I feel MASSIVE guilt when I ignore the phone. I've gotten better at being able to ignore it (the phone AND the guilt), but it still nags at my conscience -- like, if someone went to the trouble to call me, they want to talk to me, and if I'm there to hear my phone ring, I owe the caller the courtesy of talking to them.

Heh. That is so *not* my motto. t /Joey Tribbiani

Gronk.

I love Bluetooth headsets, and desperately want one. Given the fact that I also want an iPod AND a Treo, I don't think I'll be assimilated into the Borg just yet (as opposed to the b.org).

Gronk. I already said that. Yes. Bartended last night. Had hella fun.

vw has inspired me - i will put away laundry.

I do not have a bluetooth- and I get annoyed with people for expecting me to answer my cell phone. esp if I am at work . when I do not have my cell phone anywhere near me. I just don't give out the nuber often. and I always tell people - you can try it , but there is no garuntee that I will answer it. But I like my cell , it is very convienet. but for me to use, not for anyone to actually reach me.

I owe the caller the courtesy of talking to them.

My mom used to have a code when she called. She'd call once, let it ring one time, and then hang up immediately and call back again, in the hopes that that way I'd know it was her and consider bothering to pick up the phone. It worked, mostly, except that when I just wasn't there she got all paranoid.

Well, I'm off to go hear what a terrible person I am.

Oh dear. Well, please do come back when you're done for an opposing view.

Well, I'm off to go hear what a terrible person I am.

That sounds... um... fun? If you're relating fun to being stuck in the movie Chainsaw Massacre, that is. Good luck?

It worked, mostly, except that when I just wasn't there she got all paranoid.

This is why I could never have such a code. call waiting feeds my paranoia enough, thank you very much.

Gudanov, this frickin counseling ever give you a chance to vent? I mean does anyone ever consider that the other person may have occassionally done something wrong?

It's time for my annual post of Single-Gal Wonderment.

Chatty!co-worker talks to his wife on the phone AT LEAST twice a day, every day. Sometimes he calls her, sometimes she calls him -- they mix it up.

Every day? Twice a day? What do they have to talk about when they get home?

Married/en-coupled folk, I've asked this before, but I can't remember your answers -- is this typical? Or calling even once a day during the work day?

I have no frame of reference, except that I witness the twice-daily (or more) phone calls of Chatty and Mrs. Chatty, and it boggles my mind.

I'm trying to make it into something sweet and romantic -- like, "I can't go 8 hours without talking to you!" Which I *could* actually understand if it happened maybe once a week. But -- every day?

Input, if you please.