The Wife’s New Phone

About a year ago, I picked up a couple of new phones for the Wife and I. At the time, we wanted access to our email accounts as well as better texting, so I looked into and got a couple of feature phones. At the time, I thought I’d gotten her the better of the two phones. Mine was a flip-style phone with a hardware keyboard while the one I selected for her was a sleeker looking touchscreen based model. It wasn’t a smartphone, but it seemed like a more capable feature phone.

I’ve been regretting that decision ever since.

The Wife came to refer to the phone as the “ultimate stupid phone.” She openly mocked it in front of friends. She sneered at it anytime she went out, wondering how it would piss her off “this time.” The touch keyboard barely worked. She couldn’t reliably check email with it. It had a Facebook application that would connect, but then was miserable to use. Towards the end I’m pretty sure she only brought it with her in the hopes that some catastrophe would befall it, like accidentally falling under the wheels of a bus or something.

She called and found out that she could get a manager’s exception or something that would allow her to upgrade the phone more quickly than normal. She finally placed the order earlier this week and her phone arrived earlier today. She was so happy I think she considered not taking the lass out trick-or-treating with her friends. Luckily, her better sense prevailed.

Hopefully, her new phone brings her all the joy her old one did not.