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My boyfriend had me on Do Not Disturb for three years. His reason? My messages were too trivial. The buzzing distracted him from work. So I swallowed everything and hid my feelings in Notes. Today, I set up the smart speaker. It automatically played last Friday's messages. "Sis" shared a location. "Sis" requested a voice call. His stepsister's messages were set to priority alerts. That same Friday, I rear-ended a car on the highway. I called him over and over. Sent my location. Begged for help. Nothing. When I asked him about it, he brushed me off. "She's only nineteen. I can't stop worrying when she's out there alone." So he did know how to worry. He just thought she deserved it more than I did. I said quietly, "I won't bother you again." He smiled and patted my head. "That's more like it. Be mature." He didn't know that... from this moment on, he'd never hold a place in my heart again. Five years into our relationship, I discovered my messages had been muted for years. His reason was that my updates were too trivial and the constant buzzing made it impossible for him to work. So I learned to swallow it all on my own and hide my feelings in Notes. Then, today, Sean said the smart speaker was going to waste and asked me to set it up again. The moment I connected the app, the speaker automatically played the messages from last Friday. Incoming: "Sis" shared a location and requested a voice call. Incoming: "Sis" marked a message as a to-do. His stepsister's messages were set to priority alerts. Even when the speaker was playing music, they forced their way in. That same Friday, I got into a minor car accident on the highway. I called Sean several times and sent him my location, but he never answered. When Sean saw how shaken I was, he brushed it off. "She's still young. I can't help worrying about her." So he did know how to worry. He just thought someone else deserved to have him on call more than I did. I looked at him, and the doubts I'd been carrying
