mom has always had a spreadsheet for everything: vacations, groceries, household budgets, and apparently my love life. she entered my fiancée's interests and the personality of my ai companion into separate columns
the ai won because it scored highly on patience, availability, and remembering preferences. i asked whether she had included the part where software can't help carry groceries or show up for family emergencies
she said she'd forgotten to weight physical presence. i said she'd forgotten to treat my partner as a person rather than a list of qualities
she deleted the spreadsheet. later she admitted she really liked my fiancée and had simply gotten carried away with the comparison. we agreed spreadsheets should stay out of engagement announcements