Best ways to get G/F to check email? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

viveleroi0 · 05-29-2003, 03:18 PM

I have a girlfriend at home today, she is off work. I work in a setting that makes calling her very difficult, but I can send her email. She RARELY uses the computer, only to play sims at that. What ways could I use to entice/remind her to check and reply to her email a couple times a day?

ToiletDuck · 05-29-2003, 03:51 PM

Im guessing your using outlook express? If so, just leave the program open, turn up the speakers and set it to check the mail every 10-15 minutes, it'll make a noise when mail has been recieved. Worked good when i was taking care of my cousin after his cancer treatments.

viveleroi0 · 05-29-2003, 04:30 PM

I use Mozilla Mail.. I could setup outlook, but I need a way to not leave anything open. I cant do the sound thing because she often is not inside and doesn't want to hear that anyway.

ToiletDuck · 05-29-2003, 04:32 PM

Hmm, write "check email" on a post it note and stick it on her forehead?

Krycheck · 05-29-2003, 04:52 PM

You can set her up on Yahoo email and also Yahoo Messenger.
Leave messenger on and it will tell you when you have a new e-mail with a pop-up

Or you could just IM her with that or another IM client.

fhqwhgads · 05-29-2003, 06:24 PM

Make it worth her while to check her email...write her some poetry, type "dirty" things to her, tell her how much you love her. Leave a few gifts in the inbox and she'll be eager to check the mail.

evercl · 05-29-2003, 06:30 PM

Yeah it's kinda hard if she's not buy the computer, but if she just looks at it you could make an image of wallpaper that says "Check your e-mail" then every time she saw it she'd know.

You could even do it with the screen saver.

viveleroi0 · 05-29-2003, 06:38 PM

I like the idea of leaving poems, messages, goodies for her in the inbox. That is a good idea! Thanks!

poof · 05-29-2003, 08:05 PM

<strike>What <i>fhqwhgads</i> said. Give her a reason.</strike>

Never mind.

Podmore · 05-29-2003, 08:24 PM

My wife leaves mail open most of the time, so she just glances at it when she walks by, in case she didn't hear a message come in.

Or give her a watch with an alarm on it set to go off a few times a day.

MacGnG · 05-29-2003, 09:20 PM

just tell her u are gonna send her something but dont tell her when. jus say this week or sometime soon, that might jump start her to look and it might stick

make it seem as if it's something she has to read, something cute, loving... she'll be so curious

eyeseepeedude · 05-30-2003, 04:26 AM

I think most of the ideas here are pretty good... especially the 'dirty words' & poems one... she'd be eager to check then...

Dragonlich · 05-31-2003, 06:06 AM

just leave the damn computer on, keep outlook open, and have it check for e-mail. Instruct/train your girlfriend to check the mail every now and then.

BoCo · 06-01-2003, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ToiletDuck
Hmm, write "check email" on a post it note and stick it on her forehead?

Or stick it below your belly button.

sandeep · 06-01-2003, 07:35 PM

If you wanted to spend some money, you could get her one of those two way pagers with text messaging. so she could check her email via that, without even needing a PC.

it would double as a gift too.

null_duality · 06-01-2003, 11:03 PM

ooo ooo ooo
a good one i did.
leave her notes around the house in odd places.
like inside the fridge, under the toilet lid
in the shower

once i even managed to get one on her thigh....
or just text message her...

05-29-2003, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	Best ways to get G/F to check email? I have a girlfriend at home today, she is off work. I work in a setting that makes calling her very difficult, but I can send her email. She RARELY uses the computer, only to play sims at that. What ways could I use to entice/remind her to check and reply to her email a couple times a day? __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

05-29-2003, 04:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	I use Mozilla Mail.. I could setup outlook, but I need a way to not leave anything open. I cant do the sound thing because she often is not inside and doesn't want to hear that anyway. __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

05-29-2003, 04:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Krycheck Sultana ruined my evil persona Location: Los Angeles	You can set her up on Yahoo email and also Yahoo Messenger. Leave messenger on and it will tell you when you have a new e-mail with a pop-up Or you could just IM her with that or another IM client. __________________ His pants are tight...but his morals are loose!!

05-29-2003, 06:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	I like the idea of leaving poems, messages, goodies for her in the inbox. That is a good idea! Thanks! __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

05-29-2003, 08:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
poof Psycho	<strike>What <i>fhqwhgads</i> said. Give her a reason.</strike> Never mind. Last edited by poof; 05-29-2003 at 08:09 PM..

05-29-2003, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
ToiletDuck Insane Location: In beautiful (YOUR AREA)	Im guessing your using outlook express? If so, just leave the program open, turn up the speakers and set it to check the mail every 10-15 minutes, it'll make a noise when mail has been recieved. Worked good when i was taking care of my cousin after his cancer treatments.

05-29-2003, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
ToiletDuck Insane Location: In beautiful (YOUR AREA)	Hmm, write "check email" on a post it note and stick it on her forehead?

05-29-2003, 06:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	Make it worth her while to check her email...write her some poetry, type "dirty" things to her, tell her how much you love her. Leave a few gifts in the inbox and she'll be eager to check the mail.

05-29-2003, 06:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
evercl Upright	Yeah it's kinda hard if she's not buy the computer, but if she just looks at it you could make an image of wallpaper that says "Check your e-mail" then every time she saw it she'd know. You could even do it with the screen saver.

05-29-2003, 08:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
Podmore Crazy Location: SoCal	My wife leaves mail open most of the time, so she just glances at it when she walks by, in case she didn't hear a message come in. Or give her a watch with an alarm on it set to go off a few times a day.

05-29-2003, 09:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	just tell her u are gonna send her something but dont tell her when. jus say this week or sometime soon, that might jump start her to look and it might stick make it seem as if it's something she has to read, something cute, loving... she'll be so curious

05-30-2003, 04:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
eyeseepeedude Sir Location: Colorado Springs, CO	I think most of the ideas here are pretty good... especially the 'dirty words' & poems one... she'd be eager to check then... __________________ If you like what you see, donate to the TFP

05-31-2003, 06:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	just leave the damn computer on, keep outlook open, and have it check for e-mail. Instruct/train your girlfriend to check the mail every now and then.

06-01-2003, 07:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
sandeep Insane	If you wanted to spend some money, you could get her one of those two way pagers with text messaging. so she could check her email via that, without even needing a PC. it would double as a gift too.

06-01-2003, 11:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
null_duality Tilted	ooo ooo ooo a good one i did. leave her notes around the house in odd places. like inside the fridge, under the toilet lid in the shower once i even managed to get one on her thigh.... or just text message her...