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The WhatsApp Mum

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04.10.2026

Georgia is always on her phone, and who can blame her when there are just so many messages coming through? Largely it’s her own fault because there is nothing she loves more than setting up a group chat.  

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Every social occasion, however minor, deserves its own forum. Which is why her WhatsApp is a graveyard of past events: Year 3 Christmas Fair. Padel 4 Hot Mums. Mykonos 2024. Flo’s baby shower. Jilly Cooper Book/TV Club. Name India’s baby. One is simply called Apples and she has no recollection of creating it.  

She is forever adding people to groups, or removing them, should she feel the need. Her groups, her rules. Back in her single-gal heyday, she presided over girl boss-themed literary evenings, safe spaces for basic bitches, sexy supper clubs, and, her absolute fav, hen-dos. God, she misses those days.  

But now, as a mother, she is truly in her element. They say it takes a village to raise a family. Well, WhatsApp is Georgia’s village. And she is the chieftain. 

She takes particular pride in her children’s........

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