Group Chat - by Regina Higgins

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Hi all.

The wedding’s off.

Rob’s moved out. He’s staying with his mom.

I’m sending a mass email, but thought I’d post

in our group chat first.

Sis:

RU OK?

I’m fine.

Just sent the email.

Look in your inbox for the deets.

Dad:

What are deets?

Best Man:

What happened?

It’s off.

Dad:

What are deets?

Sis:

It means details, Dad.

FMIL:

Rob just told me it’s off. Why?

It’s off because I don’t want

to marry your son.

FMIL:

Why not?

We’re not suited for each other.

Dad:

You were suited for each other

when we booked the venue.

I’ve cancelled the venue.

FMIL:

Why did you do that?

Because the wedding is off.

Dad:

Reading the email now.

What’s a work wife?

FMIL:

They’re friends!

Sis:

Work wife=more than friends.

FMIL:

Meghan is a lovely young woman.

Rob texts her all the time.

FMIL:

Can’t friends text each other?

And she thinks she’s running the wedding.

She’s got suggestions.

Dad:

Will she be paying for the wedding too?

FMIL:

She’s just being helpful.

The bakery called. She tried to

change our lemon cake to coconut.

Sis:

You’re allergic to coconut!

FMIL:

Are you really allergic to coconut?

Or do you just not like it?

When I eat coconut, I can’t breathe.

I guess I don’t like that.

FMIL:

Maybe Meghan didn’t know.

Dad:

Meghan’s the work wife?

Best Man:

Rob just called me.

He says it’s all a mistake.

Def. All of it.

Best Man:

He says you blocked him on everything.

Yep.

Best Man:

He says he can’t get on the group chat.

Yep.

FMIL:

Dude, RU insane!?

WHAT?

WHO IS THIS?

Sis:

LOL

Dad:

What’s happening?

FMIL:

The wedding’s still on.

You need therapy.

Sis:

This is wild!

FMIL:

And you can’t block me on this.

There’s nothing you can do.

Oh yeah?

FMIL:

Yeah. What are you gonna do?

Best Man:

So it’s on again?

FMIL:

It was never off!

FMIL:

Right?

FMIL:

RIGHT?

Sis:

LOL

Dad:

I’m still not sure what deets are.

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Regina, I loved your story. Great take on the prompt annd very entertaining! The cast of characters especially the dad and mother in law were hilarious! Good job!

Hilarious, Regina!

I really enjoyed this story. Typical wedding planning chaos.

I loved all your characters, but who is FMIL?

Thanks, Deborah! So glad you enjoyed it. I had been wanting to try telling a story in a group chat/text format, and the prompt gave me the opportunity. Looking forward to reading your story!

FMIL stands for Future Mother in Law, so anyone posting from her phone to the group chat will be identified as FMIL. But someone’s being sneaky . . . .

Aha! Thanks for the deet! :smiley:

Regina, this is brilliant! I laughed so much :rofl: We have a family group chat so I’m very familiar with this scenario. Well done!!

Thank you, Dawn! I love stories with different voices, so the group chat format let me do that. (I’m often the one people are explaining things to!)

This is very familiar, Regina ( @Regina )

I enjoy it and relate to it so much.

Thanks, Lotchie! Our family has a group chat–nothing so exciting as this–but I love to hear our different voices, even in text.