On the Telephone

[kybearfuzz]

I have never been a phone chatter. Ever.

When I was a kid, when my sister and brother basically kept our house phone tied up for hours a day, I used marvel at why anyone would enjoy it. And this was back when you were basically tethered to the wall with the cord.

After I got out of the house, it never improved and still holds little fascination for me. I have over 4,000 rollover minutes on my cell phone. The longest I spend on the phone is between a half-hour and an hour, usually talking to my mom or to aceofspace. There have been exceptions when I chatted on the phone with some LJ'ers, but they are few and far between. Even when I'm dating someone, which is a rare thing, I'd rather be with him in person than on the phone with him.

I was chatting online with a guy this weekend and I think I irritated him when I begged off talking with him on the phone. It's not that he's not a great guy and I wouldn't mind hearing his voice, but talking on the phone is just unappealing to me. This is a difficult thing to explain to someone when he doesn't know me personally.

Am I alone in this? Just curious.

Comments

[rixtur.livejournal.com]

I hear ya, this past Oct I attended Disney Gays Days with a bunch of Bear guys whom we all know each other from Facebook. It was a 3 day event and all those guys did was play with their cellphones, weather on line, texting, or chatting. Finally halfway through the second day, I said, "cant you guys put them stupid things away?". They looked at me like I stabbed their mother.