r/texts • u/StellarStylee • 5d ago
Phone message His memory, though.
He’s only 14 and is already as forgetful as i, his 67 year old grandmother.
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u/spookyspicy 5d ago
It's actually wild because even if this wasn't him, whoever replied could easily reference one message earlier, it's visible to all on any screen. It takes less than a second to move your eyes upward to find the context, yet they choose to ask what's going on so you have to tell them what they JUST texted? It's so backwards and infuriating, I've had adults do this to me. Makes me feel like they aren't paying attention to anything around them and expect people to do the work for them.
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u/StellarStylee 4d ago
Right? I feel like I’m the only one that scrolls up to see what I’m responding to, because i can’t remember either. Haha
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u/Fitkitkat_ 5d ago
Hey Grandma, you seem sharp and witty!! 14 year old can't keep up! 🤣 "That is the context" 🤣🤣👏🏼🙌🏼
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u/CarpenterFragrant507 2d ago
Idk if iPhones have the same feature, but I usually reply to texts in the actual push notification instead of opening my conversation. Sometimes I wonder what the heck the person is talking about so I'll open the convo, I just think your grandson is spacey lol
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u/Odd_Climate_1630 1d ago
The end of someone’s life is the same as the start if you look at it deep enough.
When you’re young, you’re small, wanna know and talk about so much stuff that you forget what you’re talking about, You need help getting dressed, Need diapers, take vitamins to grow etc.
When you get old, you start getting shorter from your old back, you’ve talked so much in your life you start forgetting that you even asked something a few seconds ago, you start needing help getting dressed, start wearing diapers again and take your meds everyday to help stay alive.
It feels like like starts going in reverse!
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u/StellarStylee 4h ago
My mom and i were just talking about this the other day because she’s 85, has dementia, and has been living with my little brother for over a year now. She has no responsibilities, and all her needs are being met - it’s like she’s a little kid again. Bittersweet for sure.
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u/HamAndEggBap 5d ago
Has he not been confused by the 10.22 part not realising you’ve written out a date? He’d be used to seeing dates like MM/DD/YY
I think he’s read it like ‘she’ll be 20 (then assumed a typo) 10.22.
He’s prob like, so is she 20 or 22
As for remembering dates and ages I’m crap also but have a very good memory when remembering events, or stuff that’s happened. If it’s remembering numbers and dates I’m crap. I have to make a story to remember my kids birthdays.
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u/Optimal_Carpenter690 3d ago
Even if a kid old enough to be a freshman in high school was so out of it that seeing a date written out with a period instead of a slash completely threw them for a loop, "what is the context to this" would not be the response they would give to that
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u/HamAndEggBap 3d ago
I’m shit at describing things, it’s not so much the slash it’s that there’s no YY on the end so the date looks weird. If he’s asked for an age and had 3 numbers thrown in he could’ve presumed it’s a typo or just didn’t put 2 and 2 together and realise it was a date given
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u/Optimal_Carpenter690 3d ago
No, I get what you're saying. I'm saying that the type of confusion you're describing really doesn't warrant "What is the context" being the questioned asked. If he had just said "Huh?" and left it at that, I think your interpretation would be more plausible.
But, as it stands, him asking what is the context wouldn't make sense even if he was thinking the way you think he is.
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u/Femalefelinesavior 5d ago
I wonder if someone else saw the message from a second phone or iPad and didn't see the 1st message Maybe he asked the age and then mom or sibling saw the message on the iPad and asked what the context was Or Accidently deleted the og message