Dilemma over sons mobile?

Prothet_of_Doom

I spent my teenage years (the 80's) out of communication contact from my parents.

downshifted

Sounds like my husband! he thinks "mobile" phone meane "leave lying in the windowsill" phone!

Melonade

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

I spent my teenage years (the 80's) out of communication contact from my parents.

Me too, also in the 80's :cool:

But I did manage to get in touch if I needed to and not by using a friends phone (land line back then)

marisco_2

I think it would be unfair to flip your lid over this to be honest. Could there be another reason why your son has left his phone at home, apart from the fact that he can be forgetful? Could he be getting bullied and not want to carry it with him in case others try to snatch it? Talk to him when he comes in and find out what is going on before you go off on one at him. You aren't going to encourage or improve your communication with him by going in all guns blazing.

Melonade

marisco wrote: »

I think it would be unfair to flip your lid over this to be honest. Could there be another reason why your son has left his phone at home, apart from the fact that he can be forgetful? Could he be getting bullied and not want to carry it with him in case others try to snatch it? Talk to him when he comes in and find out what is going on before you go off on one at him. You aren't going to encourage or improve your communication with him by going in all guns blazing.

When I say flip my lid I certainly don't mean on him more like I'm about to have a private tantrum and maybe bang my head against a wall lol.

He can be forgetful sometimes but not really enough were the phone is concerned. We remind him every day.

Bullying has been mentioned earlier in the thread and I will speak to him if I ever manage to track him down I don't think people want to snatch his phone either, his mates and most of his school have the same or newer phones and tbh it's not even worth that much now thanks to the way he looks after it.

I'm starting to think he's doing it on purpose to get a new phone. He's done it before in the past, telling me the phone is broke or has a rubbish battery. His new excuse is the apps don't work because the phone is too old :rotfl:

wiogs

He doesn't use the phone the way you are paying for it.

As others have said - cancel the contract.

Get him on PAYG and that, with his useage, should last for ages.

Melonade

wiogs wrote: »

He doesn't use the phone the way you are paying for it.

As others have said - cancel the contract.

Get him on PAYG and that, with his useage, should last for ages.

I think this is what will happen. He'll have to buy his own credit though (not sure how) because even though he doesn't take his phone with him except for Saturday he managed to burn through his whole allowance of contract minutes.

He will talk with his friend of a night and use the minutes. Then he says he doesn't ring because he can't!! I prefer him to text me anyway, he doesn't whine and moan so much in a text lol

Gonna dig the paperwork out and cancel it.

Dunroamin

I have to go against the majority on this thread because it sounds to me as if the son's behaviour is a means of getting the new phone he wants. If that's the case, getting him a cheap PAYG phone won't have any affect. I'd just stop paying for the contract and see what happens.

peachyprice

OP, could it be that he's having the pee taken out of him because it's an old iphone, so he'd rather not take it?

Agree with others though, change it to PAYG and if he wants a newer handset let him save for it.

Spendless

I've got a 13yo son who can't be bothered with his phone (PAYG) either. We currently don't know where it is after last time it was used -I was the last to see it though so can't blame him for it missing.

Why do you need to contact him? My son has started cycling to school this week and I know that I am edgy about what if he meets with an accident, what if he get a puncture, but I'd be contacted by school if he didn't arrive and I can ring our landline when he gets in if I'm at work.

If he isn't coming straight home after school and you are wondering where he is, then tell him he without a phone he has to pop in en-route to tell you where he's going.