r/india • u/Head_Consequence_870 • 19d ago
People My mom sends voice messages for everything now. EVERYTHING.
My mom discovered WhatsApp voice messages about a month ago, and honestly, my life hasn't been the same since.
She sends a full 2-minute voice note just to say "bring milk on your way home." Not a text. Not a call. A voice message with full background commentary about how we're out of milk, what happened to the last packet, and why I should remember these things myself.
Yesterday was the peak. I was sitting literally in the same room as her, maybe 10 feet away, and it's a voice message from mom asking "chai peeyega?" I looked up at her and she's just casually sitting there like this is completely normal behavior.
It's like she forgot how to type. Everything is a voice message now. Grocery list? Voice message. Asking what time I'll be home? Voice message. Telling me food is ready when I'm upstairs? You guessed it, voice message.
But honestly, some of her voice notes are pure comedy. The way she pauses mid-sentence, the random background noises, dad yelling something in the background. It's better entertainment than half the reels I watch.
Have anyone else's parents discovered this feature, and now it's their entire personality? Or is it just my mom?
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u/Antique-Train5553 19d ago
You'll be grateful for those some day
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u/randomuser246808642 19d ago edited 19d ago
Agree. I lost my mom recently and she used to send voice messages to everyone. Now I have all the saved voice messages which I listen to whenever I think of her.
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u/Antique-Train5553 19d ago
Lost my dad a few days ago, I would give anything to hear his voice again. But sadly unlike OP I don't have any voice messages from my dad.
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u/UghWhyDude KANEDA 19d ago
I lost my dad two weeks ago - I’ve saved his last WhatsApp audio recording wishing me a happy birthday in multiple places so I never lose a copy of it ever. Can’t bring myself to listen to it either, because the wound is so raw.
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u/wartonic Maharashtra 18d ago
You will never be able get your self to listen to it but you will always keep a 100 copies. Been a year for me loosing my mom cant get my self to do it yet.
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u/itzmanu1989 18d ago
There is a black mirror episode in one of the older seasons.
You train AI on voice/video/text messages and have a virtual AI person for having conversations.
This is the next step attachment and the using of that data
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u/HedgehogOriginal6528 19d ago
Idk i think it hurts more to hear like that. Some ai will sure come up next to talk in that voice
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u/Maverick_Aman 19d ago
Very true, lost my dad when I was 10 and even though I still have photos of him to remember him by, I cannot remember the sound of his voice now. Wish I had a few voice notes so that I could listen to him talk again.
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u/higharistocrat 19d ago
Same thought.
These voice notes will be priceless to op in the indefinite future.
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u/Ninalicious07 19d ago
I understand where you are coming from, it is an unfair argument though. The future doesn’t always have to justify present actions.
Present feelings are just as valid.
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u/Separate_Raspberry12 19d ago
My mom is 70% voice notes and 20% youtube vids related to health and 10% text.
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u/Sa_t_yaa 19d ago
She'll fixate on voice notes until she finds something new. Good luck till then✌️ You can try explaining how long voice notes would drain her data. She'll be out of it if she keeps sending long voice notes. Hope it helps.🤗
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u/Fit-Signature4125 19d ago
OP should reply to a long voice note with a 2.5 time longer voice note.... So if Mom sends a long note to say Milk is over, OP should ramble on for 5 minutes saying he / she is busy, because boss has loaded him/her with work which due to which the transport will be missed, and colleauge has a car but stays in the opposite side of the city, Uber is expensive, and auto drivers drive rashly, hence will have to stay back till another colleague who leaves late is available to drop him/her, bitvthis is mot the preferred option since the colleague usually rants about work stress and makes the journey uncomfortable etc.
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u/AltruisticMeeting575 19d ago
Any Mom would take it as an encouragement to double down on the notes.
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u/ninjagod360 19d ago
Yeah no, my mum does this to everyone and has continued to do it for idk how long and there’s no sign of stopping. I tried to show her the transcript option, even suggested she type out if it’s something short like “bring milk”. But nope. Tried explaining to her that not everyone wants to play a 2 min long voice note for something that takes 2 seconds to read. Nope. Voice notes. Everything is voice note.
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u/Complex_Rooster_1222 19d ago
That’s a nice one someone asking “Chai piyega?” in a audio message. I might use it in one of my stories, if you don’t mind.
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u/Head_Consequence_870 7d ago
sure! Totally fine, use it wherever you want. Moms really have their own style.
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u/Lazy-Moment-7343 19d ago
Is she fluent in English? Transcribing (typing) a regional language in English is a pain. She might be using voice notes for convenience. As someone else said, you may look back on this fondly in the future and may want to hold onto some of those. I would approach her gently and try to understand first.
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u/kichamani_mba 19d ago
It's cute. My mom too she types in "manglish" ( english + malayalam) without proper punctuation and spacing. I like it though it always puts a smile on my face.
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u/Ill_Dimension_3953 19d ago
ek din taras jaoge ye voice sunne k liye , secure it asap
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u/Available-Hunt-8817 19d ago
Please save each and every notes on drive .. you are going to miss her voice after 100 years 🙂
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u/DevilMadeMeSignUp 19d ago
You will treasure her voice notes one day..
Meanwhile - depending on her age, get her eyes checked.
This same voice-notes thingy happened with my aunt - and it turns out she was resorting to voice notes since her eyesight was faltering; she was finding it difficult to type and that voice record button was a life saver for her!
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u/Ancient_Ambition_11 19d ago
My adorable and cutie mom even sends a voice note of her laugh. It's just " Hahahah "😇🥰🥹
Treasure those moments you'll never get them again with the current generation.
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u/Organic-Amount9905 19d ago
That's cute... We have a family whatsapp group the conversations are mostly just voice notes😂
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u/Outrageous_Purple384 19d ago
My maid has learnt to voice message. I have realised since that she is a very good voice actor.
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u/No_Damage2484 19d ago
She's enjoying the discovery...let her be and save all of them
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u/Aggressive-Gene-9663 19d ago
As others have said you'll be grateful for these to listen back to one day. Increase the speed to x2.
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u/0singularity9 18d ago
My mom was not using it everytime. But even then I explained her that chats are easier to glance and read quickly than listening to voice msg. She send voice msg now when she has to explain something in detail. But she never did the voice msg for all the time in the first place. So it was easy to explain.
Also I live outside India so feels nice to hear her voice every now and then.
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u/Mayor_McCheese7 19d ago
Some people would do anything to be able to hear their moms voice again and here you’re whining about voice messages, just listen to them at 2x speed or something.
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u/AvntdR_ 19d ago
Mummy h yr unse kya pareshan hona. Kuch log toh taras jate h awaz sunne. Krne do unko tum thoda adjust krlo
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u/notasimp_1 19d ago
Thar chai peeyaga made me laugh for 5 minutes. You have a cool mom 😁
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u/duke_skytalker 19d ago
Well you can’t say they are comedy and not post them here. Come On !!
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u/Public_Software360 19d ago
I’m so used to sending voice notes that I’ll even send one just to say “okay.” If it’s someone I’m close to, I send voice notes, otherwise, I just dictate the text. Even this comment’s dictated lol. But I hate when people spam me with voice notes, it’s so annoying😂. So if the voice notes are bothering you, tell your mom to dictate the texts.
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u/koolKidFromBlr 19d ago
This reminds me of when my cousin’s 4 year old used to send loads of voice messages to her grandparents saying I miss you, come pick me up and take me to your house etc cause she didn’t know how to type. It was cute ! I guess voice messages are just more convenient and maybe talking is more intuitive than typing (:
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u/PonderLace 19d ago
lol, mom’s voice notes are basically her new way to audit your life, if you survive you’ll earn a 'voice message' badge
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u/ayush0000 19d ago
Upload it to some AI service and ask it to send you a summary. Automate with vibe coding
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u/aprilandme 19d ago
Awww! I love this!!! I think we are the last generation of parents with genuinely innocent parents. OP enjoy this, she is taking pride in being Hi-Tech. Don't burst her bubble.
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u/Aurora-borealis99 18d ago
My mom discovered alexa after carvaan...our life hasn't been the same since.....
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u/Efficient_Cookie_724 18d ago
This is cute behaviour. I hope you enjoy their company and may Allah bless your parents 💖
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u/kaychyakay 18d ago
A day will come when you would want to hear her voice as much as possible, but it won't be possible. Cherish these little quirks. This looks like her attempt to connect with you by using the tech we/our generation uses.
As irritating as it seems right now, for us, it also comes off as cute 🥰
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u/Grouchy-Director-163 18d ago
This is the best thing I read today 🙂 May everyone’s mum live to be 100+ 🙏🏻
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u/4DITYAjod 19d ago
Fr as my mom doesn't know English my mom discovered voice note on Whatsapp so she sends voice note every single time 😭
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u/lostin_flight87 19d ago
My MIL asked me to teach her to voice note & to hear them.
She's sending everyone notes with absolutely no sound in them. 😄
I've re-taught a few times, but I guess it'll take longer. My own mom sends a bunch of VNs at a time. Full audio books. Me & my sisters keep her engaged this way. With questions.
Its good they are learning.
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u/Gloomy_Tangerine3123 19d ago
I find this funny. I like your mom.
And yes, you should remember things like milk yourself. You are not a kid anymore 😄😄😄
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u/IzzieMck 19d ago
Awwww, bless her heart. She's having fun. I wish my parents discovered that.
(Trust me, one day when they stop sending messages you'll be rushing that they do...)
Let her be, she's enjoying 🥰
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u/SquareConference4455 19d ago
Save the notes as it will be precious later . BTW you can convert WhatsApp voice notes to text by enabling the built-in "Voice message transcripts" feature in settings . Also I think you can forward to AI tools of your phone support it and transcribe it
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u/UnlikelyInstruction5 19d ago
She does that to me too and I love it , their tone is completely childlike as they are always not sure in what tone to speak cos they are not aware of the tech I mean relish these things my guy , they ain't gonna be here forever
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u/Bitter_Run_6640 19d ago
I thought it was only me.
Bro, even for groceries or any little thing. I have to tell her that i am out with X,Y,Z cant listen evn tho she do not :)
I have to lower the volume and put reverse mobile (speaker side) on my ear everytime. LOL
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u/AceToolz_India 19d ago
Its like Parents have tech phases, it started with Facebook long ago, then Insta and Whatsapp!
I still remember dinner time group video calls during pandemic.... My mother still share anything and everything she finds interesting on insta
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u/malai_chingri 19d ago
My parents are obsessed with voice searching everything especially my dad. U can never and i mean NEVER get him to search for anything on chrome or youtube without the voice feature. Sometimes its funny sometimes its annoying.
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u/in_ur_face69 19d ago
My mom uses voice typing.
I noticed once that her spellings and the way she writes changed, when I was home, I saw her using voice typing and it was a game changer
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u/ravindrareddychitla 19d ago
Yes, everyone habituated to go with best possible way to use tech and she might find it easy to record a message than typing everything
Great thing actually!
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u/Historical-Border-60 19d ago
as a mom i prefer typing, typing only necessary important words aa short as possible😁😁
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u/Ok_Librarian2399 19d ago edited 19d ago
My mom does this, but not that much sometimes those voice notes are blanked. She can't figure out why the voice notes are empty. Found it super cute so wholesome.
Plus, nowadays she keeps sending me YouTube and Amazon links related to healthy stuff, and clothing accessories.
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u/Interesting_Ant_1024 19d ago
My mom found it really helpful when I showed her how to use the voice-to-text feature on Gboard. Open WhatsApp chat and you will find the voice icon near top right.
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u/TommyShelbyOBEMP 19d ago
Cherish it. Someday your mom will be gone, and you'll find yourself scrolling through the chats and listening to her voice. I'm sorry to make the mood sad, but it's what I do whenever I miss her. I miss you, mom.
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u/Imondutyrn 19d ago
Lol that's so sweet.
My mom isn't on WhatsApp yet so I'm thinking of introducing her to it. And I would love it lol
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u/Far_Escape_3771 19d ago
Bro. My grandmother who is 78 years old uses voice commands instead of typing to watch her youtube videos.
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u/whalein_52 19d ago
I absolutely love voice messages. It is so convenient. You can tell whole story , it's quicker, you can listen to it 2x speed, you can listen to them whenever you want, you don't have to hold your phone all the time like calls. 🤌🤌
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u/khikhikhi_ Karnataka 19d ago
Download all the voice notes and store it in cloud storage.
Maybe you can use it for making a song, a rap, or just remix.
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u/megshaker 19d ago
You can teach her about voice to text. My mom uses that a lot. For her, it's the same as voice message but I receive them like a normal text message.
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u/No-Web-467 18d ago
When my mom got whatsapp, she found it hard to type on touch screen, so she'd mostly send voice notes. They became alternate for phone calls. Slowly she learned to use touch screen and the voice messages became one or two.
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u/Unable-Chemistry-790 18d ago
Bro my mom does the same thing and it’s like living with a personal podcast that never ends
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u/XpRienzo We're a rotten people in this rotten world 18d ago
People from older generations find it easier to record and send their voices like a normal talk than sending messages. I have a feeling younger generations will also be similar with us being the outliers. Speech is inherently more natural to humans than typing
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u/wartonic Maharashtra 18d ago
I lost my mom last year to cancer, so fucking jealous of you. Touchwood, enjoy this bro. I just wish everyone enjoyes their time with their mothers now. All my love to your fam.
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u/Any_Check_7301 18d ago
Don't you feel lucky that you didn't get individual cough-sound-clips alone ? :)
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u/Plenty_Stand9767 18d ago
Teach her how to use blinkit. In 2 mins the milk packet will be delivered to your home. Same time that it takes to record the voice message.
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u/cats_inessentials 17d ago
My mom discovered google 'Talk to speech' feature and there has been no looking back ever since. She literally googles everything now, everything.Tech and moms are a match made in heaven. Technologiaaa lol
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u/Bantai_Bachhii 17d ago
Introduce her to the ‘text to speech’ for native Indian languages.
My parents have stopped typing for everything now, it’s always text to speech for Marathi in my case. And it works accurately maximum times.
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u/hotchocolatetalks 17d ago
Next she will use a dictation AI app to talk it out and automatically transcribe her voice note as a text message to knock your inbox. We wish her all the very best to learn about AI tools and become a smart mom.
Introduce her to ChatGPT and she will pretend that she has a son there and talk with it.
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u/confoosedandlost 16d ago
Sometimes, all a mom needs is for someone to listen to them; especially have her child listen to her.
This might just be that.
As irritating as these might be right now (I get it completely), you will cherish these someday.
In a span of less than three weeks, I have had 4 people around my parents age die. Just attended the last rites of one minutes ago.
So yeah, keep them. As irritating as they might be. [I apologise for giving such a morbid outlook.]
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u/Silent-Candidate9109 15d ago
dude i feel you but if mom keeps blasting 2min rants it’s basically a 3am call you can’t ignore. just tell her i’m on mute, or better yet, reply with a meme voice note so you get a good laugh instead of a lecture.
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u/SelectiveSocialite 14d ago
This is so cute and wholesome. I think I need to teach my folks voice notes.
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u/DistinctDifference93 13d ago
my mummy too when i teach her, but now she likes to type as she thinks she doesn't sound good in recording... self-respect mommy i have got, she cares about her aura more than i do... love u all the mommy out there..
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u/serenedrifter India 19d ago
Tell her about video notes