way we work, learn, and socialize.
And while getting acquainted with teleconferencing and remote learning during quarantine may have been challenging, it seems people have adapted well. For the most part.
Check The Mic
<p>"One time a girl in my english class accidentally spent a solid 10 minutes talking to her boyfriend with her mic and camera on. She went into personal life details at points but no one wanted to be the one to tell her. She eventually took out a bong, which was when another student quickly said 'uhhh... [name], your camera and mic are on.' She turned both off without a word. Easily most awkward case of forgetting about the mic."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glrkdep?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cuttlefish_Crusaders</a><br></p>It Was Such A Gas
<p>"At the end of the class, the lecturer said thank you and good bye to everyone, but forgot to turn the screen and mic off, the did a massive fart and a huge audible sign of relief; <em>paarrpp</em> Ahhhh."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr3qfa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coopertron5000</a><br></p>Semantics
<p>"He then continued (must read in heavy old man Italian accent) '-He was fisting me really hard and it was hurting-' (he is currently thrusting his fist back and forth through the air to the bemusement of the class) '-but he was my older brother so there was nothing I could do to stop his vigorous fisting. Until one day... One day I grow up big and strong enough to fist him back- ' (proceeds to thrust his other fist through the air in the opposite direction, miming 'fisting,' his brother back) '- and I fist him so hard that he become scared of my fisting! He never wanted to be fisted by my again, and so I never again had to be scared of his fisting.'"</p><p>"Everyone was silent and trying not to laugh until someone posted <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fisting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a link to the urban dictionary page for fisting</a> in the chat. My prof started laughing so hard we thought he was going to die (he was pretty old) before playing a small game of charades and finally figuring out that he didn't know the English word for 'punching.'" </p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glroudf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zachtheperson</a><br></p>Class Is Over
<p>"Professor started talking like he was giving a presentation. After like ten minutes, someone finally pointed out he wasn't sharing his screen. At that point he just gave up for the day and let us go super early."<br></p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glqxhbw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quietfangirl</a><br></p>Missing Undies
<p>"Our teachers toddler wandered in saying that 'daddy wants to know where you hid his underwear'. We could not stop laughing. I think it turned out she hadn't hidden it and it was just in the wash."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glqytg2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thankunext4</a><br></p>Hilarious Forecast
<p>"Professor's internet crashed. The class continued with one guy changing his Zoom background to a weather report of some random city. He proceeded to give a legit sounding news report of the weather. When the professor came back, he finished it off with 'Back to you, professor!' Had me in tears."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/gls9fml?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ThaDFunkee</a><br></p>Post-Class Discussion
<p>"Not a student but teacher. I completely embarrassed myself by forgetting to end the recording after a Google Meet lesson...so the last 5 minutes of the session is me talking to my cat. Our school doesn't have the premium software to edit the recordings so it had to go up on Google Classroom, cat chat and all. Kids were asking how 'fluffy butt' (my cat) is doing. Hilarious but mortified!!"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr60h2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ScottishSea</a><br></p>Free Dance Concert
<p>"A couple weeks ago I'd lost track of time and didn't realize that zoom had started. My lovely daughter turned the camera toward me and unmuted herself....as the whole class watched me dance with and sing to my dogs. I didn't know until she pulled off her headphones and I heard a dozen kids laughing."</p><p>"Last semester, my son's class saw my husband set the kitchen on fire."</p><p>"Teachers hate my house. Lol"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glrlo0u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Theunperfectfamily</a><br></p>Lesson In Poultry
<p>"One of my friends screamed as loud as he could "OH FU*K" When my teacher asked him what was wrong he said, and I quote. 'Sorry i just got attacked by my rooster' my teacher was just like Will, show me your rooster, he then proceeded to go outside and show my teacher his 10 chickens out side. Literally wasted half a class and was an absolute legend."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/laz3fu/students_whats_the_funniest_thing_that_happened/glr7dcw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sharp_Onion</a><br></p>Students Share Their Funniest 'Oh Sh*t' Moment From Their Zoom Classes
We live in the pandemic era. That is to say, we live in the era of Zoom video chatting.
Nothing to See Here
<p>"Just today, this one guy had some unholy screeching coming through the mic from elsewhere in the house. No context, he just had a mildly panicked look on his face and muted himself." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5i3m02?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LaserbeamSharks</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Possibly a cat, a baby, or a parrot. Or a horny fox outside." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5il669?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">crusadingAquila</a></p>No Coming Back From That One
<p>"One of my classmates was talking to someone off screen about how shitty the class is and how stupid our lecturer is. Her mic and camera were both on. She was rambling for about 30 seconds when the lecturer just said her name."</p><p>"She just looked over at her screen, leaned forward a tad, then her eyes went wide and she covered her mouth. She immediately left the meeting, haven't seen her in class since."</p><p>"This was 2 weeks ago."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5ie35y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SirHasselblad</a></p>Easy Day at the Office
<p>"Someone in one of our huge official department meetings was unmuted. You could hear her bf ask in the background, 'what are y'all doing?' "<span></span></p><p>"And she said, 'just this stupid meeting, we not doin' shiiiiieeettt.' It was hilarious. She got kicked out of the meeting tho."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hxl28?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">taintblister</a></p>Work-Life Balance
<p>"Not exactly 'forgot the camera was on' but forgot their surroundings."</p><p>"Webcam starts up, and there's just a massive sex toy on the bed beside where this person was sitting, back behind them."</p><p>"I've never felt so badly for an instance of poor forgetfulness."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hzu4m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">epsilon025</a></p>Multitasking
<p>"Not in school, but a few years ago during online training for my job. Our managers agreed we could do the training at home since it was all remote anyway, and so it was an nice week working from home. During one of the sessions we heard what sounded like porn, then it got louder and louder."</p><p>"Finally the presenter says 'OK we see who is unmuted, I'm not going to name names but let's be professional here.' "</p><p>"The poor guy couldn't look any of us in the eye after we returned to work."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5huz70?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">zerbey</a></p>Hogging the Spotlight
<p>"My girlfriend told me a story of her taking an online zoom Pilates class at the beginning of everything shutting down. The zoom meeting was set up in presenter instead of gallery mode so whoever is speaking is on the main screen."</p><p>"She said in one of the poses someone farted and their camera popped up on the screen for everyone until the next instruction. Super awkward."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5i8rg6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cwayzeecyclist</a></p>A Supportive Teacher
<p>"I accidentally did this to my daughter. She was participating in a zoom uni tutorial."</p><p>"Half an hour earlier I had started trying to fix our clothes dryer which had stopped spinning and was giving off a burning smell. I took the dryer apart and after looking up several YouTube videos managed to fix it."</p><p>"I was so proud of myself I burst into my daughters room and said 'Guess who fixed the dryer......meeeeeee' with my arms spread out wide. My daughter was mortified and said 'Mummmmmmm I'm in a uni lecture.' "</p><p>"Afterwards she told me the professor told her to tell me she was very happy that I was so happy I fixed the dryer."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5iywyo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jennib153</a></p>Showing a Human Side
<p>"Teacher was teaching a online class (grinds, which are extracurricular), there was a ton of audio issues and people kept saying they couldn't hear him, eventually he said that we would postpone the class to a couple days later, and that we could all leave the meeting now."</p><p>"Of course, I'm pretty sure this isn't the most tech-savvy guy, so he didn't realise that most of us couldn't tell he said to leave (audio issues again) and so we hung around a couple more minutes." </p><p>"Somehow, it was a lot more audible when he tossed his glasses onto the table and said, 'That was a f***ing <em>disaster</em>.' "</p><p>"I then realised that it was time to go."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hqufw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RollaRova</a></p>DRAMA
<p>"My 7th grade daughter turned on her zoom meeting for her very first class on her first day of school, saw the face of the student who was currently talking, and yelled 'Not Victoria, I HATE Victoria!' "</p><p>"I asked her if her mic was muted and she looked at her screen horrified, slammed her laptop shut, ran out of the room yelling 'I quit school!' " </p><p>"It was a rough first day."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5ii66c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">May2211</a></p>Hard to Be Mad
<p>"Once my very adorable classmate sang 'happy birthday' so cheerfully while our prof was discussing. She only noticed it when she came back to class and saw our reactions in the chat."</p><p>"It was her dog's birthday, she said then apologized for it."</p><p>" 'oh shit' to 'awww' real quick :')"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/itz0qf/students_of_reddit_has_anyone_in_your_online/g5hu53s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">daytime_moon99</a></p>People Share The Best Ways To Explain To You Friends You Can't Meet Up Because Of Them Pandemic
2020 has been a real handful y'all. And number one on the "2020 is the worst" list is COVID! We've had to shelter in place and avoid most human contact. I haven't hugged my mother in six months; it's frustrating. So why is it when we're all suppose to be hiding out and avoiding contact until this under control do we have so many fools running amok... especially loved ones who implore us to join. Some of us have had to get creative with invitation excuses. The "we're in a pandemic" reasoning is a bust.
The Oath
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkyNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzUxMzQwNH0.kHdgGCsfy3xtWDW5jyr4Tvf_ofg7LUegn7q6ONozRq0/img.gif?width=980" id="df4b4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fa66df5ffe583358deac08483965c40e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="160" data-height="194" />sir i queue better from a distance yo waddup elessar GIFGiphy<p>"I have sworn an oath of solitude until the pestilence is purged from the lands." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a076f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pokeplushman</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a076f/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>The Box
<p>There's an XKCD for that: <a href="https://xkcd.com/2346/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/2346/</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g392ekg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TjW0569</a></p><p>"Haunted plague box" is the best description of a house. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a76z0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Peptuck</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Peptuck/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p>Roll camera...
<p>"I'd love to meet, but I don't want to risk it. Do you want to video chat though?" </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g397wds?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TicanDoko</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g397wds/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><p>Yes oh god. Last year I moved from FL to CA and everyone back in FL wants to come visit. Like id love for everyone to come out but it's just not safe. They ask every few months and it's always the same answer: let's wait until spring next year. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3abcw1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">logicprowithsomeKRKs</a></p>Truth
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkyOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjAxMTE3MH0.wy7jTjF8RoUEzUFUwKdIvHOb01LGOJc18ywZEdxOOTg/img.gif?width=980" id="5f8e5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1164e10dd891c6cd0ab23847ae928363" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="164" />Truth Reaction GIF by moodmanGiphy<p>"I don't want to meet because I'm scared of Corona." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38o6p0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> jibsand</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jibsand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>Just be upfront yeah. Sometimes I'll indicate it's because I see older relatives often to take the burden off of me a bit. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38ur43?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HovercraftConstant</a></p>ZOOM
<p><em>"Hey, I really want to hang out but I'm worried about the Corona Virus."</em> If they're really your friend they'll respect your opinion. Then maybe suggest doing something like a zoom conversation or online game. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38ojqh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> 9umopapisdn</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/9umopapisdn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>My friends and I meet on Zoom every week now. Sometimes we all start the same movie at the same time, sometimes we play games. We were all learning how to cook a dish together a few weeks ago. There are tons of options to get people together without seeing them in person yet, OP. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38xh4d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TwoSoxxx</a></p>never too careful
<p>I work in healthcare. Be cautious. We have regular meetings and emails where our doctors keep us up to date. There's so much we still don't know.</p><p>I almost died earlier this year and was (maybe still am) immuno compromised. I've chosen to self isolate as much as possible.</p>"Be in"
<p>Got a whole friend group who care about each other and want to take the most precautions we can to protect each other. Then there's one guy who's been teaching summer classes for children for the last three months who's always the first to "Be in," and constantly flaunts protections to the point those of us who are taking this seriously can't hang out without excluding him or hurting his feelings. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3a7evi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The_Void_Reaver</a></p>For Mom
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkzMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTAyODQwNn0.29F4AW3kVJkZaKmlmeSDG4ezLxddgFBocZtIaffSbgI/img.gif?width=980" id="0f1b3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="37876b9be97de6265b452c57178df73c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />Mothers Day Love GIF by Animation Domination High-DefGiphy<p>I've had to tell my friends several times that despite wanting desperately to hang out with them, that I'm still paranoid about the virus and I don't want to risk getting my mom sick, so I've been staying self isolated.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g38olh4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ElectricLoner98</a></p>Looking Back
<p>Learning to advocate for my/your own health was very tough, but the rewards are limitless with effort. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3ad57s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> tots4scott</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tots4scott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span></p><p>On the few times I've been rebuffed, the response I give is, "I'd rather look back on this and say I'm embarrassed about how I overreacted than wish I hadn't let myself get so sick." That's placated everyone I've used it on. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g3ag10k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Blenderhead36</a></p>Cut Ties....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkzMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NTQ3NDcyOX0.EJsQWUmpJFGIwSJeA2jDT5Fq2QTfMSILjn6IduusHaA/img.gif?width=980" id="d0c00" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a0b1c44f2358de57ada96755a1ead682" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />cardi b ok GIF by PepsiGiphy<p>I have cut ties with one friend during the lockdown because of this. She didn't freak out but she got snarky after I turned down her request to meet in a park for a walk. Then she became very weirdly passive-aggressive. I had been having issues with her before the pandemic, and realized I just had no interest in dealing with her weird personality anymore. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iisqgd/whats_the_best_way_to_tell_your_friend_you_dont/g39h8pz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">1spring</a></p>ZOOM is the new way of communication. This pandemic has forced us to figure out a new world way to communicate. How do we hold court from home? You ZOOM... and oh the things we learn about one another thanks to this new way to "see." We're not always meant to be in one another's homes. Lesson learned.
Redditor u/lol4r4 waned to know how ZOOM was working our for everybody in these trying times by asking.... Students during the COVID outbreak, what is your most embarrassing Zoom story?