Hilarious Proof That Moms Should Only Text Under Supervision

Some moms are natural texters, and some moms turn every message into a tiny disaster. This roundup leans hard into the second category, with 13 examples of moms proving that phones, autocorrect, and internet slang can be a very messy combination.

Across these screenshots, teens and grown kids react to messages that are awkward, confusing, or accidentally hilarious, and the results are exactly the kind of family embarrassment the internet loves to share. A few of the moms are simply out of their depth, while others are confidently wrong in a way that makes the whole thing even funnier.

By the end, it is hard not to laugh at how far these texts go off the rails. Read on.

1. "The Google."

Proof that moms are dinosaurs.

2. Ouch!

Do you need some ointment for that burn? I think you do.

3. Oh, sweetie.

Aren't some moms just so innocent? The moms 20 years from now are going to be a lot less innocent.

4. Disappointed head-shaking moment:

Seriously, Mom, can you guess how we know?

5. Not hip to the lingo can be... devastating.

How embarrassed do you think Mom feels right now?

And if you think mom texting is chaotic, a mom calling her daughter selfish over a Mother’s Day dress refusal takes it further.

6. My future.

This will definitely be me as a mom.

7. Whoops!

Guess the kiddo just wasn't very memorable today. Maybe they should be astronomically more annoying next time?

8. Don't lie to us.

You legitimately laughed out loud.

9. What good would a cell phone be?

...if moms couldn't humiliate and tease their teenagers.

10. Bless your heart, Mom.

Won't it be phenomenal if his sister says the same exact thing?

11. Kids never listen.

Mom didn't even want a text of affirmation. Tsk-tsk!

12. YOLO

We are sad, too. But we're also super amused.

13. Snarky!

Moms just don't like repeating themselves, and they don't want your "affirmative" text.

While some moms may struggle to text or understand anything too technologically advanced, others are quite active on social media platforms. The internet went absolutely nuts over this mom who asked for advice on how to tell her husband that he actually didn't father their two teenage daughters. Obviously, the internet went savage on her.

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