SomebodythatIusedtonope
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Apr 9, 2024 10:16 AM
SomebodythatIusedtonope
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BigDaddysMeatWagon
My wife is also in my phone as her name, and I'm in here a mine?
TumeniHits
My wife is in my contacts as "AA (her first name)", without parenthesis, so that she's at the top of the list, not alphabeticised with the riff-raff....
dethloc
Back when I used ringtones, my wife’s was Fat Bottom Girls and my moms was darth vaders theme
ImAWeirdMom
My mom's is the Addams family theme and her notification tone is the ringtone from animal crossing.
I don't know my husband's phone ringtone but his notification sound is "Ah Biscuits!" From bluey. We use a different app to keep in touch so if he has to text something is wrong.
My kids are each just their nicknames
ImAWeirdMom
So for example, my daughter Mae is "my girl"
"When it's cold outside, I've got the month of 'Mae'"
TheoApollo
My Twin is “womb mate”
criggie
not "wombie" ?
TinkerTailorSoldierSpy
I have my older sister in my phone as "The First Mistake".
wilagames
I've had one of my friends in my phone as "the Vatican" since like 2004 and every time he calls I say "I have to take this... It's a call from the Vatican."
VodkaReindeer
Ringtone: Allegri's Miserere
Perkunas687
My parents live in a white house, so I listed their home number as The White House and would do the same as you.
ImAWeirdMom
Omg I may need to rename my mom now.
Right now shes "My Mom" while my mother in law is "His Mom"
Findrek
I have an ex that calls about once a year about the time i forget she exists and usually at the most inopportune or awkward times. I have her saved as "The Spanish Inquisition"
MaryAlicexoxo
I saved my mother as "The Empire" and my father as "Palpatine"
VodkaReindeer
My ringtone for my boss is the imperial march https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3SZ5sIMY6o
redsmerf
That's what I have for my dad
ICutRocksOnYoutube
I had my dad listed as "The White House" and I used to wear a "Culinary Institute of America" hat to work. A coworker saw both and did math.
MarkySpaceMagnet
Boss move
goodbyeitwasfunwhileitlasted
We have a set of twins at work, Jonny and Ryan. Anytime I have to send an email to one of them, I refer to Jonny as "other Ryan" and I refer to Ryan as "other Jonny"
Soth13
My wife's is Teddy, don't believe his lies
Over400
That’s so funny other @gjallarhorn118
wheeeeeeeeeeee
Better than "Pizza hut"
RobBobertyYT
I've had someone in my phone as "dumbass" for quite a few years, and I can't figure out who it is.
scuba7jb
I had my wife listed by her "maiden name" for about a decade, before I finally updated the contact info.
NL31
Must have been an 'extended probationary period'?
ricpaul
ambooboo12
I’m listed as “spawn point” in my daughter’s phone.
criggie
It took me a while to realise that it was Jennifer posting.
certainlynotaserialkiller
My younger brother is "attempt nr.2"
MaryAlicexoxo
My younger brother saved his contact to my phone years ago. He named himself "King [...] my idol". I never changed it.
Yepitsme2718
My wife is in my phone with her first and last name. Are we not supposed to put people in our phones by their name?
RancidOrange
My one and only daughter is in as “My favourite daughter”
jeejeejerrycotton
I had my boss's boss's boss on my work phone as "Matt, NOT DRUGS-MATT" and forgot about it when I sent the contact to someone who asked for it.
SpoonOfDoom
It's weird seeing how many people are apparently spending a lot of energy planning how random people will identify their contacts as someone to call in an emergency, while not considering that a) those people will not be able to unlock your phone to look at the contacts at all and b) any phone made after 1742 allows you to actually set up explicit emergency information, such as contacts or medical info, which can be accessed even when the phone is locked.
Toqom
Y'all, protect your women. Someone steals your phone and probably knows your address and now the woman of the house because you saved her as "wife". As someone with a security clearance from the past, you think about these things. also don't save mom or dad, use first names as a scammer now knows you your parents due to your contacts.
ItTookMeAGoodWhileToComeUpWithAUsername
People who steal your phone do not care about whatever you have on there. They want everything deleted so that they can sell them. Scammers and muggers are both scum but usually not doing both at the same time.
DdCno1
Sooo, my phone is encrypted and so are practically all smartphones nowadays. This feels like slightly outdated advice.
NancyReaganSchoolOfGawk
Are we not supposed to use their name? What happens if you get into an accident and someone has to call your in case of emergency contact but that name is “blonde 8”?
Church14
When the contacts list has Side Piece, backup, battle ax, current piece, wife’s side piece, and DONT ANSWER…
SinStar87
Interesting your phone's unlocked for random people to go through? Also there's an emergency contact setting.
NancyReaganSchoolOfGawk
Not mine, I have the ICE settings. But my dad is old and can’t seem to remember a pin so his is unlocked all the time.
PinkEater
Now I want to know how many identical twins does he have.
nothingunused
Two hundred thousand now, with another million on the way.
oldguyexlurker
Probably the same number most people have when they are parents to identical twins.
LawFiveGuy
my wife is "first wife" and my daughter is "alleged offspring"
ximzadix
tReasonoustRump
BlairT1
Over400
Maury retired, so there’s no where else he could confirm paternity. NO WHERE ELSE.
PlaceHolderTitle
Maury retired?
v
Over400
Yup. Now when I’m sick at home all I do is watch “You’re not the father” compilations from Maury.
PlaceHolderTitle
Thanks for the memories when we were sick home from school
v
SolidAqua
That was good. I salute you.
victell
wife labeled as 'ex gf' works too.
MuffinProof
That's a terrible way to announce that you're engaged
TheMarvinator
Daughter has me down as birth giver
SwampAss13
Few years back, my gf came across a meme where you replace the first 4 letters of your first and last name with the word “fuck”. That’s what I’ve had her as in my phone since then. I forget sometimes that’s what shows up when I share her contact info with others.
etcnotect
My name would just be fuck fucker lol
HillOfBeans
Mine is Fuckie Fucks
AyZeeeeeeee
What if someone has name four letters long?
KLUSTENATOR
Or less than four
skeptic99
My youngest had my oldest listed as "satan" for years.
SacrificialClam
"one of my identical twins" what?
SacrificialClam
OOHHHH ITS HIS CHILDREN nevermind
Salpinus
Don't worry, I also had to think that over a couple of times
TohmaytohTohmahtoh
Hercules99
Took me a minute too
wlfman
hey, you got there, congrats
OmegaRainbow360
I thought it was three or more twins, but your version is more likely 😅
boonesaloon
Not-so-atomic detective more like it...JK I thought the same exact thing haha
SacrificialClam
Hey I can only detect microscopic, quantum level things.
SkeksiLady
Is it abnormal to do this? I have my husband as his first and last name
blaid0
It should be ICE. That was a great idea and I wish it had caught on better.
oldguyexlurker
Never heard of it. I wonder how many first responders are even aware of it.
ThisGostakIsHereForTheDoshes
Also, I think all phones now have a way to access emergency calls, contacts and medical information even if the phone is locked. Making sure that this info is up to date is probably more productive.
oldguyexlurker
Thanks. I knew it could make emergency calls, i.e. 911, but had never looked into it far enough to see I could add an emergency contact that would be accessible as well. Let alone medical info. Definitely going to take advantage of that. Also, if I find a lost phone, I'll check for emergency contact availability to see if I can return it to the proper owner that way.
SomeDetroitGuy
Doesn't your phone have an emergency contacts group that appears on your phone even when locked?
SpoonOfDoom
I'm pretty sure all phones that were built in the last eight hundred years have some version of this. Not to mention random people wouldn't even be able to see any normal contacts unless your phone is permanently unlocked.
DoctorSniffles
"Al Pacino is calling. "
ReelPoop
I have my girlfriend's contact name as "Mommy" and she has me as "Le Baby". we have no kids
Fauxyuwu
living the dream
DocBenny
iamthemanwithnoname
Yeah...
MothMonsterMan
bound4doom
Do people not know that if you have them as a contact with email and then send email more than one person and you include your spouse and you cave them some cutsie name that everyone gets the cutsie name. Here lets email the bank about refinancing, To "Bank Manager" and "Fat Bottom" reply from "Fat bottom" to Bank Manager and "Big Dickus" Just saying. You would be surprised how often this happens.
jeejeejerrycotton
I know that's not how my phone is set up straight out of the box, and certainly not how anyone's phone SHOULD be set up.
bound4doom
Not your phone, your contacts. See what I mean most people do not comprehend there are differences. When you get a new phone do you import your contacts? Are your contacts stored in a cloud address list, synced with Gmail or Exchange, so when you go to your computer open your email there, the contacts on your phone are synced there. When you connect to work email, do you sync your personal contacts? This is where that comes in. If you are on say gmail in to field type "wifey" or what ever
bound4doom
An email To field or From field behind the scenes is simply structured like this To: Text name <partone@domain.com> So if you have someone in contacts name as Fat Bottom, and their email address as fb@gmail.com and you email them yoru email client sends it as To: Fat Bottom and everyone on that email now gets the name Fat Bottom for fb@gmail.com Its like this when you fill out a form online as well You enter your name Box 1, email Box 2, it combines them for you. How email works
bound4doom
Work emails they give you a name, they give you a user name and they give you an email address and this is all set up for you so this doesn't happen. However your personal email and address lists. Your on your own.
jeejeejerrycotton
Synced? Fuck no why would I want to sync anything with anything.
bound4doom
Most people do, and if you sign into your phone with your Gmail Account, it is an option and selected by default. If you sign into Apple guess what it is an option and selected by default think at how many people just sign in and don't take the time to uncheck. The whole sync with cloud.
iamthemanwithnoname
But... that's her name.
Imsomewhatofaboobmyself85
Sucks your parents named you spare parts
kisamefishfry
My wife is in my phone as big frog.
Vergenbuurg
BelialDenial
She wanted him walk to Algebra with her.
DdCno1
Yup, I've missed hints like that and only realized aeons later.
armonis
My wife is Big Titty Goth Wife.
Tigersterne
The irony is that she's none of those things!
Poppypoppoppop
Plot twist: she actually is the side hoe.
PwnageHobo
I also have everyone in my phone as their name. Friend, foe, mum, housemate, workmate from 2 jobs ago, it makes no difference
Kingstonboy
Not me, some of mine, Wayne Useless, MIL don't answer, Matty McBeardy Boy, Firewood Guy.
tReasonoustRump
Yeah but firewood guy probably gets the 🦫
tReasonoustRump
If someone steals your phone then sends a text to them it makes it harder to see who is who. Say if “Mom” is a contact they could send a text saying “all is good” but a full name they don’t know. Or “Wife”
Fryfryfryfry
A received a call from a friend once and was like "who the fuck is that name" because I never used their real name (because they prefer being called by their nickname) that caused me a bit of confusion, so now it's firstname "nickname" lastname
CausticCake
I did the same thing, and everyone called it weird. But like, I'm not going to give someone going through my phone an easy way to find my parents
iamthemanwithnoname
I just have everyone in as 'friend', 'foe', 'mum', 'housemate' or 'workmate from 2 jobs ago'. I find all people fit into one of those 5 categories.
adiving
But what do you do with people who fit in several of those. This is why we need tag based phonebooks.
iamthemanwithnoname
If they confuse the system then they will quickly become a foe.
igooutsidesometimes
Me also except anyone who is work related has Work before their name, so I don't accidentally drunk dial the wrong person. Its very clear.
AyZeeeeeeee
Isn't that how it is supposed to be? Asking for a friend.
Also he probably wrote her number up before she was his wife?
Who in the world does rename contacts?
hotrodny
Me too. Or else it would be weird.
2shortplanks
I mean, do you people do not share contacts with other people? I really don't want to accidentally send someone a contact with whatever pet name I'm using today
WhatAreYouTalkingAboutEh
I have their name and form name so I don't confuse them
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
Same, except for one person, who is in my phone as "Worthless Fucking Drunkard"
whatspaulplayingtoday
is... is it me?
StillWittyMFs
Wait, you put yourself as a contact in your own phone?
PwnageHobo
Well how else would you send messages to yourself?
jayman0123
People laugh, but I do that. And I have them delivered at specific times when I know I'll need them because I've forgotten something. It's like texting through time.
ButteryBiscuitBass
Mum, is that you?
HappinessOnTap
Just block that person and delete their number?
MatrixDM
Oh you have my mom's phone number too eh?
Gayforbae
"Mom" is shorter...
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
Nah, I dont have my moms number saved. She can roast in hell for all I care. Drunkard is a family member I am forced to have contact with.
JustEatingBagelBites
My wife is “Jenny - ex gf material”
aleister94
YOU’RE her name
kaneinencanto
And it puts her way higher in the contacts list than "wife" would.
Beldie
I've got my wife in my phone as A_ instead of just so she sorts to be the first person on my contacts list.
bunnyrut
I have my husband as a favorite so he's above everyone else. You know, like how speed dial worked.
angrytransgirl
You can put her real name without any additions AND add your relation on the contact info. I did that with my mom so she could say "Siri, call my daughter" or "Siri, call my son".
Beldie
I mean, I probably call her once every other month and nearly never text her. I just send memes via discord all day. So this solution is plenty good enough. Also, I'm never going to use Siri.
neospor1n
I have my wife as her first and last name with —wife
HelpfulCorn
Good tip in case you forget.
neospor1n
My thought was more if someone has to look at my emergency contacts it has the 3 with names + relationships. So my parents have - mom and -dad after them in addition to my -wife
hufflesnuff
Apple does this shit! I promise! It cross-references and corrects. ----- I had people under nicknames. ----- All kinds of stupid fucking names. ------ Big Frank, Dr. Delicious, Pistol Pat, Gunt Guzzler, I mean really juvenile shit half the time and vaguely lovey others ------ Apple replaced them all with real names.
RooGryphon
Good your an adult now... you are not 13. It's time to use real names
BooRidley
I think your contacts essentially replaced their own names. Recent iOS allows users to create contact posters, edit name, photo, etc. and “share” their contact info and photo with their contacts. Unless you actually have a friend named Gunt Guzzler, in which case yeah that’s weird Apple did that.
hufflesnuff
It may have done that sometimes, but I swear, after a recent update, contacts like looks for other spots and other apps in which I have contacts, then suggests a name for all the silly named ones, then eventually just replaces it with something more accurate on its own. There's probably a setting somewhere I can find to turn it off. But lately it's doing some shit.
Robnoxiousness
Can we... can we get a story how someone got the name "Gunt Guzzler"?
ReleaseTheBeeees
By guzzling gunts, presumably
LukeWarmTaunTaun
I'm guessing she was expecting wifey💖💗💘💘💙💚💜💛, or lovey dovey poo, or something.
vwyx
Or, like, Jen, or anything less formal. Hell, Wortman might be her maiden name.
reightb
wife = ex girlfriend
dadanedude
Schmoopie
ZAX1527
My wife and I legit got into a fight about this once
lazyarmadillo
I have my wife as Boo Boo Kitty Fuck❤️❤️❤️ and it makes me laugh every time
KiwiGameDev
Brilliant move
UristImiknorris
Or (Borat voice) My Wife.
HedonistBeard
The EMT that had to use my emergency contacts said I was the first one she'd seen that used full names, and was very thankful for it.
ProjectDA
i put peoples names into another language on my phone. only 1 name has latin letters and those are ICE.
Brownie19
I mean - OK, but if "the guys" see that shit, I'm going to get razzed for years. It's not worth the chance.
theovermynd
I had my wife in my phone as Wifey. None of the hearts, but still. I can't remember if any of my friends ever gave me any kind of shit for it, i think so, but if they did, I just accused them of having a dead and rotting inner child and razzed them back about not having any love or fun left in them. Was a good time.
HedonistBeard
Huh. If the razzing for something like that goes beyond playful jokes that makes you laugh as much as them that's a big red flag.
AyZeeeeeeee
Playful jokes can be annoying enough.
CanOnlySayYes
I know nothing about you or your surroundings but that seems pretty sad if you don’t feel comfortable being vulnerable around your friends
AyZeeeeeeee
There are different kinds of people and different kinds of friends.
It is normal to open different sides of yourself to different people. And other sides to have strictly for someone else.
Brownie19
Good god - it would just be playful banter.
Heisanevilgenius
I add people to my contacts when I meet them. It's not like I add them at our wedding. Am I supposed to go through and edit all my contacts when our relationship changes? Why? I'm the only person that's going to see it. I just need to be able to tell who they are
tReasonoustRump
You probably not stalker-ish enough
Minnakht
Do you update people if they do this old-timey thing of taking on someone else's family name after marriage?
Heisanevilgenius
Sometimes, if I think of it. Come to think of it, I have some trans friends still on my contact list under their deadname but I mostly speak to them online. Don't remember the last time I actually texted them
Philme
I changed my spouse to “husband” in my phone so if im unconscious someone can call the right person to help me. My dad is “father” and my mom is “Brenda”
TELunus
I think it's very likely your mom's name is Brenda, but it's more fun to imagine it isn't
RandomnessSlayer
I took it as: don't contact my mother (Brenda), but do contact father and/or husband (not sure if that's the correct interpretation though [?])