You ever try leaving a group chat?
You can’t. You get emotionally blackmailed by emojis.
You hit “Leave Group,” and instantly you get
“User has left.”
Like a suicide note with Wi-Fi.
Then comes the guilt:
“Hey, everything okay?”
“We were just talking about dinner.”
“Wow. You hate friendship, huh?”
I rejoin out of shame.
Now I’m stuck in six group chats:
- One for friends I haven’t seen in three years
- One for a birthday that already happened
- One called “Meme Zone” that hasn’t posted a meme since 2022
- One with my aunts, where someone sends daily Jesus stickers
- One for work, where the manager types “…” like a threat
- And one I created by accident and now can’t delete
And when I stay silent?
“Thomas, you still there?”
“Why you so quiet?”
“Say something or we’ll add you to another group.”
I want peace. I want to live in the woods. With no signal.
But somehow even there…
A group chat would appear:
“Forest Survivors – Thursday Picnic?”
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