Tuesday
Aug172010
Long Time, No Talk
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 10:21AM
Raise your hand if you have good friends. Ok, nice. Raise your hand if you have good friends who live far away and you don’t get to see them very often. Ok, got it. Now, raise your hand if you PURPOSELY AVOID ANSWERING THE PHONE when that person calls for fear of a conversation lasting longer than Meatloaf’s “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (I still don’t know what “that” is).
That’s what I thought.
We all do it. Don’t be shy about it. You haven’t talked to your friend in weeks, months, maybe even years.
Your phone rings.
Oh, yay! My phone is ringing! Perhaps it’s someone telling me I’ve just been hired for my dream job / my debt has been erased / I just booked that gig / I won a pony (because really, why WOULDN’T that be the subject of the phone call?).
And you look down and it’s your long lost friend. So long lost, in fact, that you don’t even have a photo ID for her when she calls because the last time you saw her your cell phone resembled a freighter.
There her name is. Blinking at you. Taunting you. “Don’t you want to talk to me? Aren’t you my friend? What if I’m dying?”
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That’s what I thought.
We all do it. Don’t be shy about it. You haven’t talked to your friend in weeks, months, maybe even years.
Your phone rings.
Oh, yay! My phone is ringing! Perhaps it’s someone telling me I’ve just been hired for my dream job / my debt has been erased / I just booked that gig / I won a pony (because really, why WOULDN’T that be the subject of the phone call?).
And you look down and it’s your long lost friend. So long lost, in fact, that you don’t even have a photo ID for her when she calls because the last time you saw her your cell phone resembled a freighter.
There her name is. Blinking at you. Taunting you. “Don’t you want to talk to me? Aren’t you my friend? What if I’m dying?”
CLICK HERE to read the rest and learn my solution!
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Reader Comments (8)
Hi, Visiting from Day 30 31DBBB challenge. Just an FYI I the link is broken in order to be able to read the end of this post. I would love to know how you take care of it??
Hopefully you have a secret on how to answer and keep it short.
Hey Sonia! Thanks for the heads up! It's all fixed.
I don't think I've ever commented on your blog before, but I love it. And this post illustrates EXACTLY what goes through my mind when my phone rings! I have so many friends from grad school that I was super close with, but I can't even imagine the crazy catching up we have to do. We resort to quick text messages every once in a while. I'm so glad I'm not the only terrible friend out there! OK, not that you're a terrible friend. Also, when YOU call a long lost friend, aren't you always relieved when it goes to voicemail? I am, because I'm terrible.
OMG! I totally understand! I'm exactly the same!! I'ts awful, My friend calls me and i know for a fact shes gonna be on there for about three hours and I'm just wishing I never had a phone! Were born to be loners!!!
I'm just so excited to hear from people when I'm stuck at home with no company all day that I pick up eagerly when I recognize the number.
But then, I've always been a phone-talker. Odd, because I'm not social in other ways.
Yeah, I'll pick up, too, when I've been at home with the baby for days!
At least we're not alone! People who don't want to pick up the phone UNITE!
DrD!!!! Hey!!! SO wonderful to "see" you here! Thank you for your compliment and your comment! At least the text messages are an option. I'll text pics of Sailor or myself - makes me feel like I'm at least staying in touch! I get what you're saying about voicemail - however, I usually get bummed when they don't pick up because I have set aside time for this call! And when they don't pick up that means we're going another several weeks before we both have time!