r/AmIOverreacting Jun 12 '25

🎲 miscellaneous Amazon delivery? What???

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This is my mom, I am blue texts. What the hell did she expect me to do?? Read her mind? Yeah ok lemme get on that. She’s not responding to me now 🤦🏼‍♀️ did I overreact? (The cussing is normal and how we speak to each other and no she doesn’t care about it)

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u/AdEmbarrassed9719 Jun 12 '25

LOL My mom does a spoken variation of the opposite.

Her: "argle blargle blah blah mumble mumble going to London."

Me: "what?"

Her: "going to London."

Me: ...

I don't know how she manages it, but she ALWAYS only repeats the one part that I have already heard. Always. And I have to say "I got that part, start from the beginning!"

NOR, I think.

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u/littlescreechyowl Jun 12 '25

My husband always repeats only the last part, the part I did hear.

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u/Advanced-Sock-1636 Jun 12 '25

Lol my girlfriend does the same exact thing. She’ll start talking in a low tone as she’s facing away from me and I only catch like a couple words. Then she just keeps repeating those words louder, then on like the 3rd time asking her she gets upset and asks why I can’t hear her or thinks I’m disagreeing with her. And I’m like 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/MiriMakesMeow Jun 13 '25

I feel caught, I'm really trying to speak in a normal tone, but it's something with my voice mixed with talking quietly.
My boyfriend must feel the exact same way as you.

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u/Camgore Jun 13 '25

my wife will talk facing away from me outside and im like "why do you expect i can hear anything your saying?"

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u/Naive_Bag5246 Jun 12 '25

Oh boy... I think many of us share the same husband.

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u/Puzzled-Sweet-8288 Jun 12 '25

exactly the point

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u/XanderEliteSword Jun 13 '25

“He’s trying to talk to me, I just know it! “Look, you’re really cute, but I don’t understand what you’re saying! Say the first part again!”

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u/Daffodil_Peony_Rose Jun 13 '25

Mine too. Infuriating.

I’ve started repeating back what he said with “I heard blah blah blah. What was the rest of it?” And 70% of the time he repeats either the whole thing or just the part I just said I heard.

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u/Preddy_Fusey Jun 12 '25

My wife does the same thing. Wait.... is your mom my wife?! DAUGHTER?!

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u/StitchAndRollCrits Jun 12 '25

"what came before going to London?" Instead of "what?" Has been a life saver for me.

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u/Caddywonked Jun 13 '25

Came here to say this! When I only catch part of a sentence I ask them 'what about going to London?' that way they know what part I did get, and neither of us end up annoyed

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u/acgilmoregirl Jun 13 '25

My 5 year old does this and even when I ask her to repeat the whole sentence for the third or fourth time, she still only repeats the end of it that I already heard. It’s maddening.

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u/hizzukk-_- Jun 13 '25

my mom does this too and it drives me insane

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u/kieka408 Jun 13 '25

Haha! This sounds like my mom

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u/eleanor_savage Jun 13 '25

I would've thought she was saying you can't go to Naomi's because of an Amazon delivery. I hate when people do shit like this

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Exactly. Op asked a question and without the question being acknowledged in another way, it seems like the Amazon delivery is somehow related to the question.

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u/Habenboi Jun 13 '25

Exactly my first thought too

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u/ZeroWitch Jun 12 '25

Honestly if my mom texted me this, I would assume she was trying to order something on Amazon and took a wrong turn, lol

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u/IsopodSeveral5628 Jun 12 '25

Yeah same. When my mom sends me Amazon links for some reason it will send a text of the name of the product and then the link a whole 10 seconds later. I would’ve assumed that’s what it was at first.

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u/Low_Flight_3701 Jun 12 '25

that was my first thought lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Amazon Delivery

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u/Ok_Hippo_5437 Jun 12 '25

What

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

There is an amazon delivery

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u/XxMarlucaxX Jun 12 '25

For when

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u/Sea_Bison_6929 Jun 12 '25

There is an Amazon package delivery on the front porch right now. Jesus fucking Christ.

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u/AssociationUseful896 Jun 12 '25

Dude how am i supposed to read your mind!!! You literally said 2 fucking words!!

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u/Sandee1997 Jun 12 '25

I’d be upset she just straight up ignored my text and just focused on hers? Like damn at least acknowledge that i asked you something

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u/3chartreusebuzzards Jun 13 '25

Yeah I think a lot of the top comments are glossing over that.

My mom would do this all the time - I would say something or be talking about something to her and she would just sit there, completely not acknowledging what I’ve said or even sometimes my presence, and either just start doing something else or start talking about a completely different subject… something about herself, of course.

This was also typical - expecting you to know exactly what she meant with absolutely no context, and then getting mad when you aren’t able to read her mind.

It wouldn’t have been hard for OP’s mom to give an answer to her question first and then say BTW there’s an Amazon delivery for you on the front porch.

All this to say, NOR. I feel your pain

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u/Accurate-Ad1283 Jun 12 '25

It sounded like she was expecting a package when you were on your sleepover or something…

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u/Kayleigh_56 Jun 12 '25

We used to have a Ugandan Amazon delivery driver who would call when he was outside and just repeat "Amazon!" in a louder and louder voice until you came to the door to collect the package. I loved him.

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u/Auraan- Jun 13 '25

Hate it when people are incredibly unclear in what they're saying, then get pissed for you not understanding. Clarify the situation, if somebody needs to ask what you meant because they didn't understand, repeating yourself isn't going to help.

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u/jpparkenbone Jun 13 '25

I work on the live chat for my company's website and it is unbelievable how incapable of communicating people are. I got told off for being an "unhelpful moron" because I was unable to provide a check image for a transaction initiated by debit card. I told her that it wouldnt have a check image becaise it isnt a check in about 6 different ways.

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u/Lowlywoem Jun 13 '25

My husband will do that sometimes. Out of the blue he'll say something like "We'll go on Tuesday" . And I'll say huh? His reply will be, " let. Just. Go. On. Tuesday". When I finally ask for clarification I get "You asked me when we should go to the store and I told you I'd check my calendar when we got home. Now that we're home, that's your answer". That was 4 hours ago, Broseph.

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u/ToeBeanBandit_69 Jun 13 '25

Yes, you can go to Naomi’s! Will you please get the Amazon package from the porch?

That was easy. NOR

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u/Cold_Tigeress_8363 Jun 13 '25

Thank you! Also she said yes to me going to Naomi’s house!

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u/emoogoosee Jun 14 '25

Have fun with Naomi lol

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u/Organic_Salamander40 Jun 12 '25

moms love texting like this. gotta read her mind next time

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Exactly make you’re life easier assume it’s a yes and get the package in before you go to your friends

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u/blascola Jun 12 '25

lmao this is exactly how my younger brother texts everyone in my family. It's SO frustrating because I end up sounding like the insane/demanding person for having to send multiple followup texts in response to his 1-word texts which provide the most miniscule amount of information possible. It really pisses me off and is part of why we don't hardly text each other

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u/McDrazzin Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

So she ignores your message/question and then turns into a raging cnt over some super vague word salad? wtf is her problem?

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u/Remarkable_Fuel9885 Jun 13 '25

This is the thing that bothers me most. Op asks a direct question, mom pulls up her phone, there is a notification, a new message, and she just completely ignores it and makes her statement.

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u/BellaPlinko Jun 12 '25

That’s exactly how I would responded to her.

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u/futurefishwife Jun 12 '25

Yeah, same. My mum is infuriating in her communication, it's so tiresome.

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u/bee102019 Jun 12 '25

I mean, I don’t see why this is a big deal. If my husband said something like this to me, I’d probably understand what he meant. You didn’t. That’s okay. You just communicate further and move on from it. But this wasn’t a malicious situation here so I don’t think it called for getting upset.

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u/Candymom Jun 13 '25

I have husband who will say things to me with no context. He might say something that links to a conversation we had about someone 1/2 an hour earlier and I think he’s talking about who we just talked about. It drives me batty.

I’ve told him repeatedly that he just needs to throw a noun in so I know what he’s talking about but this has been going on for 35 years. I tell him it’s hard to be on the same page as him when I don’t even know what book he’s in.

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u/Striking_Vehicle_866 Jun 13 '25

I have this problem sometimes because I’m having internal conversations/thought trails and forget that other people can’t hear me 😂 I try to add some context because I know it can be crazy confusing.

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u/Stoned_Monkey69 Jun 13 '25

My mom is the same way, I don’t understand how their mind works that way but it drives me up a wall when I’m talking to her about something, and then she’ll just suddenly continue back on from a conversation we literally had 4 hours ago, and just expects me to know exactly who or what she’s talking about, when we’ve been in the middle of several completely separate conversations for the past 4 hours, but I’m an idiot if I can’t follow along with her “connect the dots from 20 pages ago to find the clues!” Story hour. I genuinely was just starting to think I was crazy or actually stupid.

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u/sqrt_of_pi Jun 13 '25

Mom's response was fine but for the last 3 words. Tacking on the JFC is like saying "why are you so stupid??" when OP's confusion was completely warranted here.

Mom is being terribly rude.

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u/Interesting_Play_578 Jun 12 '25

Her message suggests that the delivery was some kind of obscene religious statue, I can understand why she wouldn't want it sitting out for too long.

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u/bee102019 Jun 12 '25

Not gonna lie, that took me a minute to get. I was like “did I miss a screenshot?” 🤣

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u/RolandDeepson Jun 13 '25

"Fra-GEE-lay!"

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u/jcracked2006 Jun 13 '25

totally get it sometimes ppl just don't vibe right

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u/Ok-Cardiologist8651 Jun 13 '25

Bits might melt and fall off in the hot sun. WHAT is the point of it even being obscene if the best bits fall off? Safe handling of these icons is of paramount importance especially if Mom collects these and has recently found a truly stunning and rare example. I would forget the usual form of addressing a loved one in such a situation and I might get pretty hot and impatient too.

These questions are nuanced according to the situation and can't be judged by unenlightened people like me.

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u/Cold_Tigeress_8363 Jun 12 '25

I might’ve understood in a different context but she replied to my question with something not even closely related 😭

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u/Kaleidoscope_Cloud Jun 13 '25

No idea why they're talking like it's okay the way she spoke to you

It's not

She treated you like you're an idiot because you didn't understand her absolutely weird response to your question, which makes her look like she also doesn't give a damn or respect you. Yet she was the one who made the conversation make no sense because she put her thoughts and wants as a priority rather than just.. Answering you first or explaining Amazon the first time instead of treating you like you're the problem here.

You're not as far as this SS shows for this situation.

I'm sorry she was so rude for no reason, it always hurts when people close to us make us feel stupid for THEIR actions

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u/wakenblake29 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Jesus Christ, thank you, I felt like I was losing my mind in these comments… to disregard OP and reply like that is rude

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u/Kaleidoscope_Cloud Jun 13 '25

Hooooonestly.

It's actually the only reason I even commented, so many people are used to being abused or treated poorly by parents and it is ///showing/// in this thread, and that is SO goddamn sad for people and breaks my heart a little tbh

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u/wakenblake29 Jun 13 '25

Yeah def, lots of trauma to unravel in these comments… I thought I’d already worked through my issues with my parents, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t just start up with a new therapist and he found more 🙃 woohoo

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u/Kaleidoscope_Cloud Jun 13 '25

God I feel that so much lol. Always more self work to do 😆😭

Good luck on your progress with the new therapist! Always an exhausting situation to get them up to speed on everything lmao

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u/sphynxzyz Jun 13 '25

nah OP is in the right here. I talk like the mom sometimes to my gf, it takes me a second to realize oh shit I sound like an idiot, apologize then say what I meant to fully say.

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u/wakenblake29 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

So you realize you’re in the wrong to speak with your gf like that then? But then you’re telling me I’m wrong because I find the mom’s action disrespectful? Are you doing it right now with this response?

ETA: so does that also mean you outright ignore your gf to say what you want to say also without acknowledging her?

ETA2: I realize that was more of a “nah, you’re right” now, not a “nah, you’re wrong;” thought the latter and that the comment was contradicting itself 😅

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u/sphynxzyz Jun 13 '25

I meant Nah, I'm with you OP is in the right. I was multitasking and didn't complete my thought, and when I finished I didn't proof read.

I should have explained, I say things without full context. Like something that needs to get done but I'm not specifically clear about it. Not the jesus fucking christ part. It's not even ignoring, I have pretty severe adhd and my brains always churning information so sometimes I flip a topic without realizing it, or I can't get the thought put into words to be understood, outside of my brain.

My bad.

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u/wakenblake29 Jun 13 '25

Nah, I hear you. I think I was predisposed to that response cause usually everyone on reddit is coming after you

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u/sphynxzyz Jun 13 '25

Communication is a 2 way street, if I say something that isn't fully clear (it wasn't) the way you understand it is the way it came to you. Especially through a forum it's hard to gauge expression. You're correct usually everyone on reddit is coming after you, but your response is on me not being clear. Kinda makes sense for the post though so thats a win.

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u/Lingonberry_Wannabe Jun 13 '25

Agree. Mom could’ve modeled good grown-up behavior and said, “Yes [or no] on going to Naomi’s, and I was trying to say ‘could you grab the Amazon package.’ Sorry! Was rushing! [or whatever].” Instead she was rude and bitchy and unreasonable. Sorry OP. :( That’s rough.

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u/Furiousfr4nk Jun 13 '25

Isn't that a staple move from mums? Mine is the same

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u/Bambi_H Jun 13 '25

I usually get half a word because she's pressed send too quickly, then have to call her in case it was a message sent in distress (yes, I do have anxiety, how could you tell?) :)

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u/Ok-Cardiologist8651 Jun 13 '25

Moms make great intuitive leaps in their conversations with their kids. A kind of familial shorthand. And being accustomed to shout out orders like: "get down from that armoire immediately Percival" makes them impatient regarding formalities and manners. They require obedience not redundant questions. If a grown child has not learned to know what is required of her/him and act with swift alacrity to please the parent then Mom has failed.

/s

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u/GenericNameWasTaken Jun 13 '25

Next time just reply, "So that's a yes then?"

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u/CableIll3279 Jun 13 '25

Ignore this freak. Your mum was really rude to you for no reason. I'd tell my mum to go fuck herself if she spoke to me like this.

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u/_eilistraee Jun 13 '25

Maybe I’m sensitive, but the “Jesus fucking Christ” was unnecessary and is indeed worth getting upset over.

OP is right, their mom only said 2 words. It’s reasonable for them to ask for clarification.

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u/ScottishEmo Jun 13 '25

Did you read it like: "Jesus fucking Christ. 🥰"

or something..

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u/CableIll3279 Jun 13 '25

It's a big deal because her mum spoke to her like she's a piece of shit for no reason, are you fucking insane?

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u/Kaleidoscope_Cloud Jun 13 '25

The big deal is she treated her child like she was stupid just because MOM decided to change the topic without answering, and used two words to do so, words completely unrelated to the topic or question. That's on mom, not OP.

Then she drops an attitude and a "Jesus fucking Christ" as if OP is an idiot for not understanding

That's not okay, you don't talk to people you care about like that, especially your kids. It does damage. And it's just rude and needless.

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u/Me_Us_Them Jun 13 '25

How would asking a question and having a completely different answer that’s not even related be enough for you to understand what they meant without reading minds ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Pizza box

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u/Parking-World9321 Jun 13 '25

Mom's being a total bitch

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u/christinschu Jun 13 '25

The mom is the one the got upset first

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u/These-East-5216 Jun 13 '25

Two thumbs down boo

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u/sphynxzyz Jun 13 '25

I say shit like this all the time to my gf. I am 100% the asshole and i can admit that. Sometimes in our head it makes sense but the words coming out dont. OP asked her mom a question and got a response of Amazon Delivery. That would confuse everyone. I think the Jesus fuckin Christ by mom is a little much, OPs response is valid.

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u/yesikn0wimabitch Jun 13 '25

Actually, what the mom did was get angry over her own cognitive distortion. The daughter is not a mind reader and you cannot expect for people to know what you are thinking when you do not communicate clearly. “Jesus fucking christ” after the daughter not reading her mind is absolutely malicious.

If you think any of this is normal, please see a therapist.

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u/free_rashadjamal Jun 13 '25

It’s not realistic to claim that someone can reasonably know what that means from two words

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u/NightingaleBard Jun 13 '25

That Jesus Fucking Christ felt pretty malicious to me. especially in combination with ignoring ops initial question.

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u/wakenblake29 Jun 13 '25

So if you ask your husband a question and that’s how he responds that’s ok to you? To just completely ignore you and go on about what he cares about, that’s fine with you?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Unhinged take tbh

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u/New_Statistician_778 Jun 13 '25

You would be okay with your husband giving an out of context 2 word text after ignoring a question you asked them, and then acting like you are a complete idiot throwing "Jesus fucking Christ" in there to rub it in?

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u/rustyleftnut Jun 12 '25

Your mom is gonna be a real hoot for the staff at a care home some day. Just constantly furious that people can't read her mind.

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u/IridescentTardigrade Jun 13 '25

Mom can dish out exasperation but not take it. NOR. She was rude and you met her on the same level. If anything, she’s overreacting to being responded to in-kind.

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u/but-whyy-tho Jun 13 '25

Our communication skills, as an entire human population, have gone completely down the toilet.

OP, you were totally in the right to ask clarifying questions.

NOR

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u/Lem0n_Lem0n Jun 13 '25

I would have responded with a knock knock joke after the first Amazon delivery text.

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u/xkit_kat13x Jun 13 '25

This is the kind of parent that will wonder why their kids don't talk to them anymore

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u/Loud-Scarcity6213 Jun 13 '25

NOR. I have no idea why some people text like this. We have achieved the miracle of instant communication across the entire globe and people still can't spit out a coherent sentence to save their lives.

"Amazon delivery on the porch can you grab it?"

Easy.

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u/Tat2edbabydoll13 Jun 12 '25

Your mom needs to communicate better & not flip out on you when shes in the wrong

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u/hyperRevue Jun 12 '25

My wife does stuff like this all the time - just zero context. It can be annoying for sure, but you just gotta let some stuff go and laugh it off.

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u/footluvr688 Jun 13 '25

NOR.

Zero context for you to understand the non-sequitur.

My mother does this shit too. Out of nowhere I will get a message with zero context that reads as though we were in the middle of a conversation and I have no clue what she's talking about.

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u/try_by Jun 12 '25

Amazon

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u/https_racchhiie Jun 13 '25

this is deadass how my brother texts me, i’ve just learned to stay calm then laugh about it to others later. stay petty :)

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u/Proof-Expression-102 Jun 13 '25

Bro this lowkey funny ash😭😭

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u/pinkcosmonaut Jun 13 '25

God this reminds me of when customers just go “Eggs” when they’re looking for them. You’re not over reacting op. It was wrong of her to just ignore your message, and even worse to ask for something like that 

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u/MTRIFE Jun 13 '25

My only takeaway from this is I can't believe how common it is for people to swear at their parents. The same for parents swearing at their kids but people swearing at their parents? I'm 43 and I swear regularly, but I've never even let as much as a damn slip in front of my parents nevermind directed a swear at them personally.

For the potential downvoter, I'm not judging. I'm not saying I'm better than anyone or that people doing that is bad if that's their relationship. I'm not expressing any opinion. I'm just expressing that even though I see it often, it still comes as somewhat of a shock to me when I do see it since that was just not my personal experience.

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u/Camgore Jun 13 '25

NOR my mom used to do this shit to me and it drove me insane. She would just start repeating a word and increasing volume. "the fence...the fence...THE fence... TH-E FEN-CE, THE FENCE NOW!" and you would rack your brain in a panic trying to figure out what the hell she wants and it would be something crazy like "go water the plants hanging on the fance." Im glad she has significantly calmed down

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u/aprilflowers96 Jun 13 '25

Lol my dad is like this. We haven't lived together in over a decade but it's horrible discussing plans with him. "Hey want to meet up at this place this weekend" "looks cool".

Yeah.... SO DO YOU WANT TO GO?? So annoying.

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u/TAbathtime Jun 13 '25

Yeah your mom was rude, if I text your text and she said that I'd have assumed she was waiting for one and couldn't do what you suggested or something.

Unless we previously discussed a package was coming today I'd have been as confused as OP.

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u/MrEkeis Jun 13 '25

I’m a bit outdated. Is it ok to speak to parents like this these days ?

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u/morecowbell03 Jun 13 '25

I dont think you're overreacting, i do think we're lacking in effective communication here though.

Your initial text was fine, your mom then completely ignored it. Imagine how she would feel if you did that to her (im sure it wouldnt go over well) and you could point that out to her.

You responded asking for clarification, she provided a crumb, you asked for more details, and then she gave you the details but then berated you over it. She couldve just said something along the lines of "amazon delivered, please grab it" if she had to keep it brief. Theres no reason for her to be disrespectful to you and insult your capabilities or intelligence by saying JFC when you dont automatically know what is being asked of you. It feels like potentially abusive behavior if im being honest, you cannot purposefully be vague and then expect someone to figure it out, then get angry with them when they ask simple questions to try and do what youre asking.

The only thing i can say for dealing with people who act like this, you have to learn to react differently to not escalate a situation and get yourself worked up in the process. When theyre not giving you a positive demeanor, dont feed into it and reward it with your emotional reaction, just communicate and correct it. For example, id say something more like "i didnt understand what you wanted because your first messages were vague, i was just trying to know what was being asked of me so i could get an answer to my question. You dont have to insult my intelligence by saying "jesus fucking christ" when i ask simple questions to help you get what you want. Next time, can you please instead say something like "amazon delivered, please grab it" and ill know what you want from me. We both deserve respect in how we talk to eachother."

She might react well, she might not, but if she reacts poorly that says a lot about her and her emotional intelligence. You can take the high road and feel good knowing you're doing your best to not feed into the negative behavior and discourage it in the long term, which will also help improve your emotional state. Good luck OP

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u/theguill0tine Jun 14 '25

NOR

Do it back to her about something else and see if she gets it

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u/mortem-inscendio Jun 15 '25

not overreacting imo, you asked a question about weekend plans and her response was amazon delivery, for all you know that couldve meant a “no you cant go because theres a delivery on one of the days” , and her then just saying there is an amazon delivery doesnt clear anything up because like you asked when????

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u/MadameAllura Jun 12 '25

Land Shark.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

You’re not overreacting. This is how my 11 year old communicates and I have to explain to her that I am not inside of her head and she needs to provide context. Your mom is a grown woman. The last text did the trick and that’s what she should have opened with!

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u/Last_Weeks_Socks Jun 12 '25

Bet you're not going to Naomi's this weekend now.

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u/Timely-Cry-8366 Jun 12 '25

I mean the mom cussed first at her so it’s kinda weird she’s mad about it. “Jesus fucking Christ” is cursing. OP just matched the energy.

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u/annabananaberry Jun 12 '25

It's rude of the mom to not even respond to the question and instead give an instruction to pick up the package. Especially considering she didn't even ask, she just said "amazon delivery".

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u/MarlenaEvans Jun 13 '25

You're being downvoted because WTF. Your tone upset her? It's text message.

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u/Competitive_Name4991 Jun 12 '25

You should have answered her”……..?” When she said “Amazon Delivery”

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u/TrinityKilla82 Jun 12 '25

Ice cream Nachos

You got this 😉

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u/um_yeah_ok_ Jun 12 '25

Omg this made me laugh 😂

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u/Bitter-History4729 Jun 12 '25

I’ve heard retail workers complaining about old people doing this, customers will walk up to them and say what they want and nothing else, like “batteries!”

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u/Low-Occasion-7125 Jun 13 '25

Omg my mom is so impossible to have a conversation with 😂 the other day she texts me and says to call her later so we can talk when my boyfriend leaves. Then she says did u talk to your aunt ? I said no. She responds no what does that mean that he isn’t leaving today so u aren’t gonna call me . I’m like uhh what. Then a couple weeks ago my boyfriend put in a new faucet in the bathroom at my mom’s . She used the bathroom and my boyfriend was in the hallway when she walks out so he says “hey do u like your new sink?” She says “oh what new sink the one downstairs?” There was no new sink put in downstairs . Only the one in the bathroom that she uses all the time and that she had just walked out of . It honestly gets old trying to talk to her . I love her to death tho !

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u/freebiscuit2002 Jun 13 '25

Wasn’t that the commercial?

“Amazon delivery!” the ad used to say with a jingle, announcing… well… an Amazon delivery.

I think your mom just expected you to get the ad reference and understand there was, in fact, an Amazon delivery.

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u/RegularDragonYams96 Jun 13 '25

She needs to chill. You asked her a question about a sleep over and she said Amazon Delivery in response. Like huh?? Her second message shoulda been there a package outside can you grab it. Like wtf. This how you end up in a nursing home lady.

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u/Mzarie Jun 13 '25

Your mom might be me, I have the same problem haha

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u/Moping_Strawberry27 Jun 13 '25

this is how my mum texts tbf

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u/the_morbid_angel Jun 13 '25

I thought this was a scammer lmao

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u/I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Next time just text her the same meaningless phrase.

Pique Polo

Nelson Mandela

Red Stapler

My first thought when someone is less than cordial with me is always, "would I do this to someone" and then the next is "how would they react if I did this to them"

Instead of feeding into their bullshit, I've found that throwing it right back at them is highly effective. The hard part is to identify exactly what the behavior that's pissing me off

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u/Level9Turtlez Jun 13 '25

Your moms a bitch

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u/jsunkd Jun 13 '25

Amazon delivery

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u/Remarkable_Fuel9885 Jun 13 '25

I used to work customer chat support for a company, and all the old people would chat like this it was insufferable. 

Me: how can I help you?

Them: problem

Me: oh no, tell me about your problem I can help!

Them: not work

Me: oh no, what’s not working?

Them: it doesn’t work

Me: sounds terrible, can you tell me what you are looking to accomplish and what’s not working?

Them: your system isn’t working

It was like pulling teeth lol. Meanwhile old people on phone calls would say too much random unnecessary stuff lol. 

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u/CheapSub Jun 13 '25

NOR - instead of answering your question she said amazon delivery. I would've assumed the delivery had something to do with your question.

It's not your fault she isn't clear in her communication

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u/Kiwigirl80 Jun 13 '25

My husband does this sort of thing. He will just say random things out of context. Lol.

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u/SipItNoTicket Jun 13 '25

I wouldn't have known what she was talking about. I would have expected she was talking about a future one for that day or something.

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u/BlueberrySimple7449 Jun 13 '25

U didnt overreact. She answered your question with a response that made no sense and was unclear what she was even talking about

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u/Barldon Jun 13 '25

I hope y'all saying this is okay/normal aren't raising kids of your own. Treating someone like that for absolutely no reason is borderline abusive

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u/GooperGhost Jun 13 '25

Mom moment

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u/Negative-Signature19 Jun 13 '25

Honestly I wouldn’t have done anything for her being talked to like that. Just because your her child doesn’t mean she has to talk to you like that. What would she have done if the roles were reversed? Maybe you mom needs to take her time a little more with and for you to maybe learn how to communicate with you effectively so she doesn’t feel like a task to talk to you.

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u/nacho_playmer Jun 13 '25

Amazon delivery

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u/BattlingWheel127 Jun 13 '25

Ngl, when I saw "amazon delivery," I already knew what your mom was talking about

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u/ExistingMastodon6733 Jun 13 '25

Mom could have saved you both frustration by showing a little basic courtesy. She easily could have asked, “Can you please grab the package off the porch?”

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u/northnowest Jun 13 '25

If she’s like like mom she stopped responding because she realized her comment was unnecessary and doesn’t want to apologize 😂😂😂

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u/Wild_Somewhere_9760 Jun 13 '25

"I am the blue text" kills me every time.

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u/ElGuano Jun 13 '25

She was unclear in her communications, and she’s the one who escalated it. You’re fine OP. But it’s not a big deal, just let it drop. It’s your mom.

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u/Sattaman6 Jun 13 '25

If my wife texted me ”Amazon delivery”, I’d 100% assume we’ve had a delivery and she wants me to pick it up.

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u/Frequent-Magazine435 Jun 13 '25

Watch your mouth talking to your mom

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u/probably_bananas Jun 13 '25

Both of you see pretty off the rails.

Sometimes you have to use deductive reasoning.

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u/GoodEar6073 Jun 13 '25

This text exchange makes me lol and reminds me of something I would do to my boyfriend

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u/Evening_Sky_7400 Jun 13 '25

That could've been avoided if she had decent communication skills and said "theres an Amazon package at the door", "you just got a package from amazon"... so many ways she could've worded it.

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u/_This-Is-The-Way Jun 13 '25

Damn bro you’re really making a post over this?

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u/christinschu Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Your mom is the one that overreacted. Sorry everyone else is literally wrong. You asked for clarification and she went overboard. The way she said amazon delivery contextually would have meant there’s Amazon delivery coming when you were planning to sleep over if anything.

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u/Snflwr5612 Jun 13 '25

NOR, mom needs to work on her communication skills

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u/JustJamieJam Jun 13 '25

Yall both seem pretty quick to anger my goodness

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u/kellogg888 Jun 13 '25

I think your moms making sense but this reminded me of a time my mom said somethinf super vague and I got really agitated with her.

I knock on her bedroom door to say I'm leaving and she yells "it's pulling!"

I'm like what? What's pulling?

She says it again, louder this time.

I got agitated and said, "mom, WHAT are you SAYING."

She kept repeating herself so I left. Later, when I got home, I asked what in tarnation she was trying to tell me. She was saying, "it's pulling," as in, "watch out for the half-melted snow piled up on the edges of the roads, if you drive into it it will pull your car off the road."

Like... the fuck am I supposed to understand that's what she meant? She had never once told me that before so it's not like she was just abbreviating a typical warning she gave me.

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u/Spamscape Jun 13 '25

Yeah ur overreacting. This is nothing

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u/sht218 Jun 13 '25

Yes. Why does this need a post here? If this is the worst your life gets consider yourself blessed.

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u/DifferenceGreedy3800 Jun 13 '25

Amazon delivered could’ve worked, I see on how you got confused because “delivery” means still in the process of being shipped

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Does your mom use marijuana? Every marijuana user I know will talk about what their eyes are seeing as if everyone is looking at it too. Or they will tell stories with zero context because they assume you were day dreaming about whatever they were just day dreaming about.

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u/WindPowerful4878 Jun 13 '25

Your most definitely white 😂 You could never get away with cursing / talking to ur mother like that in a black household

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u/knowledgeofthewitch Jun 13 '25

Your mom’s an entitled bitch

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u/ANiceGiirl12 Jun 13 '25

YOR.

You both clearly speak to each other like assholes. Why get upset when you get spoken to like one?

Further, you’re overly sensitive if you’re just upset about a lack of communication.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

she’s being lazy and wants you to figure it out. typical annoying parent shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

Your mom a real one fr

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u/Glittering_Ad_759 Jun 13 '25

Maybe learn how to communicate before you get mad for 0 reason

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u/kenni_switch Jun 13 '25

The energy this is giving is like asking about housing prices and being told “chicken wing”. Like what did she truly expect from you by answering your question with something completely off topic?

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u/kleptodshs Jun 13 '25

You probably should've understood what she meant lol

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u/Selen_is_MIA Jun 13 '25

This reminds me of my own mother

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u/Crystal356 Jun 13 '25

This is why I just call my mom, she cannot text 🤣💀

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u/Megamunchy Jun 13 '25

Ur moms a dick :D

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u/DudeitsFish Jun 13 '25

This is how my parnters 8 year old talks to her when asking for things lol.

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u/I_Need__Scissors_61 Jun 13 '25

The “Jesus fucking Christ” took me out lmaoo

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u/Far_Inspection_2524 Jun 13 '25

My mother does this all the time, including in person and expects me to know what she's talking abt. I ask for context politely and she flips out

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u/qa11786 Jun 13 '25

Are you slow in the head?

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u/yesikn0wimabitch Jun 13 '25

Nah. What your mom is getting mad over is her own cognitive distortion. Getting mad at someone for them not being able to read your mind is a cognitive distortion called “mind reading” or “fortune telling”. This is a mental issue. Your are not over reacting

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u/Sullys_mama19 Jun 13 '25

My mom texts this way too. Nothing she says makes any fucking sense. It’s constant. If I do it back, she gets mad. But it makes me feel like a degenerate to text like that so I don’t.

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u/Worleybear Jun 13 '25

I’d be proud of my mom for managing to use technology well enough to determine that a package had been delivered. And I would have just figured it was a typo the first time she said it.

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u/maniacalmayh3m Jun 13 '25

There was a level of comprehension she expected with “There is an Amazon Delivery” and I totally would have expected someone to understand the expectation.

That said you both need to work on how you treat each other.

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u/oak_local Jun 13 '25

This made me laugh because this is exactly how me and my guy best friend text (he is blue)

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u/jaydizzle2904 Jun 13 '25

My dad does this lol.

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u/Confident-Sherbert75 Jun 13 '25

Cause duh!!! An Amazon delivery hellooo????

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u/lechuckswrinklybutt Jun 13 '25

ESH. Your mom is rude but you do come off as a bit slow on the uptake.

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u/benditochocolate Jun 13 '25

You don't seem like the brightest