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Cell Phone Etiquette at home
I am just curious, do any of you and your significant others have rules about being on your cell, texting, ect, while at home???
Personally I always have my phone on silent when I am at home, and check it if I am walking by, but it lives plugged in, in the kitchen. I don’t have it on me all the time.
I think if Ryan was texting other people all the time he was with me I would be furious…I am not TOO bad for it, but I do need to keep myself in check, and put myself in his position…
Any advice on how to keep phone etiquette at home, without coming across controlling??
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Permalink Reply by jay. on -
I've never heard of anything called phone etiquette... that's a new one. We don't have a house phone, so our cell phones are the only form of communication with other people. His phone is usually on ring in the kitchen, mine's usually on silent in my purse when we're at home. I'd be afraid to have both on silent in case of an emergency with family and/or friends. But my situation may be completely different from yours because neither of us having people blowing up our phones.
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Permalink Reply by Whitney on -
I don't think it's controlling at all. I think it is incredibly rude...That is, if one is texting nonstop all the time in front of another person.
One of my exes would text his friends ALL the time, right in front of me. It would piss me off so bad. One time I took off work without pay to spend time with him, since it was around my birthday. We were spending time together. He was texting his friend, and made plans to spend time with him....that same day! So, he told me to go home, so he could spend time with his friend.
We later broke up. My now boyfriend and I don't usually text in front of one another. Both our phones usually are on silent. If we are playing with my iPhone and I get a text, I'll check it. Other than that, I don't.
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Permalink Reply by Shayna on -
Agree --- if I'm taking the time to be with you, then do me the same courtesy.
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Permalink Reply by Philly Girl on -
I don't live with set rules regarding this when I'm with my guy but i think cell phones at meals are rude. Eating dinner with someone while they're having a constant conversation with someone else through a cell phone and in the process ignoring you is not something I want to experience. Otherwise I don't know if I'm one to talk because I'm on my blackberry quite often.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on -
Neither Jen nor I have a cell phone right now, but when we did, we didn't really care what the other was doing with the phone. Then again, we really only used the phone to keep in contact with family, so like a call a night to each family member to say hi, what's up and that was it. :P
If we did have a cell phone, I really wouldn't care if Jen texted friends. I don't see texting as any different than IMing. We both IM friends off and on during the day/night. Our TV and computers are in the same room, so we're together whether we're chatting with friends or not. ^_^
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Permalink Reply by Sara Nipples on -
It doesn't really bother me when my fiancee is texting. BUT I am incredibly nosy so I'm always saying, "Who's that?" And I usually tell him who I'm talking to because we pretty much share everything with each other. Then again, neither of us really text all that often when we're at home. And I hate when people are texting all through dinner/lunch. My parents would kill me if I did that to them! Luckily, we aren't that popular so we don't have any problems with cell phone etiquette. : )
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Permalink Reply by RAY J on -
lol I do that too (the "Who's that?" asking all the time) and then of course I hafta ask "what do they want?" or "oh, what are they saying?"
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Permalink Reply by Sara Nipples on
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hahahaha I do that exact same thing!
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Permalink Reply by Kara on -
I do too! I'm super nosy with my husband! If it's someone I know well, too, I always ask the "what did they want" type follow-up questions, as well!
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Permalink Reply by RAY J on
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This reminds me of that couple on the Marriage Ref last night!
Hubby's got a Droid now, which is basically a pocket computer. If I'm doing something online and he wants to check his stuff he'll sit on the bed and do so via his phone. I was getting annoyed at dinner last night though that he was sitting at the table playing some stupid missile game on his phone... I don't think I'm too bad - I'll keep it near me or at least in the same room so I can hear it if I get a call or a message and respond if i need to, but yeah...
My sis glued to her phone though - drives me nuts. She's constantly texting, even while at the dinner table and even during family holiday dinners - it's like "seriously? you can't leave your phone for 10-15 min while we're eating Thanksgiving/Christmas/Easter dinner?"
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Permalink Reply by Sara Nipples on
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My parents would kill me if I did that. I used to get in trouble for reading books during dinner. I'm sure texting would count as way worse.
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