When a text goes awry...

[scrub-jay]

Today I texted dd's teacher all about my conversation with her... I meant to send it to DH. It was pretty harmless... but it could have been so much worse. Anyone got some doozies?

[Deebs]

DH had to get rid of one of his phones because his autocorrect was so dirty that he was afraid to use it. Any benign word would be corrected to something that was just - wrong. He was literally afraid of being charged with sexual harassment if he kept using it.

I sent an email regarding DS's teachers to the owner of his preschool. Fortunately, it was very complimentary because she accidentally forwarded it to the ENTIRE SCHOOL, including staff.

[scrub-jay]

I hate autocorrect... it changed 'sec' to 'sex' for me once. I texted a teammate (for my Masters) "Hey, can you stay on Skype for a sex after the team signs off?" Yes. SEC autocorrect, SEC as in SECOND and it worked in a sentence. Luckily she thought it was hysterical and we were pretty good friends... but it could've easily been my boss.

[L.Jane]

My touchpad LOVES to auto correct and I have to be very careful. I was msging my sister and I was asking her about her Ketubah signing (jewish marriage contract) it changed it to lesbian signing. Also I was telling her how much I love my crock pot, but it changed it to, "I love my crack pot". My sister loves when I talk to her on there because she says she never laughs more.

[alison]

I've done a doozy to a friend who wanted to visit us for a weekend. I sent her "Guess who wants to visit for a fucking weekend? Are people clueless as to what it's like with a new baby?"

Meant for dh.

[corn poffi]

I abbreviate cities by their airport code (nerd!). I'm going to Madison this weekend. Autocorrect changed my text to "I'm going to be in men tonight" haha oops

[SoonerTexan]

My phone automatically corrects my husband's name to his sister's name. We've tried to fix it over and over.

Not text related, but embarassing: I also had to take a call in the pumping room today. I had the pump on the floor and didn't think it was loud enough to hear. Wrong. I'm mortified. Thank goodness it was a coworker I know relatively well.

[scrub-jay]

Not text related, but embarassing: I also had to take a call in the pumping room today. I had the pump on the floor and didn't think it was loud enough to hear. Wrong. I'm mortified. Thank goodness it was a coworker I know relatively well.

I had to take calls all.the.time. Hated it. I remember putting it in a drawer or cloth bag, covered with a towel... then calling my mom for a "test run"... "can you hear it now? yes? how about now?" Luckily she was amused.

[niener]

If I hit one letter wrong, my phone tries to autocorrect my name to "arrogant"... I'm not sure how I feel about that. They're not remotely spelled the same.

[Liisi]

I live in the Stone Ages and still have a flip phone that's maddening to text on, so I don't text much... but I absolutely love the Damn You Auto Correct blog!!! My stress-reliever of choice!! I love it when even trying to correct the auto-correct results in something equally as horrible as the first mistake and then it just snowballs. Actually, it makes me scared to ever get/use a smart phone.

Last year when I was babysitting, the mom used to text me things like "I'll be there in 5" or "There's pasta on the stove," then one day sent me a text that instead said "I WUV YOU!!" Umm...?? The kid looked at my phone and laughed, because clearly she had meant to text it to HIM!

[diggitydot]

I've been banned from reading the damnyouautocorrect.com blog by DH when he's home. I end up cackling so loud it scares the dog or getting the giggles so badly that I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.

[weeniegeniewife]

I've been banned from reading the damnyouautocorrect.com blog by DH when he's home. I end up cackling so loud it scares the dog or getting the giggles so badly that I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.

This happens when DH is trying to sleep and I'm doing my best to suppress my giggles while lying in bed reading that blog. So funny!

[Curegirl]

I hate autocorrect... it changed 'sec' to 'sex' for me once. I texted a teammate (for my Masters) "Hey, can you stay on Skype for a sex after the team signs off?" Yes. SEC autocorrect, SEC as in SECOND and it worked in a sentence. Luckily she thought it was hysterical and we were pretty good friends... but it could've easily been my boss.

Ugh, this happened to me while I was student teaching. I texted a student who needed extra help and responded, "Yes, I can have a sec alone with you" and it turned into sex. And he responded with "Uh, I have a girlfriend and you're kind of old."

And scene.

[MDPhDWife]

DH once sent me a text that read "I'm coming good", it was supposed to read "I'm coming home".

[corn poffi]

I was texting and walking and trying to type "Done." I misplaced the period and autocorrect changed it to "Do.Me."

It was awesome!