has your mother ever asked u to change your cellphone message alert or ringtone?
By secretbear
@secretbear (19448)
Philippines
March 7, 2008 10:20pm CST
i can't believe it! my mother went as far as meddling with my cellphone "affairs"! this is the first time that she said a thing about my cellphone. i thought she just wanted to manage my life. now she wants to manage my cellphone too. ^__^;; but i'm not really angry about it.
in fact i laughed about it when she asked me to change my message alert this morning. but i was really surprised. i never thought my mother would care about it. she said it was really SCARY! LOL well it was supposed to be scary! LOL it sounds like background music for halloween after all. ^__^;;
i got it from an anime, Jigoku Shoujo Futakamori. it was the background music playing when a boy under a tree was feeling depressed and he was singing a very sad song. i just thought that the music was so creepy. and it would be fun to make it as my message alert. so i saved the video and recorded that part. ^__^;;
if you want to hear it, you can download it here.
http://secretbear.multiply.com/music/item/13/Jigoku_Shoujo_3_songs
its really short so you won't have any problem downloading it and listening to it. i uploaded it to imeem too but it takes ages to play a song there. so i chose multiply.
you have to hear it! ^__^
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33 responses
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
8 Mar 08
hehe.. nO wonder your mom ask u to change the tone.. LOL ^_^ i guess it really freaks her off.. But actually, the rone is still quite ok to me.. Not as eerie as i tot to be =P
But my mom will never ask me to change my hp tones because when i'm at home, i will set my hp to a completely different profile.. LOL
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
its not that eerie right kun?? i actually think its kinda funny. when i was riding a bus last night, someone sent me a message and there goes spooky! i think some people was looking for the source of it. i didn't bring out my cellphone until the alert was finished. ^__^;; my friend and i was laughing about it.
isn't it quite a hassle to change your profile every now and then?
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
i don't think they were scared. i think they were weirded out. ^__^;; they probably thought that the owner of the cellphone was really weird to choose a ringtone like that. ^__^
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
no. first i am too old for her to be meddling with my cellphone, second i dont live with her, third its my children are the one who is telling me to change my message alert. not for it is scary it is because they want to request a song for me to put. lol.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
ohh i dont let them change it, they know that i will get angry if they do that. they just request. they requested for clumsy by fergie so now my message alert is clumsy. my ring tone is anata dake mitsumeteru.... yes slumdunk. wink wink
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
LOL the ever slamdunk fan! ^__^
i change my mother's ringtone into something that i think she would like. like when she liked the song "way back into love", i put it in her cellphone and made it as her ringtone. but she doesn't really like any particular singer or songs so its hard to guess what songs she would like. but if we put something like a recorded laugh of my niece or my 3-year old nephew singing, she would definitely love it. so we're safe there. ^__^;;
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
LOL i do that with my mom's cellphone too. its usually me or my younger sister who change her message alert. ^__^;;
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
8 Mar 08
hey thanks for sharing that, i'll definitely check it out. there were times when my mom did ask me to change my ringtone! she's like "what's that song you got there? can't you change it to something else?" ..and sometimes she complains that it's too loud or something haha.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
i guess old people can't take loud noises anymore. ^__^;;
oh hey, i tagged you in my blog. the title of my post is World Tagging where you can see your site name there. please take a look at it. ^__^
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
14 Mar 08
can you let me know what's your blog address again?
also you can leave me comments in my blog about the tagging next time coz sometimes i dont get to logon to mylot that often. :)
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@az03r4 (913)
• Indonesia
14 Mar 08
of course your mother's gonna be scarry, dude, while your background musch was like halloween! LOL
sometimes my mother asked to change my cellphone message alert or ringtone if she didn't like it, coz it was a bad music for sure. LOL
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
19 Mar 08
that's weird! why would she yell at you for having a very low volume ringtone? wouldn't that be just beneficial to her since it won't disturb her?
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
14 Mar 08
maybe she even thought it was a bad idea to have a Halloween-like ringtone when its not even Halloween! 
nothers, they don't know the beauty of being unique!
nothers, they don't know the beauty of being unique! 
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
No she hasn't. But she had often told me to lower the volume, or turn it silent. hehe. There are times when I'm very busy, i just forget my cellphones, and there are already messages accumulating, some very important too. That's why i turn the volume up, to make sure I won't miss any messages. But most of the time, it's pretty low. She normally doesn't have any problem with it. Just a few times. Especially if there's an exchange of messages going. That drives her crazy.
But no, I've never spooked her with anything. That's my sister's job. hehe.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
my mother usually don't have any problem with the volume of my cellphone because hers is equally loud too. LOL this is really the first time she had said something about it. ^__^;;
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@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
10 Mar 08
That's good. I have a problem with my mom's cellphone volume being too low. There are days when I text her to ask something important and it would take ages for her to respond. My siblings have a problem with this too. Because sometimes, they would text me or call me, asking if I'm home, and if they could talk to our mother, or even just ask me tell her that she has messages. lol.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
what is so embarrassing about that song? i like that song! like the title, its really crazy!
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Crazy is the only song of him that i know. :p so i can't say if i'm a Gnarles Barclay lover. but he really has a good voice. 
@abhiroop85 (2826)
• Scottsdale, Arizona
16 Aug 08
no she never told me to change the ringtone or message tone, but thing is that I do not see any problem keeping something different in cell, as nowadays there are so many of it,sometimes with common ringtones and message tones it becomes tough to recognize your own cell is ringing,so better to use something others do not so that you can understand,another thing,you should not disturb others with it, so try to use something else when at home so that your mother does not feel problem
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
16 Aug 08
hi abhiroop! thanks for the response. i also think that its better to have a different ringtone to distinguish it from other people's ringtones. that's why i sometimes make my own ringtones.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
15 Aug 08
Hi secretbear,
[i]LOL! Poor mom! LOL! Anyway, maybe you have to lower the tone when you 're at home or closer to her so you will not scare her..LOL!
My Mother didn't do that to me since I have no message alert as that..maybe if I was using same thing,people in the house will say something about it! LOL![/i]
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
16 Aug 08
hi checa! i have changed it long before and i'm not thinking of using it again. well, maybe not in the near future. maybe i'm going to use it again come this Halloween season.
@shinjiao (1457)
• China
12 Jul 08
Hi,secretbear!^_^Shinjiao come back!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never encountered this situation because my message alert is usually gentle and peaceful,even sometimes I missed the messages or phonecalls because I could not hear my alert.:P
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Jul 08
hey shinji! welcome back! okairi! ogenki desu ka? how are you doing? i hope your're doing fine. what have you been doing? have you been busy with school?
ogenki desu ka? how are you doing? i hope your're doing fine. what have you been doing? have you been busy with school? 
@MH4444 (2161)
• United States
16 Aug 08
No, my mother has always loved my choices in that. She often tells me that I keep her up-to-date with music that is new. But!
My last boyfriend did this. 
Notice I said "last"?
I left him...yep.
Creep.
Anyway, I don't know; sounds like she is putting her "nose-in-your-business" too much. I'd be upset at that.
But!
My last boyfriend did this.
Notice I said "last"?
I left him...yep.
Creep.
Anyway, I don't know; sounds like she is putting her "nose-in-your-business" too much. I'd be upset at that. 1 person likes this
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
16 Aug 08
don't tell me you left him because he wanted you to change your ringtone?? just kidding. ^__~ i'm sure there's more to that. my mother doesn't meddle with my business more than she should. she usually couldn't care less with my ringtones. its just that one ringtone that made her upset. and i just couldn't help but laugh about it. 
just kidding. ^__~ i'm sure there's more to that. my mother doesn't meddle with my business more than she should. she usually couldn't care less with my ringtones. its just that one ringtone that made her upset. and i just couldn't help but laugh about it. @Nlearning (63)
• China
12 Jul 08
My mother don't care about my cellphone message alert or ringtone,If i like,she is OK!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Mar 08
she doesn't like my message alert because she said its scary. i already changed it but only for the time being. i'll change it back when i know that she won't hear it. ^__^
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
12 Jul 08
This is funny to me. I haven't lived with my mom since I was 20... so almost 14 years =) I don't think that she would care what I used for ringtones or alerts on my phone, and it's not like she (or anybody) has a right to anyway. Thanks for the chuckle!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Jul 08
of course this would be funny to you since you don't live with your mom. and yeah, she probably doesn't have the right but she can voice her opinion right? like my mother did.
@jannijanni (866)
•
12 Jul 08
oh my, funny thing is, she just asked me to change my message alert tone earlier tonight since it irritates her.
but mine's not as scary as yours. it's just a phone ring. according to her, it reminds her of her office which is one thing she doesn't wanna think about since it's the weekend LOL
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Jul 08
what kind of ringtone that can remind someone of their work?? she must be always stressed at work so she didn't want to be reminded of it during weekends. so did you change it?? 
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
26 May 08
Hello secretbear,
My mother doesn't care about my ringing/message tone. She is okay with it as she doesn't really know about cell phone. But, I never have a funny or weird tone for my cell phone and so it is not a big problem too. I am just normal and not really up to date cell phone fanatic
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
hey hey hey. you're normal so i'm not? well i guess i'm a little bit... odd. thanks for the response gr8life!
well i guess i'm a little bit... odd. thanks for the response gr8life! 
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
18 Mar 08
Dear Seacretbear,My mother has not asked to stop by inquired were I got that ring tone from may she had liked it. Moreover I just went through the link site it is really a nice one thanks for letting us know. My mum used to have spiritual ringtones most I used to download it her mobile but she never insisting me in changing my ringtones but my sister used to.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
hi shamrack. maybe your mother likes your ringtones so she doesn't tell you to change it. ^__^
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
19 Mar 08
I don't have a multiply account so I couldn't listen to the ringtone...but that is a neat site! i might have to check it out...back to the cell phone thing though, my mom never has asked me but she has asked my brothers who lived with her - they had explicit rap music though that she couldn't stand!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
hi vera! i would have seconded your mother to change your brothers' rigntone. i can't stand too much noisy rap. but if it were in a low volume and only they can hear it, i would be fine with it.
@mnsrwt123 (2057)
• India
18 Mar 08
Nope, my mother never asked me to change my Cellphone ringtone,,, as she don't get disturb from that, although i always set my mobile phone ringtone to one which don't bother other peoples...
Keep posting!!!
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@Blackribbon (66)
• United States
19 Mar 08
That hasn't happened to me, but I have a basic ring tone. My sister however downloaded Otep for a ringtone, and my mother just stared at her badly when she heard it. She never asked her to change it but sometimes I wish she would because it's really loud. Sometimes we're in a store and it's a little quiet and all of this sudden this screaming and metal music comes on. People always turn to look, it's not that bad. It's just the music is a little disruptive.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
i don't know otep but heavy metal music would really be too noisy for a ringtone! anywhere you go people will surely look at you when your phone rings. i don't blame your mother.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
i wouldn't blame your mother. ^__^ thanks for your response.
