grandma began using an ai companion for language practice and gradually turned it into an ongoing romantic comedy. grandpa pretended not to care until she laughed so hard at one of the bot's jokes that she spilled her tea
the next morning he arrived with flowers and announced he could tell better jokes than any computer. grandma asked him to prove it. he spent ten minutes searching the internet for material
i told grandpa he didn't have to compete with a story generator. he said it wasn't about the machine, it was about not wanting to become boring after fifty years together
they now have a weekly date night where grandpa tells a new joke and grandma rates it. the ai occasionally provides suggestions. grandpa refuses to admit the jokes are improving