Sweet Potatoes, it’s my mommy again.
At one time, my mommy knew nothing of WhatsApp. She did not know how to download it, and when someone finally downloaded it for her, she did not know how to “enter” it. I would send her a WhatsApp message and then text her to go and enter her WhatsApp and reply me. She would complain about her WhatsApp being spoiled or how she cannot fins her WhatsApp. By the way, she calls it, Wassup – in the Nigerian accent.
In December 2015, I put up a post about my parents not knowing how to use WhatsApp. Well, my, how things change! My dad now knows how to use WhatsApp (I think), but it’s not a way to contact him if you actually want to contact him. He barely opens it up, and he’s so careless with his phones that it’s really amazing how he hasn’t lost them yet. Last time I sent my dad a message on WhatsApp was in December 2015 and he did not reply until February 2016, so I quickly decided that that was not the way forward.
My mom, on the other hand, has become a pro WhatsApp user. The problem now is that she’s always sending me chain messages. It’s either one of those new month things, or one of those “send this to 15 people if you love Jesus” messages. NO! I will not send it. Or it’s a fake news link from a website that is trying to look like a real one. Like cnnn.com.
The problem is that not only does my mom send me these messages, but she also calls to inquire I received and read them. I always say no and I always remind her that I really don’t read ANY chain message or watch any of the videos, but my answer does not matter because my mom always wants to discuss whatever it is she sent.
Speaking of my mom discussing things, she also likes to call me to discuss whatever Nigerian movie she watched. She would narrate the story from beginning to end, and in between, she would laugh uncontrollably, while I’m awkwardly silent on the other end because I don’t see the humor in what she’s sharing. I’m just happy to hear her laughing hysterically.
You are not alone Vera.
I forced my mum to learn how to use Whatsapp but she vehemently refused. I was so surprised when I received a message from her via the app. i quickly called to confirm her phone was not stolen..
now the price I must pay in chain messages, stale news, job applications that closed two years ago and a call to confirm if I read them…
NB, the wassup thing is also generic to Naija moms
Rolling on the floor laughing (*ROTFL*). ..and here was I thinking my mom was unique. Sometimes I wonder where she finds the time to read, digest and forward such chain texts. I sit here with hardly enough time in a 24hour day for tangible stuff let alone totally irrelevant chain texts. This was a good laugh. Thanks
You’re definitely not alone Vera. It’s not my mum though(she’s not that active on social media). My dad on the other hand is a professional at it. You name it from random prayers to videos and fake news!!! Most times when I wake up to a Whatsapp message, it’s almost always from him. If he sends you a prayer point and you don’t reply by saying ‘Amen’ that’s another wahala. I’ve given up on trying to get him to say Whatsapp though, I just correct him(in my head) when he says ‘Wassup’.
My mum does the same thing! I remember when we were teaching her how to use whatsapp and she was forming not interested, now we’re all in for it. Videos, pictures, chain messages, you name it, she sends them all on the regular.lol
My mom is the same way. lol I have told her to stop sending me chain messages and videos, but she won’t stop. That is how she was stressing me about one particular WhatsApp messages she received yesterday about one Nigerian girl being banned from the USA after arriving at JFK via Qatar airlines. After reading the message I knew that there was more to the story, but she didn’t want to hear of it. She insisted I send it to me all my friends and even asked me later if I had sent it to them *smh* *sigh* *smh* lol. Don’t even get me started on my grandma looool
Lmao… Omg… Vera you always crack me up. Seems all Mums are the same, although mine has stopped saying “wassup”… Say halleluyah to that…. Lol
Going through a terrible writers block, this was quite helpful.
Lmao… Vera you always crack me up. Seems all Mums are the same, although mine has stopped saying “wassup”…say halleluyah to that… Lol.
Going through a terrible writers block, this was quite helpful.