Grandmas and grandpas grew up with rotary phones, so you have to cut them some slack when it comes to communicating via fancy smartphones or Facebook. After all, they love talking to their grandchildren, and it’s a huge reason why they are trying to become acquainted with modern technology in the first place. Some of these attempts, however, fall into hilarious text fails category. Bored Panda has compiled a list of funny text messages from grandparents that probably provided entertainment for the whole family, and it will definitely make you text your folks more often.
Stories about dead relatives and emojis of the middle finger aren’t always appropriate, but when these funny messages come from your grandparents, you can at least be sure good intentions are behind them. Scroll down to read some of the funniest things the elderly have texted their grandchildren and upvote your favorite text message fails!
#1 Too Much Information Grandpa

#2 Take Your Time Grandma

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#3 Lasagna

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#4 Friends Keep Dying

#5 My Grandma Got Confused

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#6 Sent My Grandparents A Card

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#7 Grandma Overshares

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#8 All Bacause I Said No To Bingo Night

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#9 Text From Grandma

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#10 I Don’t Know Grandma

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#11 Why Is My Grandmother So Cool?

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#12 Educating Grandma About Pop Culture

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#13 When Grandparents Are Bored

#14 Update

#15 Grandma Gave Me The Finger

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#16 Typical Grandma

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#17 Grandpa’s Abbreviations Game Is Strong

#18 Gee, Thanks Grandma

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#19 Deal With It

#20 Niece Texts Grandpa “Im Excited To Get My Braces Off Next Week!” Grandpa Responds “You’ll Have A Beautiful Smile Like Me!” With Photo

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#21 Grandpa Can’t Tell Me The Code On Social Media

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#22 Grandpa Says What He Thinks

#23 Grandma Asks About Classes

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#24 Grandpa Just Learned How To Text Photos… He Still Has Some Logistics To Think Through

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#25 I Guess It Still Counts As A Text

#26 Grandma Sends Selfie

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#27 Grandma Got Me

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#28 My Grandma Trying To Text

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#29 Grandpa With A Sense Of Humour

#30 So Sorry

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#31 It’s A Heart

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#32 She Is Still Expecting Grandchildren

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#33 Faithful Grandma

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#34 This Is Probably The Best Text I’ve Ever Received

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#35 Text From Grandpa

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#36 Watch Your Blood Pressure Grandpa Wayne

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#37 Grandma Said She Was In The Middle Of The Atlantic Late Last Night With No Extra Explanation

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#38 South Carolina

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#39 My Grandma Is Literally My Most Favourite Person. Partly Due To Texts Like This

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#40 When You Post A Facebook Status Telling People To Post A Gif Of What They’re Doing Over The Weekend And Your Grandma Texts You This

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#41 Thanks, Grandma

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#42 Text From Boyfriends Grandma

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#43 She Can Say Whatever She Wants Now

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#44 That One Time My Grandma Ever Texted Me

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#45 Facebook Stalker

#46 The Conversation I Had With My Grandma Today. She Loves Texting

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#47 I Rarely Get Text Messages From My Grandpa, But When I Do, It’s Never Disappointing

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#48 When Your Grandparents Are Better At Texting Than You

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#49 What Does “Gf” Stand For?

#50 My Grandma

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#51 She’s “K”

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#52 You Never Know When You Will Fins Some Dead Bug With Your Mail

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#53 My Grandpa Drinks Coffee With A Group Of Old Guys Every Morning. I Get Texts Like These All The Time

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#54 My Grandma Has Some Interesting Conversations With Verizon

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#55 Aunt Gave Birth Yesterday And Grandpa Was Very Excited

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#56 My Grandma Keeps Me Updated On Important Things

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#57 Explosive Laughter

#58 My Grandmother The Lol

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#59 I Can’t Believe My Grandma Really Texted Me This

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#60 Yolo

#61 Never Too Big For A Spankin From Your 76 Year Old Grandmother

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#62 My Grandmother Is Perfect

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#63 This Grandma Knows Emoji

#64 Wild Grandma

#65 Literally Forever Looking Forward To Reading And Getting A Laugh From The Daily Texts I Get From My Grandpa. He Loves Him Some CNN

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#66 My Poor Grandma

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#67 Do You Eat Fish D**ks?

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#68 My Brother Sent Me This Conversation He Had With Our Grandma

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#69 Wild And Wooly

#70 Grandma Is Just Keeping You Safe

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#71 Banned From Singing At The Church

#72 My Grandma Wants To Take Me Out For My Birthday

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#73 This Made My Day. I Love My Grandma

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#74 Merry Christmas To You Too

#75 Grandma Just Wants To Have Some Good Time

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#76 Grandma Strikes Again

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#77 My 91 Year Old Grandma Is Simply The Best

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#78 Text From My Grandpa & The Transcript Of The Accidental Audio Recording That Followed

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#79 My Grandma Is Cooler Than Yours

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#80 Lovely Selfie

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#81 You Don’t Say

#82 The First Texts My Grandma Ever Sent

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#83 My Grandpa Is Good At Texting

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#84 Yup! This Just Happened

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#85 I Live 2000 Miles Away And I Woke Up To This Text From My Grandpa

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#86 My Grandma Can’t Text

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#87 I Need To Call Grandma Back On Her Hp Printer

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#88 Greatest Thing To Wake Up To. Conyea

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#89 Can’t Get Over My Grandma Texting

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#90 Grandpa Ed Is Practicing What?

#91 My Grandma Just Got An Ipad And Tried To Use Voice Text To Text My Brother. His Name Is Cale

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#92 Isn’t It Just

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#93 Deep Thoughts From Grandpa

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#94 My Grandmother Knows What’s Up

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#95 Since When Did My Grandma Start Going To Bars And Since When Did She Learn How To Text? She’s 69! Too Bad My Car Is Broken Right Now Or Else I Would Go

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#96 Grandma Learning Speak-To-Text

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#97 She Learned How To Scream While Texting

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#98 Big Improvement, She Is Trying

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#99 D Herbs

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#100 He Cracks Me Up

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#101 Texts With Grandpa

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#102 Yummy

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#103 This Grandma

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#104 Glad She’s As Excited To Go To Disney This Weekend As I Am

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#105 When Your 95 Year Old Grandmother Sends You A Gif Of Adam Levine Blowing Kisses And A Lovely Text

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#106 Here’s A Typical Text Message Convo Between Us: Questionable Sanity? Check. Caps Lock And Random Symbols? Check. A Spontaneous Need To Send Me The Location Of A Pizza Hut 800 Miles Away From Me? Check. I Think Granny’s Texts Are My Favorite To Receive Honest To Goodness

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#107 Sharing Some Historical Facts

#108 He Is Frankenstein And He Is Going To Spain

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#109 When Your Grandma May Be Funnier Then You Are

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#110 Just Go With It

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#111 Sharing Love Of Pigeons

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#112 Grandma Doesn’t Get The Virtual Poking

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#113 Oh, Gramma. I Need Whatever She’s On

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#114 My Grandma Really Loves Me! I Love The Updates

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#115 The Birthday Text I Just Received From My Very Proper Grandmother. She’s So Hip

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#116 She Cracks Me Up

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#117 Grandma Just Sent This To Me. Like Her New Hairdo?

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#118 Alpache Hugs

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#119 Guess What I’m Getting For Christmas

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#120 Proud Grandpa

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#121 Grnine

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#122 That Moment When Your Grandma Calls You Out For Your Driving

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#123 Eat What?

#124 Getting Texts From My Grandma Always Makes My Day A Lil Brighter

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#125 Nana Knows Music

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#126 Just A Random Text I Got From The Grandma

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#127 Give Me A Text

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#128 This Is What Happens When The Internet Goes Down And Nana Can’t Figure Out Her Ipad

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#129 I Woke Up To This Text From My Grandpa Who Never Uses His Phone

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#130 Beautiful Brussel Sprouts

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#131 My Phone Has No Screen Shot Shot, But I Have A Funny Grandpa

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#132 My Papa’s Response To Our Discovery Of The Fact That He Is Indeed Snoop Dogg

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#133 Grandma Has Everything She Needs

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#134 Text From Grandma

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#135 Papa Waiting For Dinner

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#136 When Your Grandma Just Gets An Iphone And Thinks ‘Lol’ Means ‘Lots Of Love’

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#137 Is It True?

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#138 It Wasn’t Until This Message

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#139 She’s Got Jokes

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#140 The Perils Of My Grandmother Getting An iPhone

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#141 Texted My Brother About The Broncos Playing. 2 Min Later Get This Text From My Grandpa

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#142 The Important Things. Love, Ita. Oh Sorry, I Mean, Ita

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#143 Fawlty Towers On Deck

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#144 Grandma The Lil Wayne Fan

#145 My Grandma Tried To Talk To Me About My Dad’s Competition, But A More Pressing Matter Arose. (Gracie Is Her Yappy Dog)

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#146 Is That What You Want?

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