Talking on the phone

[Nathan]

Some people love to, people like myself do not. Why? I don't know, it kind of bothers me, makes me think I've got some kind of "hermit DNA"...maybe I do.

When the phone rings I jump like there was just a gunshot, I can tell you why that is: back with my ex who trashed our(MY) credit, and then having non-stop bill collectors calling and making threats and harassment. That was almost 30 years ago, but I still jump to this day.

But yea, I just loathe calls, except from my son, who only calls maybe once a month, and talks 10 minutes or so.

 

[Grampa Don]

I'm no good on the phone either. In fact, I'm no good at small talk in person. My mind just goes blank. And, I also jump when the phone rings. Maybe I'm afraid it will be bad news. My wife, on the other hand can talk for a half hour to a wrong number.

 

[Ceege]

I don't mind talking on the phone. What I dislike is 'texting'. I like to hear the voice of the person I talk to.

 

[Aunt Bea]

These days I prefer texting.

Texting allows me to express myself without being interrupted or talked over.

 

[Nathan]

I don't mind talking on the phone. What I dislike is 'texting'. I like to hear the voice of the person I talk to.

I have come to appreciate texting, not designed to replace a traditional conversation, but good at delivering short messages hence the SMS designation.

 

[fmdog44]

I have never liked talking on the phone and cell phone "technology" makes it even worse

 

[Jules]

My daughters and I can easily talk for 1.5 hours, usually more.

A couple of friends & I can do the same. I’m so thankful for cordless phones.

DH talks to his sons on a weekly basis. A very lengthy call would be 10 minutes, once it went for 15.

Texting is great to send a quick message without having to bother with excess chat when we’re busy.

 

[Sliverfox]

If I'm making a call,, try to plan what I'm going to say & keep it short.

Used to be I could talk for great lengths,,now not so much.

Guess the old brain can't think fast anymore?

 

[Murrmurr]

Some people love to, people like myself do not. Why? I don't know, it kind of bothers me, makes me think I've got some kind of "hermit DNA"...maybe I do.

...I just loathe calls, except from my son, who only calls maybe once a month, and talks 10 minutes or so.

Yes, that describes me, too.

I could be sitting on my rump for an hour doing nothing until I get a phone call. Then, suddenly, I feel like I have a million things to do, and I gotta go do them now.

 

[Don M.]

When I make a phone call, it is usually fairly short....just need some information, or making an appointment, etc. When one of the kids call, I can chat for a few minutes, but much prefer face to face interaction.

 

[Jules]

If we broke this down by gender I’d expect to see that women are the ones who talk the longest.

 

[palides2021]

If we broke this down by gender I’d expect to see that women are the ones who talk the longest.

I agree!

 

[Nathan]

If we broke this down by gender I’d expect to see that women are the ones who talk the longest.

I was suspecting as much, judging from the male responses so far the dislike for talking on the phone is looking like a guy thing.

 

[MrPants]

I was suspecting as much, judging from the male responses so far the dislike for talking on the phone is looking like a guy thing.

Yup! Count me in on that!

 

[Nathan]

These days I prefer texting.

Texting allows me to express myself without being interrupted or talked over.

That's probably a big part of my dislike, I'm just not an aggressive conversationalist, even in-person.

 

[bowmore]

Unfortunately,0% of the calls we get are robo calls. Auto Warranty, Medicare, credit card, etc.

 

[hollydolly]

Unfortunately,0% of the calls we get are robo calls. Auto Warranty, Medicare, credit card, etc.

I never get those calls because I have a spam blocking sytem in place on my landline..and I rarely give my mobile phone number to anyone other than family,friends or business contacts

I can talk for ages on the phone, but I never make a call with the intention of doing so..I'm just as happy talking for 5 minutes as I am for 50 ... mins

My daughter, and my friends and I WhatsApp throughout the day but usually once a week , my daughter will ring for about 1/2hour or 45 minutes to chat..and sometimes if she has something quick to tell me she'll call to speak on her way home from work..

 

[Gaer]

Fun to talk with my kids because we laugh and laugh and laugh!
But, When my phone rings, if I don't feel like answering, I DON'T!

 

[Murrmurr]

These days I prefer texting.

Texting allows me to express myself without being interrupted or talked over.

I really sweat texting back to my sister, though, because I know she'll call if I do.

 

[Jules]

Whoever invented Call Display should have been given a Noble Prize. Many unwanted conversations have been avoided.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I really sweat texting back to my sister, though, because I know she'll call if I do.

Sometimes it’s best to play dead!

 

[katlupe]

I have never been what I call a 'phone person" and I hate these cell phones even more. My phone will ring and it takes me forever to slide whatever it is to get it to answer. Now my boyfriend is a phone person and if it wasn't for him I would never use mine except for appointments. I just put it on speaker and he can talk to me all he wants.

I don't like texting either. I prefer email.

 

[jerry old]

I used to loath long conversation on phone.
Now, being almost house bound the telephone is my portal to the world.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Some people love to, people like myself do not. Why? I don't know, it kind of bothers me, makes me think I've got some kind of "hermit DNA"...maybe I do.

When the phone rings I jump like there was just a gunshot, I can tell you why that is: back with my ex who trashed our(MY) credit, and then having non-stop bill collectors calling and making threats and harassment. That was almost 30 years ago, but I still jump to this day.

But yea, I just loathe calls, except from my son, who only calls maybe once a month, and talks 10 minutes or so.

I don't like talking on the phone. I'm not one to go on and on in a phone call, like to say what I called about or hear what someone else is calling about, and end the call. I have calls a few times a year with family and I enjoy those, but once we're caught up and no more to say, I like to end the call. I don't like to hear my phone ring, usually scammers and spammers. I never got comfortable enough with my cell phone to walk around in public chatting with anyone, if I have to call my husband from a store or something to ask him a question, I step off to the side away from people and make it brief.

 

[John cycling]

Most of my phone conversations are less than 15 minutes but can be an hour or so with people who are close to me. Business calls are always as brief as possible. Most robo calls now have a do not call button that I wait for and press. Any ad calls I ask if they're calling about my camel and have a conversation about that, or else I just keep saying hi and hello until they quit and hang up.

All my regular calls are to and from my land line through Google Voice, but the all the spam calls go to my land line. I don't use a cell phone.