Just needed to be heard for a little while

Pyxis

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

when I was about 4 I was playing hairdressers with my jest door neighbour and I actually got a pair of scissors and chopped off one of her pigtails! Her mum was not happy!

Don't see why she made a fuss; her DD still had the other one!:D

dibuzz wrote: »

Make sure you both get some sleep later as well (you and WaSp not you and the nurse )

Ooo! I don't know! Depends how hunky the (male) nurse turns out to be!

lostinrates

I have stopped answering the phone. Sometimes I do this because I have intermittent hearing difficulties, but I know this isn't that. I just don't really want to. I answer my mobile ( as I can hear). I reply to emails.

Our house phones got taken out by lightening earlier in summer and we just have one corded phone, which sometimes I don't hear or cannot get to. We haven't replaced the corded phones yet because the type we need is too expensive and we cannot justify cost ATM. ( we need super long range ones because of the walls here). But all of this doesn't answer quite what I have against the phone. I don't know what it is.

elsien

My long hair party trick used to be sucking it into the hairdryer fan. Which had the added bonus of not only giving that burned singed smell but also a fetching tangled/scalped look.
I no longer own a hairdryer.
Lir - my automatic reaction on hearing the phone ring is to think "go away and leave me alone." I think phone phobia runs in the family, my sibling is worse than I am. I just think if it's that important they can leave a message. If they don't leave a message it's probably someone I don't want/need to talk to anyway.
My staff at work used to be incredulous that I'd go out anywhere without a mobile - not that any of them had the number.

whitewing

I go through stages like that. Not easy when you run a business!

I always have my mobile switched to silent so I only answer it if I notice that someone is ringing.

I just don't like the insistent 'drop everything and deal with me now' of the phone.

Of course, nowadays I do generally answer anything straight away.

For me, it is an anxiety thing. Not scared of anything bad happening. Just scared of dealing with people.

dibuzz

lostinrates wrote: »

I have stopped answering the phone. Sometimes I do this because I have intermittent hearing difficulties, but I know this isn't that. I just don't really want to. I answer my mobile ( as I can hear). I reply to emails.

Our house phones got taken out by lightening earlier in summer and we just have one corded phone, which sometimes I don't hear or cannot get to. We haven't replaced the corded phones yet because the type we need is too expensive and we cannot justify cost ATM. ( we need super long range ones because of the walls here). But all of this doesn't answer quite what I have against the phone. I don't know what it is.

I really struggle to use the phone especially if it's me ringing someone.
I'd rather answer my mobile than the house phone as I know who it is on the mobile.
I often have to put it down or have a panic attack in the middle of a call.

lostinrates

Complication is that the corded phone has no answer phone, its just the one from our power cut kit, bog standard cheap as chips phone.

So, I miss it forever.

elsien

Do 1471 at intervals if you want to check? Or would you rather just not know?

whitewing

You could sign up for BT 1571 - costs a little bit.

I sometimes let it go to message then text a reply.

The best way to get over the fear is just to answer it.

lostinrates

elsien wrote: »

Do 1471 at intervals if you want to check? Or would you rather just not know?

I think I don't want to know.

I suspect one of the callers might be the pharmacy. My prepay cert ran out for two days. Its now renewed. They might have wanted to do my boxes while it was not valid. ( It would be early).

DUKE

elsien wrote: »

Do 1471 at intervals if you want to check? Or would you rather just not know?

Be aware that it will cost you to call 1471! Not very MoneySaving