No matter how annoying, distracting, and inconvenient these group chats may be, it is what makes us closer as friends and keeps us all in the loop. Group chats are the best way to stay connected with your closest friends. This is who I go to for opinions, questions, or just simply to complain. As much as I complain, I wouldn't want it any other way.
1. Too much data
Although I love hearing about everyone's day, or how everyone is feeling, my phone physically does not have enough storage to keep all of these messages. Every time I click on messages, my phone freezes. It takes five minutes just to open the group chat. No one ever wants to delete the group chat because of all the hilarious pictures and videos saved in the details of your group chat. However, when you finally delete the group chat, your available space doubles.
2. It's very distracting
While it is easy to ignore one or two texts from your friends, ignoring 560 texts in a group chat is very difficult. I always feel like I am missing out in the conversation, or will be left confused about what is going on. Eventually you mute the group chat or put it on do-not-disturb, but you still check it every few minutes just in case.
3. Getting ignored
Most times I am annoyed that the group chat is blowing up, but then when I ask a question or say something funny it suddenly goes silent. Sometimes I wonder if my messages are even going through. "What is everyone doing for dinner?", *Silence*.
4. The cheesy group chat names
The name of the group chat always seems really relevant in the moment, but after time goes on you forget why it was funny or how you even came up with it. There is always someone who will randomly change it to something they think is funnier, and then it is immediately changed back because that would just feel wrong.
5. Always confused
No matter how hard you try, it is hard to keep up with everything that is going on in the group chat at all times. Especially when a fight is occurring, and you have no idea where, when, or how it started.
6. Making plans
No one ever agrees. Everyone always wants to go somewhere different, or at a different time. No one ever wants to be the one to call the uber, and there is always someone who is excluded from the plan because they weren't on their phone. At this point, majority rules.
7. Going to bed early, or waking up late
It is impossible to catch up on what you missed if you go to bed early or wake up really late. You most likely will wake up with over 200 messages, and you will not go back and read all of them.
8. And when you thought it couldn't get any worse...
Snapchat now has group chats. In addition to your messages blowing up, now so is your Snapchat. It's the same thing as missing messages, if you don't open them for awhile you will have over 1000 seconds worth of Snapchats in a row that you have to open eventually and watch.
