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If it's a routine call from a service provider or what have you I'll also let it ring but this from the article is crazy to me: "When I see 'Dad mobile' pop up
by Barrin92 1y ago
If it's a routine call from a service provider or what have you I'll also let it ring but this from the article is crazy to me:
"When I see 'Dad mobile' pop up on my screen, I will let it ring. I don't have the energy to answer a barrage of questions. I'd rather just text him after he hangs up," says 16-year-old Mehdi.
I'm twice that old and I'm not letting my parents or family hang if they call. What if they're in the ER or had an accident? And at 16, if I had told my mother "I don't have time for a barrage of questions" I might as well have signed my own death warrant. I don't think I'm particularly old fashioned but that's not how you interact with your parents if you're still a teenager.
- potato3732842 1y agoThat's not how you interact with people you want to remain in the good graces of, end of story. If they're calling rather than texting it's urgent.
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- Telaneo 1y agoThis seems like a 'boy who cried wolf' problem. If dad is calling you daily, and you don't feel like talking to him today, that should be a reasonable ask. You could get unlucky and have it be that someone's at the ER, but if they're calling daily, that's unlikely. If they had texting as the default medium, with calling reserved for important and urgent communication, they wouldn't have this problem. Maybe I'm just reading to much into this, but I know people who live with this exact situation with their parents, being called several times daily, and if I were in that situation, I'd just stop taking their calls at some point, no matter how important it is.