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Why I hate WhatsApp with a passion

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Why I hate WhatsApp with a passion

I made one of the biggest blunders in my life - joining this platform called WhatsApp. And now it has robbed me of something I enjoy and cherish dearly - my peace of mind.

You see, I am the kind of person who minds my own business. I do not bother with people's business and I expect them to respect my space. But WhatsApp has changed that.

Since I joined this app, I have been put in so many family groups, some by force. So now every so often, there is an update of something family-related and I am expected to contribute.

The other day, my sister-in-law enlisted me in a group for starting some farming project upcountry. So every day there are updates on the project and everybody is expected to contribute to the discussion.

But being me, I have been exceptionally quiet. Not that I do not like the idea, it's just that I like taking my time before I commit my word, energies and money into something. That's just me.

So the other weekend, the conversation went like:

"Ideas for shags farming project," my hubby's elder sister started the conversation.

And the ideas started trickling in from the brilliant to the naïve...

"I am for rabbits," my brother-in-law messaged.

"How about we start a fish projo?" the younger sister suggested.

"No, fish has been overdone," the big brother interjected.

The conversation went on and on with all the 20 members contributing, save for yours truly.

After the discussion died a natural death, my sister-in-law revived it in the middle of the night by dragging my name into it.

"Mama Tasha kwani you have no ideas..." she typed.

I didn't respond. I mean nobody can rob me of my right to remain silent. I am aware that such projects always start with velocity of a river but along the way, the stream dries up because of lack of commitment so I rarely waste my energies contributing.

So when my sister-in-law continued to push me to comment, I did the unthinkable.

I left the group.

And WhatsApp announced to all and sundry that Mama Tasha has left the group.

But what WhatsApp forgot to say is that it had nothing to do with malice, just 'roho safi'. But oh WhatsApp makes such innocent moves look so malicious and interpreted badly.

Guess what? My sister-in-law did not take it kindly and at the next family meeting, I was the agenda.

"Mama Tasha is so anti-development that's why she left the WhatsApp group," that was the opening statement when the family meeting started. Thank God for a supportive husband because he came to my defense.

So since I joined WhatsApp, that has been the life. I am invited to some group I do not subscribe to and when I pull out, I am expected to explain. To hell with WhatsApp.

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