7/22/2017 7:56:06 PM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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So the other day, I was checking numbers on my phone. It's been years since I purged my contacts. So I sent out a few texts with just the person's name.
Later, I woke up in the middle of the night. around 3 or so. Couldn't get back to sleep. So I checked my social media. I returned two emails, and saw I had a response to one of my texts which said just "???". I then texted back my name. Now granted, it was late at night to be sending a text, but it's just a text.
Next thing I know my phone is ringing. It was the same person from years ago, an old acquaintance. However, last thing I wanted to do was have a 3am conversation with this person, or any person.
Then it becomes an issue. My opinion is that a phone call is different and that calling me at that point was pretty darn inappropriate, bordering on rude. The other person contends I shouldn't have texted at all that late, especially if I didn't want to talk.
What do you think?
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7/22/2017 8:36:43 PM |
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driver406
Saint Paul, MN
65, joined Oct. 2009
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Your friend is right, but you could have saved yourself the grief by putting the phone on mute. I always mute mine before I go to bed because the thing throws a fit if I get voicemail. Delete the voicemail? It'll send it again in three minutes! So I delete it and mute the phone and I figure sooner or later it will get tired of sending it. Just mute your phone if you don't want to talk at 3 AM.
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7/22/2017 8:49:20 PM |
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packersbabe920
Green Bay, WI
52, joined Jul. 2013
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Yes u should have waited cause once u tex, somebody was bound to respond to it
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7/22/2017 9:39:28 PM |
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4uijack
New Port Richey, FL
82, joined Aug. 2013
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Idiot!!!!
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7/23/2017 1:00:17 AM |
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driver406
Saint Paul, MN
65, joined Oct. 2009
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I'm putting my phone on mute right now!!!! It already is!!!!
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7/23/2017 1:03:11 AM |
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lareveur
Clinton, TN
33, joined May. 2013
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Unless your phone is a jitter bug (for senior citizens) - it should have a silence feature. And even then, jitter bugs have the silence feature. Perfect feature for me, because I have some unfinished business with you, over posting Buddy's photo. I need that phone dead f**king silent by the time I get to you lol.
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7/23/2017 1:11:44 AM |
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dantana77
Frederick, MD
39, joined Oct. 2010
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If you can text you can talk.. period
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7/23/2017 2:39:35 AM |
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enigmaathand
Leavittsburg, OH
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Maybe they really were excited to hear from you, and maybe you just screwed yourself from a possible reconnection that was meant to happen.
Your situation defies logic.
And Sherlock Holmes said it best, "If you eliminate all logical solutions to a problem, the illogical howvere improbable they may be, have invariably became true."
You should have answered the phone.
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7/23/2017 2:57:24 AM |
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cavie59
Enid, OK
58, joined Feb. 2010
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Never send a late night text unless you are willing to talk.
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7/23/2017 3:04:35 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Welp, my bad then. I suppose I owe my friend an apology.
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7/23/2017 3:36:47 AM |
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Mercedes_3
New South Wales
Australia
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If you can text you can talk.. period
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7/23/2017 5:16:42 AM |
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_april67
San Antonio, TX
50, joined Jun. 2017
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Never send a late night text unless you are willing to talk.
Right. If you text, then the other person will think you are able to talk too.
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7/23/2017 5:29:32 AM |
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sadlsticsienna
AñatuyaNew South Wales
Australia
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Should of put it on silent or not picked up lol
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7/23/2017 6:29:34 AM |
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dances_in_woods
Henderson, TX
50, joined Mar. 2011
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Never send a late night text unless you are willing to talk.
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7/23/2017 6:30:55 AM |
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sadlsticsienna
AñatuyaNew South Wales
Australia
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Never send a late night text unless you are willing to talk.
Just because you send a text doesn't mean you want to talk on the phone
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7/23/2017 6:39:50 AM |
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easttowest72
Bremen, GA
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John I agree with you. I hate sending a text and getting a phone call. Texting takes a couple of seconds while a call can last for hours.
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7/23/2017 7:09:41 AM |
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_april67
San Antonio, TX
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There are times I'm only able to text or only want to text. When I'm at work, I text on breaks, but some want to talk on the phone.
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7/23/2017 7:12:45 AM |
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lightbrownie1
Johnston, IA
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You could have waited later that morning to respond.
Of course u didn't say what time in the evening that you sent the first text, however no matter what time they responded u could have waited to respond.
Some people don't know how to fix their settings to be silent for text.
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7/23/2017 7:13:32 AM |
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rightguyforu732
Lisle, IL
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I think that ur an annoying loser who asks lame, pathetic, boring questions, john.
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7/23/2017 7:14:48 AM |
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rightguyforu732
Lisle, IL
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If you can text you can talk.. period
Wrong.
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7/23/2017 7:24:47 AM |
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_april67
San Antonio, TX
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If you can text you can talk.. period
That's not always so
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7/23/2017 7:28:03 AM |
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spotforusername
Fernandina Beach, FL
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So you reached out to a person but didn't actually want any interaction?
Yes, that is rude.
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7/23/2017 7:31:15 AM |
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rightguyforu732
Lisle, IL
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So you reached out to a person but didn't actually want any interaction?
Yes, that is rude.
That's not at all what he is saying. Babe u got the beauty, but u obviously lack the brains.
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7/23/2017 8:05:59 AM |
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easttowest72
Bremen, GA
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I send some friends text at anytime. It just means get back to me when you can. With the way people work Now everything isn't 9-9 anymore.
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7/23/2017 9:18:25 AM |
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xman379
Richmond, VA
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Just because you send a text doesn't mean you want to talk on the phone
I agree with this. My position is, unless it's family or CLOSE friends, if I text you, that means I'm NOT trying to TALK. If I want to TALK, I will CALL you.
This acquaintance SHOULD have asked if you were able or willing to talk, regardless of the time.
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7/23/2017 9:27:33 AM |
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sadlsticsienna
AñatuyaNew South Wales
Australia
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Exactly its basic etiquette
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7/23/2017 10:07:06 AM |
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kungfu_candy
Alsónémedi
Hungary
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You were wrong OP.
Don't send late night texts if you don't want late night responses.
Some people take a text as a prompt for a call. A text lets a person know you're currently on your phone and thus wont miss a call.
Some people prefer talking on the phone to texting and if you initiate you have to respect their rules.
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7/23/2017 10:13:28 AM |
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hippo65
Albuquerque, NM
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I agree with this. My position is, unless it's family or CLOSE friends, if I text you, that means I'm NOT trying to TALK. If I want to TALK, I will CALL you.
This acquaintance SHOULD have asked if you were able or willing to talk, regardless of the time.
This is sure a new thing for me.
I always wondered why text why not call.
Over the years I realized that it's a norm.
Getting a text doesn't mean that the other person wants to talk to you.
It doesn't mean the other person can talk.
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7/23/2017 10:37:06 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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A 20 something person tells me calling people is only if there is some urgent need. Otherwise no one does it. Everyone texts and is supposed to respond in kind. Nobody should be calling anyone at 3 am unless it is an emergency. Insane to do so. Texting is the mainstream way now.
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7/23/2017 10:41:36 AM |
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xman379
Richmond, VA
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Getting a text doesn't mean that the other person wants to talk to you.
It doesn't mean the other person can talk.
EXACTLY.
The OP stated that he hadn't been in contact with this old acquaintance in YEARS. For all that person knows, the OP has lost his voice someway and physically cannot talk.
The reason text messages are available is to provide flexibility in communication, especially for those who may physically be unable to talk.
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7/23/2017 11:18:52 AM |
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hippo65
Albuquerque, NM
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A 20 something person tells me calling people is only if there is some urgent need. Otherwise no one does it. Everyone texts and is supposed to respond in kind. Nobody should be calling anyone at 3 am unless it is an emergency. Insane to do so. Texting is the mainstream way now.
That is true.
But...I still prefer talking.
It takes too long to text.
I get a whole bunch of question mark from my daughter when we text, apparently I am a slow texted.
Lol.
Little off subject I know.
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7/23/2017 11:30:38 AM |
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M4mischief
Grand Prairie, TX
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I don't have a cell so I guess if you want to talk to me...its gonna have to be face to face or by phone...texting my number wont do much good....
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7/23/2017 12:54:49 PM |
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Helly_Orchid
Oshawa, ON
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Don't text someone at 3am. Problem solved.
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7/23/2017 7:53:51 PM |
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enigmaathand
Leavittsburg, OH
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Welp, my bad then. I suppose I owe my friend an apology.
Yes. That would be the appropriate thing to do and don't play them for an idiot with some bullshit lie. They know you deliberately ignored that call.
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7/23/2017 8:01:06 PM |
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lucky_1million
Pewaukee, WI
50, joined Jun. 2013
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Oh sorry... I almost never answer my phone. So, don't even bother calling me. My friends think my voice message greeting is annoying because I play a long stupid song and at the end of the song, I say "send me a text message."
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7/23/2017 9:39:47 PM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Yes. That would be the appropriate thing to do and don't play them for an idiot with some bullshit lie. They know you deliberately ignored that call.
No, I never said I ignored the call. I actually took the call and was like, why are you calling me at 3am? And the other party was like, well you texted. And so on...
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7/23/2017 10:26:20 PM |
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bookwormtobutte
Rio Rancho, NM
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John I agree with you. I hate sending a text and getting a phone call. Texting takes a couple of seconds while a call can last for hours.
Or you can spend an hour texting about something when you could have had a 5min phone conversation and been done.
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7/24/2017 1:18:43 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Still though, you can text at you leisure. A call requires your immediate attention and ties you up, especially if the speaker function is not able to be in use.
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7/24/2017 1:24:32 AM |
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purple_dawn73
Rome
Italy
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Never send a late night text unless you are willing to talk.
This.
You might not feel like talking, and it is true, texting is not the same as calling but if you send a late night text it means you are available, so the other person might choose to call you instead of texting. They might hate texting and like voice speaking, for example.
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7/24/2017 2:01:34 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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You might not feel like talking, and it is true, texting is not the same as calling but if you send a late night text it means you are available,
Says you.
Like I just said, a call requires your immediate attention and ties you up, especially if the speaker function is not able to be in use. The whole entire reason for texting is so that you don't have to be tied up with a call. Just because you send a text, regardless of the time, does NOT mean you are available.
Nowadays, I never call anyone before asking, unless it is urgent or they do not have text capabilities, like my grandfather. It's the new normal.
I think I'm going to take this one to Dear Abby. Seems a great topic for her.
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7/24/2017 2:27:15 AM |
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purple_dawn73
Rome
Italy
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Says the person you texted, apparently. I would have personally ignored your text.
As I said though, many people hate texting and prefer calling instead. Sometimes it is also faster. But the bottom line is, if you do not want to be bothered you do no text then. Unless that person knows you, and how you feel about texting vs calling. It is as simple as that.
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7/24/2017 2:41:17 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Nah. Unless specifically requested, a text is not, and should not be considered, a prompt to call. That is the bottom line.
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7/24/2017 2:47:33 AM |
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purple_dawn73
Rome
Italy
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Not everybody shares that opinion though. So you better be sure the person you text feels the same. My mom never text for example, never. If I text her she would call me back. LOL
That's one of the reasons I am very careful about the moment I text her. Whether I feel like talking, am I busy or not.
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7/24/2017 2:53:43 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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I hear ya. Mom's are different though. They would always rather talk so they can ask if you're okay, and if you need anything, and if you're eating right.
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7/24/2017 3:03:05 AM |
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purple_dawn73
Rome
Italy
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I suppose you are right.
Speaking of mom, she called me one day asking: Are you alright?
I said: Yes, why are you asking? What happened?
She: No nothing. There has been an accident in Puglia. A train got derailed, and I was worried.
Me: Mom, you do know that I am in Milan, right? (Milan is 950 Km away)
She: Yeah I know, but you never know. Just checking.
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7/24/2017 3:16:49 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Strangely enough, I did the same sort of thing on 911. Called the ex, then wife, to make sure her and the kids were okay. We lived about the same distance as you just said.
Must be instinctive, or something like that.
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7/24/2017 6:29:49 AM |
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hippo65
Albuquerque, NM
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Still though, you can text at you leisure. A call requires your immediate attention and ties you up, especially if the speaker function is not able to be in use.
Just what exactly is wrong saying I can't talk right now???
Yes, just because someone texted you it doesn't mean they can or want to talk, I understand that, it's faster and easier.
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7/24/2017 6:44:04 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Just what exactly is wrong saying I can't talk right now???
You needed three question marks? Are you a finger stutterer?
Did someone say there is something wrong with that? Are you trying to change the topic to how to handle unwanted to calls? Cuz, ya know, that isn't what this thread is about.
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7/24/2017 6:49:33 AM |
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Suzhi
Knoxville, TN
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OP, can't you manage your own f**kin phone call.. I bet when that phone rang, you started prancin around sayin, omg, omg, omg, what am I gonna do??
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7/24/2017 7:02:07 AM |
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7/24/2017 7:20:12 AM |
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7/24/2017 7:31:14 AM |
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sinceresammy
Dayton, OH
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You f**king morons can't do a GD thing on your own. I often wonder how you deal with crossing the street?
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7/24/2017 7:35:20 AM |
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easttowest72
Bremen, GA
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John admit it. If she had been more attractive you would have gladly answered the call
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7/24/2017 7:46:04 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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OP, can't you manage your own f**kin phone call.. I bet when that phone rang, you started prancin around sayin, omg, omg, omg, what am I gonna do??
Mikey, are you wanting me to start kicking your a** online again? Last time I made you cry and you even complained about how hard it is for you to pay your bills. Now, I know you're a sad case, lying there on the unsheeted twin mattress you grew up on, unshowered for three days and sweating from the hangover you're feeling at the moment, yet I have no sympathy for you since this is clearly your life by choice. My suggestion to you is to step out of your bed, kick aside the bottles strewn all over the floor, get cleaned up, and do something. Maybe you can start by washing the bird shit off your home's windshield.
Sammy, go ahead and block me again you irrelevant prick. You're just an angry piece of trash who society has cast aside and has nothing left to promote his self worth beyond trolling the internet, as if anyone actually cares. Not sure who is the more sad case, you or the wicked alcoholic I addressed above you, but surely the two of you deserve each other. It's the best you each can do.
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7/24/2017 7:46:51 AM |
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Suzhi
Knoxville, TN
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John admit it. If he had been more attractive you would have gladly answered the call
Fixed..
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7/24/2017 7:48:17 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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John admit it. If she had been more attractive you would have gladly answered the call
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7/24/2017 7:49:19 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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Fixed..
You're too much of a drunk to fix anything, mr. big red nose.
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7/24/2017 7:54:03 AM |
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Suzhi
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Mikey, are you wanting me to start kicking your a** online again? Last time I made you cry and you even complained about how hard it is for you to pay your bills. Now, I know you're a sad case, lying there on the unsheeted twin mattress you grew up on, unshowered for three days and sweating from the hangover you're feeling at the moment, yet I have no sympathy for you since this is clearly your life by choice. My suggestion to you is to step out of your bed, kick aside the bottles strewn all over the floor, get cleaned up, and do something. Maybe you can start by washing the bird shit off your home's windshield.
Sammy, go ahead and block me again you irrelevant prick. You're just an angry piece of trash who society has cast aside and has nothing left to promote his self worth beyond trolling the internet, as if anyone actually cares. Not sure who is the more sad case, you or the wicked alcoholic I addressed above you, but surely the two of you deserve each other. It's the best you each can do.
You aren't kicking anything, Judy Patoodie.. Go wash the dingle berries off your d*ck, from last nights little fling with the pizza boy, ya little cherry wheat beer drinking, c*ck sucking, mamas boy... Ya should have blocked me with this profile like you did with your Track Empiron prof...
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7/24/2017 7:58:37 AM |
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Suzhi
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7/24/2017 8:00:22 AM |
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john_cnc
Charlotte, NC
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You are a victim of what alcohol does to the body Mikey. You have it all...
Dementia
Brain Damage
Liver Failure
Anemia
Cardiovascular disease
and of course there's that big red nose.
Get a job and get rehab. You're an unproductive waste of resources.
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