Yikes, just made an embarassing email mistake
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Anonymous
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My DS has concerns about a situation at his college and forwarded me a letter from administration that was on the same topic, partially to illustrate his concern and looking for feedback. (It is a campus issue, not related to DS individually)
I replied to his email, but realize now that my email actually went right to the administrator who sent the email forwarded by my son. Neither of us said anything inflammatory or derogatory in our messages, they were more about problem solving and support. I think the best thing to do is just to forget this ever happened and move on. I don't even want to mention it to DS who would be mortified that this happened. I figure the administrator gets so many emails they will just ignore/delete my message anyway. Do you think I should send any type of followup to the administrator, or just let it go? Feeling embarrassed. 
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Anonymous
I'd let it go. But how in the world did you make such a boo-boo? Wouldn't you have had to type the administrator's name into the TO line? Why not simply hit REPLY and respond directly to your son? Speaking of, I'd mention it to my son (and hope he doesn't completely freak out). If the admin. responds to you, oh well. I'm sure it would be a diplomatic response, but I don't think your email would stand out among the thousands they receive. |
Anonymous
| yeah I have no idea how you did this as a "boo boo". |
Anonymous
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DS had forwarded the message, and when I hit reply, my Verizon email replied to the original sender. I did not verify the address it was going to before I hit "send".
Really dumb, I know. |
Anonymous
| happens to everyone, all the time, don't beat yourself up. |
Anonymous
| No, do not mention it to your child. Let it go. |
Anonymous
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OP again,
The only way I know about the mistake is that I always check my "sent" folder to make sure my messages went out. We sometimes have problems with Verizon email. |
Anonymous
| Um of course you need to mention it to your child. What if the administrator contacts her son? He needs to know what happened. |
Anonymous
| Let it go and don't tell your son. A college admin isn't going to put too much thought into it. Even if you guys were bitching about the college, what are they going to do? |
Anonymous
| Email the administrator and briefly say that you accidentally sent them the email. And then also tell your son, separately. |
Anonymous
| I still don't understand how this happened unless this is a feature of Verizon email. |
Anonymous
| I don't know how it happens, either, but it has happened to me before, too. So there's no need to berate the OP or imply that this was a freudian slip or whatever. |
Anonymous
| Hey, $h!t happens and it happens to everybody. OP, you may be feeling awful about it, but I would just forget it. You said you didn't say anything bad in the e-mail. And yes, considering the amount of e-mails that the admins receive, he would probably just dismiss it. Besides, now that your son is already in college, what are they going to do? Just think about your son's well-being and the campus issues that he is in. It was just a mistake. Chin up! |
Anonymous
| OP here, I decided just to let it go. If I hadn't checked my sent messages, I never even would have known I'd made the mistake. So I'm pretending I never even did this. Thanks for the support! |
Anonymous
| Oh, for pete's sake OP. What are they going to do? Kick him out because he has a nosey, over-involved mother? |