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The Family Group Chat Survival Guide

47 unread messages, 3 voice notes and a forward about lemon water curing everything.

The family group chat is a beautiful thing. It is also a 24/7 emergency hotline, a news channel with zero fact-checking and a place where your cousin's wedding drama lives rent-free.

You are allowed to mute it. Muting is not disrespect. Muting is choosing when you show up, so that when you do, you show up with love instead of a twitching eye.

Pick two check-in times a day. Reply to the important stuff. Heart-react the forwards. Leave the lemon water debate to the professionals (the uncles).

Now unclench your jaw.

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