So, I have this thing…
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 10:50 am

Where I don’t like answering the phone. I mean, my phone. If it’s a phone at work or something, that’s one thing. But my own person cell phone, I do not like answering.

I don’t know why.

I never have. As long as I’ve had a phone. Which really has only been about five years. Landlines, I’m okay with answering. But cell phones… I get really weird about. I don’t have any sort of odd paranoid thoughts about it, I just simply don’t like answering it.

SO. That brings me to today.

This morning, bright and early (at eight o’clock) my phone rings, waking me from sleep. I had to work at 9:30, so it’s not like it was the worst time to be awake. However, I didn’t recognize the number, so I didn’t answer. I do not want to talk to someone I don’t know at eight in the morning. It rang again. Different number, which seemed weird, but I didn’t answer.

It turns out, I have voicemail on my phone. WHO KNEW. BECAUSE I SURE DIDN’T. Not until I got some this morning.

From my mother.

Naturally, I called her back right away beacuse I thought maybe something was wrong. Why else would she call me at eight in the morning and on my cell phone no less, especially when I just talked to her on Tuesday.

Long story short, she just wanted to talk. Nothing was wrong, which is a relief. I also don’t know why it gave me actual numbers for the long distance call. O_O Like, it looked like a regular cell phone number… weird.

Cut to this evening after work. I get another call, but it’s “Blocked Number”. Again, I don’t answer it. It rings again… from the “Blocked Number”. So I figure, oh what the hell, I’ll answer it and see what happens. It ends up being Hideko, calling to make sure the number I gave her worked. Good thing I did answer it! It was really hard to hear her for some reason, because it was all muffled, but she’s on her way, so I’m excited.

I need to get over this not wanting to answer the phone thing though. I have no idea what it is. It’s not that I don’t like talking, I just really… hate answering. The same with things like Skype. I do not want to answer if people I’m not intending to call, call me.

Hm. This may come off sounding more crazy than I intended.

  1. Mija says:
    June 2034, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    LOL yeah hideko called around 11am here that she was in Detroit boarding the next plane!! Its exciting but I feel bad I missed her call!!! I was asleep *sucks* I hope she is okay!

    Aw you guys are going to have so much fun!!!! XD <3333333333333333333

  2. neonbliss says:
    June 2041, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    LOL! That's weird the numbers showed up weird on your phone!

    I have the exact opposite phobia to you. I don't mind answering the phone because it's usually a friend wanting to chat or ask a question, but I HATEHATEHATE calling people. I think it's because I feel like whoever makes the call needs to initiate conversation and keep it going, and I always feel awkward carrying on conversations on the phone, and I hate when there's that dead silence and you're like, “soo….”

    Hahaha, you and me are gonna be great together! One can't make calls, the other can't answer them. O_O