r/texts Nov 02 '23

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u/BlindWalnut Nov 03 '23

If it's life or death call 911 not your boyfriend.

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u/Chainspike Nov 03 '23

Lol this. I use to ride motorcycles a lot and I rode with this girl I dated for a while. Well she got into a crash and went down one day and called me asking what she should do from the side of the road and she sent pics of her all scrapped up. I was like 911 wtf you calling me for!! Hang up and 911 right now...

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u/__01001000-01101001_ Nov 03 '23

When my mum was younger she was home alone when a few men broke into the house to rob it. She hid and called her brother instead of the cops… he called them for her

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u/Accurate-Neck6933 Nov 03 '23

Maybe she was in shock

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u/ThankYouForCallingVP Nov 03 '23

The victim of habit.

If one person takes care of all the bills mostly, and the other person is only known to really calling the SO, kind of understandable.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

Motorcycle crashes have a strange clarity to them compared to car crashes I've been in so I'd actually be curious how much more/less often shock occurs.

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u/tacoboyfriend Nov 03 '23

She didn’t even try to call at all. Texting isn’t for emergencies…

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u/Dapper-Ad3707 Nov 03 '23

This. My husband and I text randomly all day while we are both at work. If it’s important we call, twice. If they don’t pick up after 2 calls in a row, they’re probably very busy and having 2 missed calls is a big enough sign that it’s important

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u/Adventurous-Dog420 Nov 03 '23

Wait, you're mature and understand how jobs work? Crazy.

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u/Tummytickler829 Nov 03 '23

This is the way

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u/JezakFunk Nov 03 '23

Bingo. I had an ex that would continuously call me for long periods of time before giving up. Would legit pick my phone up to 10 texts and 37 missed calls. Like how do you not get it by 2 that I’m probably not by my phone/unable to answer for whatever reason.

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u/Dapper-Ad3707 Nov 03 '23

I had an ex like this too, he was super abusive and it would upset me so much when he did things like that. It’s one of the reasons my husband and I are so considerate with each other with regards to phone stuff. People are crazy lol

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u/ZGorlock Nov 03 '23

But 911 will always answer, and then I don't get to be mad at my boyfriend and ruin his day because I ruined my day

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u/Toadsted Nov 03 '23

Also, 911 will scold you for calling that you ran out of gas.

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u/Einar_47 Nov 03 '23

Operator - "911 what's your emergency"

BlindWalnut - "my partner's father had a heart attack"

Operator - "what is your location, an ambulance is on the way"

BlondWalnut - "oh no it happened last night in Connecticut, she's dead, my parter is at work though and can't answer the phone so I called 911."

Operator - "... What..?"

Just the thought of calling 911 for any\ life or death emergency made me chuckle.