After I got my new car I wanted to surprise my parents when I drove down. I was careful where I posted on about it on social media, but my sister still managed to see it. Which lead to a wonderful conversation with my 3 year old nephew about ‘Uncle Bim’s BLUE CAR!’ because he has two blue cars. Somehow, neither of my nibblings told my parents.

When I drive down I’ll share my route in Google Maps when I am about an hour away and they can see when I am about to get there. When you share your location on Google Maps it helpfully includes the battery status of your phone. Mum saw this (surely not for the first time) she thought it was the battery charge of a car.

She was still somewhat surprised to see the new car, but also had ruined the surprise herself as well.