I feel like my family is fairly unusual in that we don't have a group chat.
It likely has to do with the fact that I was an only child, so any message intended for the whole family would only need to go to two other people for much of my life.
Still, everyone receives a wrong text or a wrong call every now and then. And while these conversations don't usually go on for very long before everyone parts ways, it can turn into a surprising experience if you're connected with the right person.
And after one family invited a stranger to their group chat, they found a new reason to like surprises.
