A woman who was accidentally included in a group text message with a bunch of soccer moms couldn’t resist stirring the pot by claiming her fictional son is ‘the best on the team’ — sparking a hilarious argument.
When Christi Rantis Lally from South Elgin, Illinois, found herself in the group chat, she opted to have a little fun with the parents. Her expert trolling not only infuriated other members in the conversation, but someone actually reported her to the kids’ soccer coach.
Christi found the entire situation so amusing she took to Facebook last week to share screegrabs of the conversation while apologizing to the coach for the all the anger that she incited.
Stirring the pot: Christi Rantis Lally riled up some soccer moms this month when she was accidentally included in their group text message
‘I am a horrible person’: Christi took to Facebook to share screengrabs from the conversation after she started a hilarious argument
‘This past week I received group texts BY accident,’ she explained. ‘They are a bunch of parents and a coach for some kids soccer team.
‘Instead of telling them they had the wrong number, I did this. I am a horrible person… I’m so sorry Coach Juan.’
The chat starts with someone telling the parents that Coach Juan want to meet with them at the end of practice that night. Most members of the group text just say ‘OK’, but Christi writes back: ‘My kid is the best on the team… Just sayin.’
Unsurprisingly, someone asks what she means by that, and Christi doubles down by saying her ‘kid has raw talent’.
One of the strangers tries to hit back at Christi by asking why her son is playing ‘for the village’ if he is so talented.
The person’s response earns a few emoji from some of the other parents, but Christi has the perfect answer.
Say what? Christi started trolling the parents by claiming her fictional child is the ‘best on the team’
Unbelievable: Christi told the other parents that her son was being scouted, noting that he will one day realize what a ‘great influence his talent was on the other kids’
‘I think when he’s older he will realize what a great influence his talent was on the other kids. It’s very noble actually considering hes being scouted,’ she says.
Someone points out that ‘all the kids have talent’ while adding that ‘the time the kid actually gets on the field’ is more important than their talent or the goals they score.
‘Participation trophies are for little sissy players,’ Christi responds. ‘By the way the snacks suck lately.’
When one person points out that ‘anyone can have talent’, Christi takes her charade to a whole other level by claiming her son hangs out with famous soccer players.
‘Yeah but is everyone invited to David Beckham’s home for Christmas? I don’t think so…’ she says.
At this point, other members of the group chat are starting to really get riled, with one person saying: ‘OK I don’t know wtf is going on here but I’m getting p****d off.’
Famous friends: Christi went on to complain about the snacks before claiming her son was invited to David Beckham’s home for Christmas
Seriously? At this point, some people in the chat started to get riled up, and one person contacted the kids’ soccer coach about the situation
Other people point out that their is a meeting later where they can discuss these comments, prompting Christi to feign innocence.
‘What p****d you off? The snack comment?’ she asks.
‘The fact that you had the audacity to say that your child is the “best”. I think that makes us all p****d,’ the person responds. ‘You think your child is sooooo good then sign him up for club, and also if you think the snacks have been sucking lately, please bring your own damn snacks for your child.’
The person added: ‘Not only are you selfish but you also are ungrateful. Also Coach I don’t see what you’re not taking action with this situation. Isn’t this your job to take control when someone steps out of their place?’
Someone says Coach Juan has been made aware of the situation and will be addressing it at the meeting that night, but Christi boldly reminds them that her attendance depends on the snack situation.
‘So you’re only coming out because of the food and not your child? one person asks with disgust.
Still going: The parents decided they would settle this at the meeting, but Christi noted her attendance depends on the ‘snack situation’
Too funny: At the end of the post, Christi claimed soccer star Cristiano Ronald told her son that he reminded him of himself when he was younger
‘When you say it like that it sounds bad,’ she says.
However, some parents can’t get over her comments about her child being the best, and someone argues that there are plenty of other players who are superior to him.
Christi asks the person to ‘name one’, but the stranger argues that she can’t because she doesn’t know the name of her child.
‘You can’t say someone is superior if you don’t know who my child is. Quite possibly the superior child you were thinking of is in fact my child,’ Christi argues.
‘Cristian[o] Ronaldo literally told me my child reminded him of himself when he was younger… the proof is in the pudding (and btw pudding cups are not acceptable snacks),’ Christi adds.
Christi’s hilarious post has been shared nearly 15,000 times since last Monday, and more than 5,000 people have taken to the comments section to share their amusement.