A friend and I took our dogs for a walk in the woods so I
decided to leave my phone in the car where it would be safe from my
accidentally dropping it in the snow, never to be found again. Plus, I just
wanted to enjoy the company of my friend and our dogs, uninterrupted. When I
got back to the car from our hour walk, I checked my phone. There were 7 missed
calls from my son. In addition to those calls were the following texts:
Is there something wrong with your
phone?
Call me back, right now
You suck at answering phones mom,
seriously
Do you want me to tell you there’s
an emergency? Because I’ll play that card
I’m gonna throw your phone into a
porta potty
What was so important? He wanted to know where the dog was
(she was with me). My response to the
missed calls and messages was this:
You only
need to leave one message or call only once. If I am available I will call you
back.
I have had told that
to both of my sons at one time or another. Usually I have to remind them that I
am not tied to my phone 24/7 like they are so if I don’t respond, then I will
when I can. Both boys have left message after message with the same
Answer your
phone!
Where are
you?
Why won’t
you answer?
Seriously,
why even have a phone if you aren’t going to answer it?
messages as if I am sitting there looking at the screen
saying “Muahahaha! They will never know I’m here refusing to answer!” The most
missed calls I have received from one son was 9. 9 missed calls! No emergency.
Nobody has lost a limb. It’s usually for something dumb like, “Did you order
that shirt yet?”
I guess I am going to have to blame this on the generation
gap. I just don’t feel the need to have my phone on me every waking second of
every day. I don’t carry it around with me at work. I leave it on the counter
at home and most of the time the ringer is off. I’m not innocent here. I can
find myself in a panic if one of my kids doesn’t respond to my messages. But
usually, I can surmise that if they aren’t responding, they are probably busy
at the moment. Both of my sons carry their phones everywhere, even in the
bathroom. I can hear the shower running and a phone buzzing with incoming
texts. I have to wonder if the extra towel in the bathroom is for drying off
wet hands to respond within seconds. I guess I can understand why they can’t
understand why I’m OK with walking away from it sometimes. I like my phone and
how it allows me to stay connected, but if I don’t respond right away, please
understand that I’m probably busy at the moment, or I just want to unplug and enjoy
the quiet, like a walk in the woods with a friend and our dogs.
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