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Won't she see you at work later in the morning? Every day? Like can she really not just talk to you later???
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@PrincessBaby: YESSSSSSSSS! : ) Thanks.
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That is so annoying! This used to happen to me a lot. I lived in a different time zone, and people from home would forget and text me way too early in the morning. In addition to ignoring/not replying until a normal hour, I'd also remind them about the time. Except they'd usually stop once I reminded them! I think you are well within your rights to be snarky this time!
Also, I started keeping my phone on do not disturb at night. I can get phone calls (bc I assume they will be emergencies) and texts from a select few people, but that's it. And for DH's work phone (he is call on 24 hours a day) it automatically silences everything but calls from 9pm-6am.
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The text:
"Name, I really need you to stop texting me at all before school. Today Dylan was up from 4-5:30 and then I had just fallen asleep when I got your text. I don't want to put do not disturb on in case someone really does have an emergency. I feel like I've already asked you nicely so many times. It's really frustrating for me and I need you to stop."
So partial lie and a diplomatic text. This was really scary for me to send because I actively avoid confrontation. But I need it to stop. Aah. We're supposed to go to Happy Hour after work today... I'll probably just pretend nothing happened :/.
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@Mrs Green Grass: that's so good! she CANNOT be anything but super apologetic so i hope she handles herself properly. you did the right thing!
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Maybe she honestly didn't know your DND wasn't on? My whole family uses it so we will send texts at odd hours sometimes (there is a time difference.)
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I have my phone set to only contacts can get through to me between the hours of 8-8. I think I can set it for only certain people on my list, if I wanted to. Does your phone have this?
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@Dandelion: I guess I can just allow favorites under DND. I didn't see that option last time this happened.
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@mrs scrapbook: I'm guilty of the time zone thing, but when I remember, I almost always follow up with an apology later in the day!
@Mrs Green Grass: I like your solution, but to make you smile, here is when you should NOT get pissy about early morning texts:
I went into labor with LO in the evening, but I didn't tell anyone but my parents at the time, because I didn't want a million questions from my younger sisters. Around 6 am the next day, I was about 9 cm and sent them all a text saying it was baby day, and that LO would be here soon. 3 replied almost immediately with yay!, I'm excited, etc. But the cranky one's response? "Do you know what them it is?" ??!!!??? Thanks, dear
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@Mrs Green Grass: I hope it blows over, because I understand about the confrontation part! (Except I would not have had the willpower at 5 AM to not immediately text back, "Send any more texts before 8AM and you will be blocked"! Then I'd blame it on being sleepy, heh.)
@mrs scrapbook: I have the time zone problem too. 8AM on the East coast is 4 AM here. I have (maybe too gleefully) yelled into the phone, "Do you KNOW what time it is?!" when businesses try to call us in the mornings. When our friends call us, we're like duuuuuuuuuuuuude......
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@Mrs Green Grass: please fill us in how Happy Hour goes.
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I forgot to mention that she did text back. "Sorry." @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'll write back after HH :). Knowing us we will pretend nothing happened...
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@Mrs Green Grass: I know I'm behind but I love this reply!!!
@Espion: wow! I was only an hour behind! I'm sorry...I would be totally livid to get a 4am wake up call, especially from a business and not a friend!
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I am a little late to the responses but most of my friends are in the east coast, 2 hours ahead. I have gotten some 5am texts and usually respond with "dude do you realize what time it is? People are sleeping!"
I would've done something similar and when I saw her later half jokingly say, "I love you but your texts are killing my family's sleep."
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@Espion: haha just saw your post
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If you have an iPhone, you can set up a DND window of time. Otherwise, turn vibrate off and ignore her.
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@Mrs Green Grass: That is a great text! To the point - I like it!
It really is super strange that she texts you random thoughts so early in the am. Like you're on her brain. Weird.
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My mom used to call at the crack of dawn "to make sure she caught me before I left for the day"... At 5:30 am. Same city. I have a cell phone she can call all day.... So I asked her to stop calling so early. Which she didn't do. So I stopped answering the phone. Man she was MAD! "What if it was an EMERGENCY!?!" I said "then you'd hopefully be calling 911". She was so mad at me, she took me off her emergency contact list. But she never called me in the morning again!
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I think that's a great text. Much more to the point than I would have suggested, but I think it was perfect!!
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Oh so happy hour was fine, mildly awkward (just 4 ppl) and then I saw her at a baby shower sat and after a beer she apologized out loud, and kept repeating it. So we're good.
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@Mrs Green Grass: awesome! She knows the error of her ways.
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@wonderstruck: I second this approach, it worked for me!
I had a friend who would text me at like 11:30/12 every night. I go to bed early, and always have..so she knows that. It'd wake me up every night and annoy the crap out of me so I did like Wonderstruck said, & she got the hint! -
At that point I would just block her and tell her you discontinued your text plan.
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@JennyD: OMG!
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If you really don't want to talk to her about it, can you not just change her profile in your phone so that it doesn't make a noise or vibrate? I know you can do this with iPhone and Blackberry, not sure about other phones.
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