15+ Stories That Prove the Family Group Chat Is Our Favorite Sitcom

Family chats should have long been considered a unique form of art. You’ve got both drama and comedy — a wide range of emotions all in one package.

• My older brother sends a photo of a cake to our chat and writes, “Look what we made!” And then it starts — someone made dumplings, someone assembled a cupboard. Everyone shares, except the youngest stays quiet. 2 days pass, and he writes, “Now look what we made!” And — bam! — a photo of a pregnancy test with 2 lines. © Mamdarinka / VK
• Yesterday, I was choosing wedding dresses and sent some options to the family chat. Later on, Mom asked me to stop sending pictures there. Turns out, Dad got emotional. Now I can tell everyone that I didn’t get married before 30 because I was protecting Dad’s feelings. © anuarbekova_ba
• I’m divorcing my husband, and I text him, “We both need to file the application and each pay our own fee. If I pay mine and you don’t pay yours, we just won’t be divorced.” He responds, “I know. We can go together, and you can pay for both yourself and me. You’re the one who wants the divorce, not me.” © istorii_zinochki

Without the last message, the plot would have taken quite an unexpected twist.

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• We have a family chat. For about 8 years, my grandpa has been writing daily about holidays or famous people’s birthdays. It might seem like a small thing, but every evening he sits on the Internet, notes everything on a piece of paper, and then types it out for us. His daily efforts are such a treasure! © yulia_cakemade
• The chat includes my husband’s 2 sisters, his mom, and me. My husband opted out. One of his sisters (let’s call her sister #2) constantly asks me to post pictures of our kids in the chat for my mother-in-law to see. So, I do. What does my mother-in-law do? She ignores my kids’ photos and floods sister #1’s kids’ photos with compliments. © FantasticAd4938 / Reddit
• Recently, I noticed a new participant in our family chat. The last name seemed familiar. I look closer, and it’s my ex. We broke up almost 2 years ago, and it wasn’t pretty. I text my mom, “What are you doing?” And she calmly replies, “He’s a good person, I find him interesting. We’ve been talking all this time.” I’m shocked. Turns out, after the breakup, she continued messaging him. And now she’s decided that he could join our chat. So now I have to watch him joke with my uncle, congratulate my aunt on her birthday, and send my mom photos of homemade meatballs. I’m sitting here thinking: who lost their mind, me or my whole family? Feels like even if I ever get married, they’ll still invite him to family dinners. © Mamdarinka / VK

I keep this screenshot as proof that I have an amazing family.

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• Every morning starts with pictures from Grandma in the family chat. Sometimes she congratulates us on holidays, or she sends a cute cat picture, or just a “Good morning.” There’s always something. Last week, the whole family noticed it was already 2 p.m. and there were no pictures. Everyone panicked. We quickly gathered and rushed to Grandma’s place, preparing for the worst. We arrived, and there she was. She says, “I did it on purpose to see how fast you’d come.” What a jokester she turned out to be... © Ward No. 6 / VK
• My little sister wrote “HELP” in capital letters in the family chat. Without a second thought, Dad dashed into the hallway and ran up 10 flights of stairs to her apartment because the elevator wasn’t working. He was in a panic. He bursts into her apartment, and my sister’s like, “There’s a grasshopper on my balcony, I’m scared.” © nurillya_edu
• Mom writes super long messages as if it is a memoir of some famous people. Dad and sister admire them whenever she posts them. Once I didn’t reply to Mom’s message fast enough, she threw a tantrum and left the chat. I left too because I decided to cut all these people out of my life. © Capable_Pick_1588 / Reddit

My parents’ sense of humor is something else. I got married yesterday and today...

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• My brother and his family are on vacation right now. He’s sending us photos in our family chat. In all the pictures, my niece looks displeased. I ask my brother, “What’s going on?” He replies, “We’re not taking pictures the trendy way.” © krasivogradova
• We created a family chat for wishlist items. The idea was to drop links to stuff that would be nice to receive as gifts. In 3 months, my wife and kids have flooded it with tons of links. Today, I tried to send my first wishlist item and realized it’s not a chat but a channel, and I’m a subscriber without posting rights. © soratnik
• A message pops up in the family chat today, “On August 14th, unmarried girls need to smear honey on the soles of their feet. Early in the morning. By the next August 14th, they will successfully get married.” © inara.onceandalways.english

My parents have been divorced for 20 years. Dad texted me this today.

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• I gave my grandma and grandpa a smartphone each to stay in touch with them. At first, they didn’t understand anything and didn’t want to bother learning. But once I showed them all the features and possibilities of the phone, they really liked it. At one point, it got to where they started sharing memes in the chat. Recently, I visited them and was quite surprised to see that not only family photos but also those very memes were now proudly displayed in frames on the wall. It turns out that the grandparents chose the funniest ones and hung them up so they could smile when they see them. © Palata 6 / VK
• I created a family chat with my parents. Mom writes, “Are we going to add anyone else?” It seems like there’s something I don’t know... © nastyaperec
• We have a family chat. There are grandparents, siblings, spouses... I added my husband too. Everything seemed fine until I posted a vacation photo of us in this chat. One relative wrote to me, “You’re gorgeous!” My husband asks her, “And what about me?” She jokingly replies, “And you’re fit and athletic.” He got offended and told me to remove him since he’s “not handsome enough for my relatives.” The man is 44 years old. © Overheard / Ideer

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