e-mail nightmare!

[Raintree]

Just make it a habit to always double-check the address bar before hitting "send." And if you are starting a new email (as opposed to reply, or forward) then type out the body of the message before adding the address of the person you are sending it to.

[Larrabee]

Just make it a habit to always double-check the address bar before hitting "send." And if you are starting a new email (as opposed to reply, or forward) then type out the body of the message before adding the address of the person you are sending it to.

Thanks, I will always be double checking from now on! 

For the record, the scrabble reference was pretty mild and I wouldn't even have minded my mum seeing it, but not my poor dad!  Also, my OH would never have been able to look him in the eye again.

Is it really wrong to mention personal stuff in a personal e-mail between partners though?  Even if you're better than me and double check and never get it wrong?

[Virg]

Larrabee wrote:

"Is it really wrong to mention personal stuff in a personal e-mail between partners though?  Even if you're better than me and double check and never get it wrong?"

Well, it's not wrong to write such things to someone for whom it's appropriate, but you asked what else you could do (presumably to prevent a recurrence).  I don't see anything intrinsically rude with email about Scrabble with your Scrabble partner, but as you learned, there are risks involved.

Virg

[baglady]

If I were in that position, I'd be quickly firing off an e-mail to Dad with a subject line that said HEY DAD DELETE THAT MESSAGE WITH SUBJECT LINE ___!! Then explain in the body that it was meant for OH (BTW, I'm not familiar with that abbreviation; is it Old Husband? Only Husband?) and you sent it to him by mistake. If he's a big boy, he'll do as you say. Dads do *not* want to read about their daughters' scrabble games! (If you're worried he'll read it out of nosiness, then just tell him it has to do with work stuff or weekend plans or something else he'd have no interest in.)

Anyone else hearing Officer Barbrady from "South Park"? "OK, people, move along! Nothing to see here!"

[SamInTheShadows]

OH = Other Half

And if you are starting a new email (as opposed to reply, or forward) then type out the body of the message before adding the address of the person you are sending it to.

I do this too, just in case I hit send before I'm actually done typing. Yes, it has happened.