Before instant messaging was the primary way to get in touch with someone quickly, there were text messages, which meant actually knowing and saving someone’s number. Getting a number wrong by accident was a staple of comedy films and sitcoms for a reason.
We’ve gathered some of the best examples of people getting random, hilarious and chaotic texts from folks who had the wrong number. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own stories, texts and thoughts in the comments below.
#1 Sent Picture Of My Kids (Left) To The Wrong Number And Their (Right) Response Was
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#2 Mum Sent A Text To The Wrong Number. Mum Wanted To Share Some Good News With Family But Sent It To A Total Stranger Instead
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#3 Got A Wrong # Text Back In April, And It Made Me Smile Today!
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#4 Excellent Conversation
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#5 Never Gotten A Wholesome Text From A Wrong Number
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#6 Oh Dear
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#7 The Most Wholesome Wrong Number I’ve Ever Encountered
Yep, he proceeded to give me some tips on brisket cause I told him I ruined the last one and it was too dry… he said he’s been smoking for ages and I’m a beginner he said I can always hit him up with questions or for advice…. Literally such a nice person.
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#8 My Girlfriend Received A Group Selfie From A Wrong Number, So We Quickly Sent One Back
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#9 My Favorite Thanksgiving Text Ever
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#10 Someone Had The Wrong Number And Put Me Into A Women’s Church Group’s Chat. I Knew What I Had To Do
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#11 Wholesome Wrong Number Text From A Tired Healthcare Worker
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#12 Wrong Number
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#13 Wrong Number
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#14 Wrong Number
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#15 My Boss Accidentally Added A Wrong Number To Our Group Chat
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#16 Got A Wrong Number Text (I'm A Guy) And Could Not Resist
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#17 My Response To A Wrong Number, I Couldn't Resist!
This was much more fun than, "you have the wrong number."
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#18 Boyfriend Took A Wrong Number Text And Ran With It
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#19 This "Wrong Number" Clarification:
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#20 Wrong Number LED To The Most Wholesome Experience Of My Life
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#21 The Beginning Of A Friendship
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#22 Guess I Was Bored
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#23 Wrong Number Texted Me Last Night. Thought It Belonged Here
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#24 Old Gem I Completely Forgot About. Love You Too, Random Stranger
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#25 My Roommate Got A Wrong Number Text - So We Had Some Fun
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#26 To My Boss At A New Job Instead Of My Husband. Could Have Been Worse! Lucky He's Cool
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#27 Wrong Number Text Asking About Grandkids
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#28 Wrong Number
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#29 Step 1: Wrong Number. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit
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#30 Got A Wrong Number Text And I Couldn’t Resist
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#31 Throwback To The Best Wrong Number Text Ever. I Couldn’t Pass Up The Opportunity
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#32 Someone Got The Wrong Number
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#33 Wrong Number Bud
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#34 I Have Never Gotten A Wrong Number Text As Good As This One Before
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#35 When The Girl You Like Sends You The Wrong Message
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#36 My Friend Got A Wrong Number Text And
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#37 Wrong Number
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#38 Wrong Number, Man
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#39 My Sister Just Sent Me These Screenshots Of Potentially The Best Wrong Number Incident I Will Ever See. She Saw An Opportunity, And She Took It
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#40 Its Almost The 3rd Year Anniversary Of This Wrong Number Text. I Hope He's Doing Well
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#41 Who’s Grandma Is This ? I’ve Been Getting Texts From This Lady For A While. Not Sure If She Doesn’t Know How To Text Or If Someone’s Messing With Me
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#42 Wrong Number. Mildly Funny
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#43 Got A Wrong Number Text (I'm Blue)
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#44 My Friend Likes To Respond To Wrong Number Texts
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#45 How To Handle A Wrong Number
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#46 What The Hell Is This
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#47 So I Walked Out Of Walmart Last Night And Decided To Text My Buddy Dan. Well I Guess He Changed His Number And I Still Had The Old Number
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#48 Funny Wrong Number Message
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#49 Another "Wrong Person" Text From A Married Neighbor
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#50 Wrong Person
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#51 First Time I Got A Wrong Number Text
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#52 Idk How You Can Mess That Up Twice
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#53 God Bless This Text
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#54 Wrong Number Opportunity
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#55 Text From A Random Number. Really Rustled My Jimmies
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#56 Texted To My Sister
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#57 Uh. Wrong Number Still
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#58 My Mom Keeps Forgetting My Cousin James' Contact Has The Wrong Number Saved
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#59 I Got A Text The Other Day From A Wrong Number
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#60 Whoops
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#61 Random Number Texted Me
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#62 Throwback To When I Put The Wrong Number In
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#63 Should I Forgive Her?
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#64 It’s Been Over A Year And Idk What This Means
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#65 Some Random Person Dialed The Wrong Number And Started Facetiming Me While I Was In Band. This Is The Future
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#66 This Weird Text My Wife Got Today
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#67 Wrong Number Texts My Husband Received
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#68 Wholesome Wrong Number Convo
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#69 Mental Oofing To This Wrong Number Text That My Brother Got
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#70 Well?
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#71 My Friend Takes "Wrong Number" To A Whole New Level
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#72 I Took Advantage Of A Wrong Number Text
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#73 I've Been Getting A Lot Of Wrong Number Texts Recently But This By Far Is The Best
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#74 Amandas Not Going To Make It Bro
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#75 Sorry Ava
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#76 Wholesome Conversation With Someone Who Got The Wrong Number
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#77 Okie Dokie
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#78 Never Thought I'd Actually Get One Of These
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#79 Woke Up To This Wrong Number Text Today
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#80 Best Random Text I've Gotten This Year
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#81 Got A Text From A Wrong Number Last Night
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#82 I Love Wrong Numbers
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#83 Adorable Message From A Wrong Number. Erica, You've Made Patrick Very Happy
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#84 A Fun Wrong Number I Got Yesterday
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#85 Wrong Number Bro
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#86 Be Gone
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#87 One Of The Most Interesting Wrong Number Texts I’ve Received In A Long Time
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#88 Wrong Number Text
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#89 Too Funny
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#90 Still One Of The Funniest Wrong Number Texts I've Ever Gotten
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#91 Does This Count?
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#92 My Response To A Wrong Number
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#93 Hey Bailey? Im Not Bailey
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#94 Delicious Croc
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#95 Wrong Number
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#96 Oops, I’m Not The Right Gail, Almost Tempted To Keep The Convo Going
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#97 Got A Text From A Dude With The Wrong Number. Let’s Have An F For The Fallen Warrior
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