Living in close proximity to a large family has endless perks. Life can throw a curveball at any time and when we are losing control of life, our family keeps us balanced. For the kids growing up in a large, extended family, it's a party life nearly every day. Countless cousins, uncles, aunts and grandparents spoil them with love. 

The idea of being surrounded by a tribe of your own with ample entertainment, festivities and re-unions sounds enticing. Never a dull moment with an extended family. However, the flip side of it all is equally grand. Drama, misunderstandings and fights are commonplace in such a setting. "One big happy family" is more fiction than reality. Some toxic relatives can be a hard nut to crack and they mostly tend to overstep healthy boundaries. One man has been getting lots of praise from the internet for his brilliant idea to keep money-seeking relatives at arm's length. 

This internet-approved trick can be your savior in a similar circumstance. A Twitter post by @callmemahrani went viral with over 2.5 million views and over 40k likes after it was posted on May 24, 2023. The woman shared the secret trick her uncle played on the Whatsapp family group, which she also fell prey to but it turned out to be his masterstroke. LOL. The post read, "My uncle just sent a message to the family group asking for money. I privately messaged him asking for banking details to deposit the required amount but he responded by saying he didn't need money. He just wanted to make sure that nobody in the family asks him for money." The genius hack got the internet's stamp instantly and the post was swamped with people's two cents about the uncle's cleverness.

@AbdulqadirARYwas keen to apply the idea on his relatives and joked, "Gonna do that right now." Good Luck, mate. Hahaha! Another user,@ezmahol, tried to outsmart the uncle and gave the OP a savage idea, "Now blackmail him for money to keep the secret." It's frightening how a human mind can produce wild schemes like this. The OP immediately responded, "Thinking of it." LMAO! @han_asoka jumped in and wrote, "Her uncle will counter-blackmail Maharani for blackmailing him." @arsh_kaur7 quipped, "What an idea." @MBee294 sang praises of the uncle and wrote, "Family living in 2023 ... uncle in 2050." 

@CjnismygfanOt7 declared, "This is the ultimate Uno reverse card." A Twitter user, @AbuSayeedAhmed mentioned that the trick had been tried and tested by him. He wrote, "I applied the same trick in college life being done after lending money one after another." From cheesy 'good morning' messages to outdated jokes and attempts at match-making, family Whatsapp groups can frustrate and entertain us in equal measure.