'Your efforts mean nothing to us': Man Schedules Thoughtful Messages to Girlfriend and Mother, They Throw a Fit When They Find Out He Doesn't Spontaneously Think of Them Throughout His Busy Day

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    Font - Posted by u/Maleficent-Outside 23 14 hours ago 2 2 AITA for scheduling my text messages and gift reminders?
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    Font - So my daily life is kind of a mess. I manage a large number of people at my company, am constantly traveling and frequently get pulled in many directions throughout a given day. All in all, it's very easy for me to lose track of little details and forget something important because of all of this. I'm always looking for ways to use technology to mitigate these issues and be more organized.
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    Font - A couple years ago, our IT guy showed me how the new iphone has a scheduling system and you can set it to automatically do things like send a text at a specific time or when you arrive at a certain place. After learning how this works, I've come to use it fairly often.
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    Font - For example, I have it set so when I leave the house in the morning, it texts my secretary that I'll be at the office in 10 minutes - I leave at varying times depending on if an executive needs to call me about something before I get to the office. This helps her schedule out the first couple hours of my morning when I set aside time to meet with account reps who need me to approve budgets, sign off on proposals, etc before getting to my own meetings and calls.
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    Font - I also started using it a lot in my personal life. My girlfriend really loves it when I text her in the morning and I'd sometimes get caught up in work and forget, so I started writing a personal text out to her in the evening and setting it to send out at some time the next morning, just a little note about how I hope she has a great day, wishing her good luck on a presentation she has, etc.
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    Font - My mom is also a bit forgetful these days, so I'll frequently days in advance set up something like "Hey mom, hope you're having a great day! Just wanted to make sure you remember it's [niece]'s birthday party tonight at 7, don't forget to bring cupcakes." to go out to her that afternoon around 4p.
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    Font - More of the same with other things, like I'll have it text my secretary a few days before a client's birthday to ask her to send a gift, things like that. Overall I think it's been really helpful.
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    Font - Last week, I showed my brother how it all worked and suggested he could use it to help himself get more organized. He told my mom and girlfriend about how I use my phone to automate when I text them or send gifts, and now they're both really pissed at me. They both say they felt like I had been putting in so much effort to be thoughtful and caring despite how busy I am, but it's all just been a facade and I'm just using my phone to automate it all.
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    Font - I honestly don't think that's fair. Every message I sent them is something I wrote myself. Every reminder is there because I set it myself. I'm doing this because I felt bad that I had in the past missed these details, and I feel like I'm just using the phone to help me be more organized and thoughtful. But they clearly don't see it that way and are acting like I betrayed them or something. AITA?
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    Font - bransanon 13 hr. ago 4 92 Partassipant [1] You should set your iPhone to automatically text your brother several times throughout the day reminding him to go fuck himself. NTA.
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    Font - dark-_-thoughts. 7 hr. ago S Make sure you put in that text message that it is an automatically scheduled text though that way he knows it's not a personal f*** you it's a calculated f*** you lol
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    Font - Lex1982 6 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [8] This... so much this. OP is NTA. If it was the same message every time, my verdict would be different. But given they take the time to craft messages specifically for them they are not an AH.
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    Font - asexualdruid. 4 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [6] Fr i have reminders on my phone telling me to shower, brush my teeth, text my gf, get out of bed (on depression days)... these are tools and op is using them because he cares so much. Nta ×1000
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    Font - Both-Task2017. 2 hr. ago Partassipant [1] I think it'll be hilarious when they get upset that he doesn't text them anymore or he forgets sometimes. They can't have it both ways. If
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    Font - Grave Dancer40 . 6 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [6] Exactly! It's not like he's having AI text them, he's just composing the texts when he has the time and bandwidth to focus on it and scheduling it to send out later. It's actually brilliant.
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    Font - mphs955 hr. ago Brother is jealous that OP does this and wants to make him look like an AH. Brother is the AH instead. Go back to the regular way for about a week. When they get mad again, tell them to make up their minds. I do like the scheduling FU texts to brother though.
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    Font - too_much_2na · 4 hr. ago Yeah what the hell. They're acting like he's using ChatGPT to maintain his relationships but he's just composing nice messages when he's able to and having them sent when it's helpful or they'd prefer to receive them. It's very thoughtful!
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    Font - C2H5OHNightSwimming. 4 hr. ago To be fair, the brother probably didn't think it was bad and therefore didn't think anything of telling them, maybe he was telling it cause he was impressed. Its the mom & the gf reacting like a holes in this case
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    Font - 2korean 14 hr. ago From what I just read, anyone who thinks you're the asshole for this is an asshole who is clearly not the brightest crayon in the box.
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    Font - partanimal 13 hr. ago NTA. Your mom and gf are obviously important to you, so you use the tools at your disposal to convey your love for them. Have they never written someone birthday or anniversary on a calendar or on a day planner?
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    Font - Peregrine21591. 43 min. ago If anything I think I would feel even more special knowing my partner had thought so carefully about those messages and the impact they have on my day. A text is nice. But knowing that someone KNOWS how you enjoy those texts and have gone out of their way to ensure they always manage to get one to me.
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    Font - talkbaseball2me. 5 hr. ago Partassipant [1] I don't think you're an asshole - but I do understand where your girlfriend and mom are coming from. I'm betting that for your girlfriend especially, she knows you're super busy at work. She had this image in her head that in the midst of all that chaos you were taking a moment to think of her. Finding out that isn't true probably hurt, she might even feel a little misled.
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    Font - Prestigious_Company9. 6 hr. ago NTA. You put a lot of thought and care into it. You're probably more on the ball and considerate than those of us who get busy and forget. You obviously have to type the messages personally, it's not an auto generated message. I wish my husband did this! Lol

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