[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
phones sucks because you can’t tell when someone is done talking and vice versa so you both speak and yeah, lol.
texting FTW
I’d rather text all day than talk on the phone.[/quote]
Agreed. I also worry that I am calling at a bad time. I don’t even like to talk to my girlfriend on the phone. Pretty much the only people I comfortably call is my family.
I text non stop however. Way better.
I’m not much of a phone person. My longest phone calls last minutes tops. I’m just not a fan of gossipy talk about whats new with the who’s who, especially with girls.
Dial number > say what needs to be said > end phone call.
Thats my philosphy
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
im the same… im a big beleiver of looking ppl square in the eyes when ur talking to them and using body langauge… both obviously impossible over the phone.
u can use both to gage when is the best time to say something or what to say based on there body language etc…[/quote]
This furthers my theory that bananas is some kind of enforcer/debt collector. “You want I should use some body language?”
If you’re a people person… well I know I am, and it translates well to the phone in my experience. Just act like you’re talking to them in person… it’s practically the same shit bro.
Get a gob where you have to make a lot of phone calls. You’ll get over that pretty quickly.
I used to HATE making phone calls of any kind to anyone. Then, I got a job where I had to make 30+ phone calls a day scheduling delivery appointments. At first, I hated it, but eventually it got to be second nature and it really helped me work on my mad phone skillz. 
On a personal level, I do hate talking to people on the phone. If it’s a friend, I’d much rather talk in person over a beer or while watching a game, than just uncomfortably holding a phone to my ear for a while. Headsets help with that, but I’d still rather do something else with my time than talk on the phone.
I usually don’t like talking on the phone that much. I’ll just get right to the point without all those details.
The same with a girl I’ve just met. I’ll call her up and set up a place to meet or I can pick her up. Usually the conversation will last less than 5 minutes.
Here are my usual phone call conversation:
me: Hey man what happened last night?
friend: I did/did not hooked up with her after all
me: was she hot?
friend: yeah
me: cool
me: Hey man, I’m outside
friend: Cool, I’ll be right out
friend: Hey man, we’re playing at __ for poker
me: Cool, I’ll be there.
Most of my phone conversations involve a hello, the point, and then a goodbye, so I see where you’re coming from. The problem is when I start seeing a girl that wants a nightly phone call just to “chat”.
I’ve always just used excuses like “i have to wash my hair” or “my apartment is on fire”.
Drunk dialing can also be fun.
[quote]threewhitelights wrote:
I’ve always just used excuses like “i have to wash my hair” or “my apartment is on fire”.[/quote]
Washing your hair?
Try telling her you have to return some videotapes. That one works like a charm.
[quote]anonym wrote:
threewhitelights wrote:
I’ve always just used excuses like “i have to wash my hair” or “my apartment is on fire”.
Washing your hair?
Try telling her you have to return some videotapes. That one works like a charm.[/quote]
lol…but what if they counter with, “But I thought you said you only used Netflix?”
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
thosebananas wrote:
im the same… im a big beleiver of looking ppl square in the eyes when ur talking to them and using body langauge… both obviously impossible over the phone.
u can use both to gage when is the best time to say something or what to say based on there body language etc…
This furthers my theory that bananas is some kind of enforcer/debt collector. “You want I should use some body language?” [/quote]
elaborate on this theory? 
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
anonym wrote:
threewhitelights wrote:
I’ve always just used excuses like “i have to wash my hair” or “my apartment is on fire”.
Washing your hair?
Try telling her you have to return some videotapes. That one works like a charm.
lol…but what if they counter with, “But I thought you said you only used Netflix?”[/quote]
Tell her, “not when I’m trying to rent videos under the radar” or something weird like that…adds to the mystery.
Ideally, you would just hang up before she could respond, though.
[quote]Jetric9 wrote:
Drunk dialing can also be fun.[/quote]
no no no no no
I hate paying in to the stereotype but I like the phone.
I also like leaving voicemail messages to friends and family.
The only thing I don’t like is that I sound like I am 12, and because of that I don’t have my voice on my answering machine.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I also like leaving voicemail messages to friends and family.
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I would prefer to leave a voicemail most of the time when I call someone. Especially if I’m just calling to relay information.
What’s worse is when you call hoping you can leave a voicemail and then they actually answer the phone. “Um…shit, I didn’t actually want to talk to you. Can I call you right back and just leave a voicemail? Don’t answer next time.”
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
I also like leaving voicemail messages to friends and family.
I would prefer to leave a voicemail most of the time when I call someone. Especially if I’m just calling to relay information.
What’s worse is when you call hoping you can leave a voicemail and then they actually answer the phone. “Um…shit, I didn’t actually want to talk to you. Can I call you right back and just leave a voicemail? Don’t answer next time.”[/quote]
YEP!!! that happened to me when I was calling a man I am a bit interested in. I just confessed and said I had nothing really to say and was hoping I could just leave a message. Thankfully he laughed.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I also like leaving voicemail messages to friends and family.
The only thing I don’t like is that I sound like I am 12, and because of that I don’t have my voice on my answering machine.
[/quote]
Say, OG? Could I ask you a favor? If I gave you my phone number, could you leave me a slightly suggestive message in your little girl voice? Thanks. I owe you one.
Before I married She Say I’d end up getting phone calls at night from different girls after I’d been drinking and couldn’t get off the phone with them and inevitably would end up having to pee. I had this great big pee bucket in my room I’d use (this was back in the day before portable phones). At least once a week one of these girls would end up coming over to have sex with me and I’d have to remember to get the pee bucket out of my bedroom, or nail them in another room.
One memorable night I went out for a happy hour and gave this girl my number and she called around 8 and I had to use the pee bucket. She ended up coming over and we banged and after she left I ended up drinking a 6 pack watching Young Guns on cable. About midnight I got a phone call from another girl and had to use the pee bucket. She ended up coming over and I had forgotten to dispose of the pee bucket. She was someone I’d been banging off and on for 4 years and thank heavens she wanted to go through with the banging after I explained the pee bucket.
I got the pee bucket because prior to that I’d just pee on this houseplant I had and it ended up making the whole house smell like pee.
If I had to do it over again, I would just open a window and pee outside.
Texting is gay.
[quote]luminous wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
I also like leaving voicemail messages to friends and family.
The only thing I don’t like is that I sound like I am 12, and because of that I don’t have my voice on my answering machine.
Say, OG? Could I ask you a favor? If I gave you my phone number, could you leave me a slightly suggestive message in your little girl voice? Thanks. I owe you one.
[/quote]
You’d just ask me to put my mom on the phone just like everyone else does.
The thing about the pee bucket is that you had to cover the mouthpiece of the phone or the girls could hear you peeing (learned this the hard way). And you also had to keep the phone up to your ear in case the delightfully, charming young lady shut up for a minute and expected you to grunt or something before she started talking again.
So you’d have to put the phone in between your shoulder and your ear and bend you head to hold it in place because you needed your other hand to hold your dick. This sucked because sometimes the phone would pop out of your ear and you’d have to chase the phone down while trying to cut off your flow and/or not pee on the rug.
This was back in the day when phones were on those crazy elastic cords and the phone would bounce around the floor while you’re stumbling after it with your pants around your ankles trying to increase the arc of your urine flow so as not to have the pee dribble down the wrong side of the bucket. I wish I had a video.
I feel really bad for the guys that had to use rotary phones while trying to pee in a bucket.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
phones sucks because you can’t tell when someone is done talking and vice versa so you both speak and yeah, lol.
texting FTW
I’d rather text all day than talk on the phone.[/quote]
No offense, but that’s a reason to AVOID one of the most common modes of communication? Is that what gives people anxiety?
Come on. That even happens when you’re in person, not just over the phone.