Even Worse Could Have Occurred
However, even if this was the worst-case scenario for an error in texting, you were able to avoid offending your girlfriend’s stepfather. The stepfather handled the situation with a mixture of sarcasm and humiliation in his response. What more was there for him to say? That’s what we came up with.
A similar message may have been sent to Alice by her boyfriend or stepfather, but whom did she hear it from? There’s no other way to settle the score except an arm wrestle. That, or they simply don’t tell her.