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#214855 - 09/30/11 06:02 PM Cell phones = impersonal
Di Member Registered: 11/15/05 Posts: 2798 Loc: NM, transplant from NJ	With our cell phones as our only means of calling friends/family, this means that in-laws etc. never get to talk to my DH because I'm the only one who answers my phone. Relationships start waning. Hence, families start drifting. Bad news. _________________________ Southwest Body Gear here ~ NEWLY updated website with many new products!
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#214862 - 09/30/11 06:18 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Di]
yonuh Member Registered: 06/14/06 Posts: 2447 Loc: Arizona	I don't think that's necessarily true for everyone, Di. When my family calls me on my cell, I always hand off the phone to my partner so he can talk to them, too. Plus, they email him sometimes, or he emails them something he thinks they'd enjoy. _________________________ Well-behaved women rarely make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich http://ruthrainwater.wordpress.com/ http://newbeginningsgratitudejournal.wordpress.com/ http://sablewings.wordpress.com/
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#214865 - 09/30/11 06:28 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: yonuh]
Di Member Registered: 11/15/05 Posts: 2798 Loc: NM, transplant from NJ	Well, then it must be my DH who's the problem!! LOL! _________________________ Southwest Body Gear here ~ NEWLY updated website with many new products!
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#214867 - 09/30/11 09:03 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Di]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Even so, Di and Yonuh, don't you think there is generally one person in every couple who becomes responsible for family communication? It has always been that way for me, anyway. I recall back in the 70s when I married my first husband, and letter writing was still a major form of communication between families. Once we married, Bill turned all the letter writing over to me. Suddenly I was even the one who wrote to his mother! And I even recall writing to her that things were getting strained between the two of us. Pretty weird! _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
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#214870 - 09/30/11 09:49 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Anne Holmes]
Di Member Registered: 11/15/05 Posts: 2798 Loc: NM, transplant from NJ	Yeah, just like having the bill paying handed over, too. I want a break from it. (sorry wrong place to vent!) _________________________ Southwest Body Gear here ~ NEWLY updated website with many new products!
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#214903 - 10/03/11 09:55 AM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Di]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	The only problem I see with the cell-phone issue is people using a phone when they're driving. I find that irritating. It's against the law here but many people ignore that law. Lots of folks walk around the malls and grocery stores with a phone to their ear. WB doesn't even answer our landline phone. Like Anne, I do all the communicating. I guess men think it's a woman thing like housework. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#214905 - 10/03/11 10:23 AM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Di]
Ellemm Registered: 11/04/08 Posts: 601	I hear what you are saying, Di. You might want to fight fire with fire just a little bit and decline to be the only person to do the talking. I certainly pass the cell phone to my husband; in fact, I'm quick to say, "Oh, I'll bet you want to talk to _____. Here he is." Hah! Sometimes I don't think he's all that hot to talk to some of his goofy relatives, but I do my bit. I'm not doing this all myself. Fortunately for us, though, people want and expect to talk to both of us. (And sometimes neither of us wants to talk to whoever it is, but you gotta do what you gotta do.) Good luck!
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#215668 - 12/04/11 07:29 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Ellemm]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	Anne, I can't find your post that this is replying to. But I read, you said you keep your cell phone turned off, saving charge for when you need it. I keep my cell turned off but like the security of having it in case of an emergency. That being said, I charge it every couple of weeks. The mechanics of those cell phones are such, [with the clock, etc.] the battery runs down whether they're off or on. So methinks you may want to charge it every so often even though you seldom use it. IMHO! Just saying. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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#215670 - 12/05/11 01:38 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Thanks Jabber, I DO charge it periodically. it's charging now, thanks for the reminder! I have a variety of reminders set up in my computer - to remind me to change the furnace filter, to remind me to pay my monthly property owners association fees (they don't send an invoice), etc. Guess I ought to add a weekly phone charge reminder. _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
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#215674 - 12/05/11 02:26 PM Re: Cell phones = impersonal [Re: Anne Holmes]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	Anne, One of your post's sounded as if you just let the device be without charging. And that got me to thinking when you needed it, there wouldn't be any juice. I must've misread what you were saying. Prayers and blessings... _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
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