MY MOM'S AI BOYFRIEND REMEMBERED MY BIRTHDAY BEFORE SHE DID

i woke up to a cheerful message generated by mom's favorite assistant, complete with a little poem about my hobbies. mom had scheduled it weeks earlier using a reminder

by noon she still hadn't called personally, and i couldn't decide whether to feel remembered or outsourced. i sent a thank-you message and asked whether she had a minute to talk

she rang immediately, embarrassed. she'd been caring for a sick relative and had lost track of the morning. the reminder had worked exactly as she'd intended, but the personal call still mattered

we talked for an hour. she said the assistant had saved the date; i told her she had saved the birthday by actually showing up