I realized today that maybe I’m relying a little bit too much on the website to relay information to family. Ali and I have never been phone people. We were the type to throw the phone back and forth to each other while the person on the other end of the line sat there listening and waiting for somebody to say hello (hint: we’ve never had caller id). It’s been ten years since we had a phone and in that time I doubt we’ve made more than ten calls per year. In fact that’s probably overestimating it by a factor of two. We’re e-mail people. Let’s e-mail back and forth a few times and if there is something really important that can’t be hashed out that way then we’ll succumb to the dreaded phone call. Video Skype has helped our communication skills a bit, but that’s still used pretty sparingly.
Anyway, how I realized today that the website was becoming too strong a vehicle of communication for us was that I got an e-mail from my dad. To my long lost son from your long lost dad, I think is how he put it. Call me sometime.
Okay, so that was one clue. But the biggest clue came when we were talking and he asked, “So, did you ever publish that book?”
Oops…maybe it’s time we pick up a phone a little more often.
7 Comments on “Who Uses Phones Anyway?”
I’ve got a MagicJack but it stays unplugged a lot. I prefer email, Skype chat or even Facebook to phone calls anymore.
Liked your Bumfuzzle book. It gave me some things to think about. Thanks for sharing your story.
Peace,
Annienygma
Love what you are doing for your kids. We are in the process of getting on the water soon! We have two boys and I can not understand why more parents would not do this? I have been enjoying your blog for several months your pictures are just wonderful.
Phones are irritating…..aways ringing at the most irritating time (during dinner/quality time with kids, etc)…. A peaceful life = NO phones. Hope you will retain your no-phone stance, preserving your unique lifestyle.
I use both Skype and the Gmail phone function. Gmail is free in US and Canada, not sure about Mexico. You can dial any phone.
I feel your phone pain. We’re still in the Sates, have a cell phone, have constant service, and I still can’t pick it up to call my parents. Soon though, I will be justified in saying “But there’s no service where we are”.
yeah, my kids in Kuwait use MagicJack, they wonder “why” I still have a “land line”..ok, voice over IP, i get it, much cheaper than what I pay my cable company…
I didn’t get a cell phone until my daughter started going out with friends………..