We've all had that moment where we've sent a message to the wrong person. Sometimes it's little more than a white lie, but other times it can be much more incriminating. Whether it's sending a screenshot of a conversation you're having to the person you're having it with, or pinging an accidental nude to your best friend, it's embarrassing, cringe-worthy, and can have horrific consequences.

However, one thing worse than sending the message yourself is receiving one from your parents. As a general rule, parents shouldn't really be allowed to have mobile phones. It may sound harsh, but if we're being honest, they're completely and utterly useless when it comes technology - especially phones.

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It's likely that we've all received a bizarre text from our parents at some point or other. I remember when my cat died. Obviously, I was struck with grief and was in a severe state of mourning at the time. Then, just when I thought my mood couldn't sink any lower: up steps my auntie. Appearing via the medium of a text message, she says: "Sorry to hear about Meg ?"

Yep. Laughing at my dead cat. Nice, isn't it?

However, the latest instalment of "why parents shouldn't have phones" is slightly less morbid.

NY Times writer Mike Isaac uploaded a series of screenshots of texts that his mother sent him before she went off to the casino.

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Firstly, his mom sent him an emoji-clad text, telling him that she was heading off to the casino with his dad.

"Guess what!!?? Dad and I are headed to WINSTAR CASINO for the day!! Wish us luck," she wrote, alongside a series of money, cloves, hearts and old people emojis.

After Isaac sent back a good like text, things quickly went wrong when his mom sent him a rather inappropriate GIF.

Yep, that is a slot machine that reads "YOU! EAT! ASS!"

If there's one thing we've learnt so far, it's this: please make sure you watch the GIF before you send it over.

Obviously realising her mistake, his mom quickly backtracks, saying:

"OMG!!! Didn't realize what the slot machine said, I am so sorry - I just read it PLEASE IGNORE".

Understandably, Twitter couldn't help but laugh at the entire thing, with plenty of people sharing their love for the unsuspecting mother.

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While we don't know how the parents got on at the casino, it's safe to say that Isaac's mom hit the jackpot on Twitter, with her becoming a star overnight.

Once again, though, the story gives more evidence to the argument that parents simply should not have mobile phones. If you see your mom loading up a text, slap the phone out of her hand and save someone the trouble of trying to decipher what it was that she was trying to say.

Soccer moms get a bad rap. I mean really, by definition they're just suburban mothers carting around their kids so they can play soccer or some other extracurricular activity. But there's also a kind of stigma looming over them that says these mothers are overprotective about their angel children, regulating home internet use and feeding them homemade, organic, non-gluten, fair-trade snacks. They're depicted as SUV driving she-devils usually found screaming at people. And mostly to blame are films depicting them like this:

So if you're given the opportunity to see what soccer moms are really like, what do you do? A woman called Christi Rantis Lally unexpectedly had the chance, and on Monday shared a series of screenshots to her Facebook profile of a group message exchange.

Christi was accidentally added into a group chat, and hilariously took some creative licence to gently torment the group of people who turned out to be soccer moms. Her post, which since went viral, was captioned with this:

"This past week I received group texts on accident. They are a bunch of parents and a coach for some kids soccer team. Instead of telling them they had the wrong number, I did this. I am a horrible person... I'm so sorry Coach Juan. ???"

See for yourself that the crying-laughing faces are well suited indeed.

It begins with Christi receiving an invitation to an upcoming meeting "after practice" between parents and one "Coach Juan". Having no idea who the people in the message are, but cluing on that it's about some kind of children's sports team, she responds with an unsolicited (and completely made up) kid brag:

The message obviously sets off a few tempers already, judging by the choice of emojis, sarcasm and emphasised punctuation it's met with. It clearly encourages Christi to take it further:

Aha, so now we know it's a soccer team. Next, she takes a new line of attack:

It's clearly getting too much for some of the soccer parents at this point. Christi riles them up further by acting tone-deaf to why they are getting upset:

Poor Coach Juan is now being dragged into the kerfuffle. But Christi is persistent about the "snack situation":

Just... LOL. And then finally:

The saga ends there, and sadly, nothing new has been shared from the group text conversation. We can only imagine Coach Juan standing around with the group of parents, scratching their heads after realising the troll isn't amongst them and thinking, "but we never even had pudding cups".

Social media, like everything else, comes with its advantages and disadvantages. It's easier than ever for us to communicate with far-flung friends and family, and more importantly, we're able to browse the latest fashions and suss out potential love interests from the comfort of our own beds. The future is clearly here folks.

However, we can't get too carried away as women have been privy to a rather disturbing phenomenon in recent years - that of the d*ck pic. Yes, if you're female and have spent any time on the internet, you've likely been affronted with pictures of penises. And in the majority of cases, they're not only unsolicited but incredibly disrespectful. But have no fear, one woman is committed to teaching the "pelfie" senders of the world a lesson.

A woman named Tamira recently took to Imgur to post a long text exchange she had with a guy she went to high school with - Hank. The guy, who apparently had a crush on Tamira, decided to hit her up out of the blue, and while she did her best to be polite, she just wasn't interested and told him so. His response was to send her a d*ck pic. Yes, seriously.

Tamira began, "I was getting ready for work and distracted. It's a small enough neighbourhood. I just wanted him to go away without hard feelings".

Hank then informed Tamira that he liked her, and that he'd seriously bulked up since she last saw him, which obviously made him feel like he was "finally good enough" for her.

Tamira then revealed that she'd been going through a tough breakup, and that she wasn't looking for anything. The guy persisted, giving Tamira the whole "I'm not like other guys" line...

While Hank should have completely dropped it when Tamira said that she was "uncomfortable", he just kept going.

And then, out of nowhere - BAM - he sent a d*ck pic.

Stating that Hank's decision to send an unsolicited d*ck pic was "deplorable" and "gross", Tamira explained that just because he'd done something nice for her back in high school didn't mean that they had an "unbreakable bond or something".

He then had the audacity to accuse her of leading him on. I mean, the gall of this guy...

Tamira proceeded to send the entire chain to his grandmother, who she knew from church. And Hank went from being creepy to seriously angry in the space of about 10 seconds...

"I'm sorry you have to see this," she wrote to Hank's grandmother...

And while Hank's grandma was apologetic, the overall gist was "boys will be boys". Sigh.

Firstly, can we scrap the phrase "boys will be boys" from the English language? And secondly, this interchange perfectly sums up why women are hesitant to interact with men who they are not interested in. No matter how polite and courteous you are, anything can and undoubtedly will be construed as flirting.

We've all been in a position before where we've either sent a text to the wrong number or received a message that was meant for someone else. Depending on what was said, it can turn out to be a pretty embarrassing experience; but it's almost always resolved with a simple, "Sorry, I think you've got the wrong person".

For some people, however, it's not that easy.

This weekend, a woman named Rasheida received a message from a number she didn't recognize. It was a picture of an injured leg, along with the caption, "Thought you'd appreciate this."

So, as any other rational person would do, Rasheida replied, "who tf is this?"

And thus began one of the greatest message exchanges of the 21st century.

Unbeknownst to Rasheida, the woman texting her was actually trying to get in touch with her son, Dorian, who was apparently in the middle of a trip to LA and San Fransisco. Unfortunately, she didn't seem to have the best grasp on how texting works (or, indeed, how to take a message seriously), and so she ended up talking to Rasheida for some time.

Seeing as the stranger at the other end of the phone didn't appear to be quite taking the - very obvious - hint that she had the wrong number, Rasheida decided to help her out a little more by sending a selfie.

But even that didn't work.

By this point, Rasheida had quite clearly stated three times that Dorian's mama has the wrong number, sent her proof of this, and had not made any attempt at all to say otherwise. And yet, the other woman in the conversation still believed that this was all a hilarious joke.

So what's a person supposed to do at this point? If Rasheida ignored the woman, she might end up thinking that her son had ended up in some terrible accident somewhere while on his travels. But, if she carried on the conversation, it could have gone on the same way for an infinite amount of time.

Not keen on sending another dozen or so, "I AM NOT YOUR SON" messages, Rasheida took matters into her own hands... by Facetiming the stranger.

Eventually, the woman believed that she had the wrong number, and presumably went on to pester a few more strangers before she finally got through to Dorian. But the story doesn't end there.

After hanging up the call, Rasheida posted about the incident on Twitter. According to her, the pair spoke for 15 minutes, and "actually had a nice conversation".

Now, we all know how Twitter is a sucker for a sweet/funny story, so it was no surprise when the tweet quickly amassed a staggering number of shares and likes.

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But Rasheida knew she couldn't take full credit for such comedy gold. So she called up Dorian's mom again.

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Perhaps texting the wrong number isn't always such a terrible thing after all.

A woman who was sent an unsolicited picture of a man's penis decided to get revenge by telling his mother about her son's behavior.

Shannai Brooks-Jackson, 24, was disgusted when she received the explicit snap - but instead of doing nothing about it, she told the man's mother in a bid to stop him from ever doing it again.

Sharing a screenshot of the messages on Facebook, she captioned her post: "So today this random dude sent me a picture of his peen out of the clear blue sky so I found his mom on here and told her.

"It's 2020. Everything is already going horribly. Don't make me get your mom on you."

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Shannai penned a message to the man's mother, writing: "I just wanted you to know your son thinks it's okay to send women pictures of his penis for literally no reason at all.

"You seem like a wonderful lady so I know you didn't raise him to do things like that.

"I think maybe you should remind to treat women with the same respect he would want you to be treated with."

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However, she did not get the response she expected from contacting his mom, and instead, she claimed that the message was not sent by her son.

She said that his phone must have been hacked, and when Shannai objected, his mother finally said that she would deal with the situation.

Shannai's Facebook post of the incident received a lot of attention, receiving hundreds of likes and comments from people commending her for her reaction to the unsolicited picture.

One Facebook user condemned the man's mom for defending his actions, writing:

"I have a 9 month old son, and let me tell you right the f**k now, [I don't care] if he's 15 or 50, if I ever get a message he sent an unsolicited d**k pic to someone I'm going to make him beyond ashamed of himself.

"I'm not gonna be defending him at all. His mom and him both are trash. [sic]"

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A second added: "Predator apologists are part of the problem - their enabling assists in normalizing this behavior. 'Boys will be boys'? How about 'Consent is Clear'. [...]

"We are TIRED of men manipulating girls and women into participating in their own oppression! We are AWAKE and UNITED.

"Except this guy's mom. She's with Them."

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Meanwhile, a third simply wrote: "Clearly she did raise him this way and that’s why he's trash."

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Hopefully, this story will be a lesson in consent for anyone else thinking about sending an unsolicited picture of their genitals.