Use caution when texting

Jake’s probably going to turn a little red when he realizes I’ve posted this story for all to read. Or maybe a lot red. But it’s just too funny not to share. Let me set the scene for you: It’s about 7:00 Monday evening, and I’m sitting at the dining room table rolling little balls of cookie dough in sugar and placing them on a baking sheet, thus my hands are messy. Jake is in the next room sitting at the computer with very clean hands. My phone is laying on the computer desk. I hear the “text received” noise, and I ask Jake to read it aloud to me. It’s from a friend (who will remain unnamed) who wants to see us while we’re home for Christmas. So we proceed with me dictating and Jake typing the texts, all from my phone, so my friend just assumes it’s me the whole time. This is where I messed up. Jake is not the best speller, but even worse, he’s a quick-typing, non-proofreading texter. This can lead to disastrous (if not hilarious) results…

Me: Ask her if they’re free on Tuesday.
Pause.
Little text noise.
Jake: She says yeah, they’re free.
Me: Ask her where they want to meet.
Pause.
Little text noise.
Jake: (confused voice, reading her text) “Don’t be so forward”?
Me: WHAT did you type?!
Jake: (defensively) I asked her where she wanted to meet!
Me: But what did you TYPE?!
Jake: Hang on, let me look.
Jake starts laughing hysterically and uncontrollably.
Me: WHAT DID YOU TYPE?!?!

Jake can barely stop laughing to speak, so he makes his way into the dining room, bent over with laughter, and shows me the phone displaying his sent message:

“Where do you want me?”

Good grief, Jake. Learn to proofread! I called her immediately, explained the details of what had just taken place, and we laughed even more.  So funny.