I hate land line phones. I'm at my parents' house for the holidays, and I just don't want to answer the phone. I don't like not knowing who's calling, and I'm too selfish to answer the phone when I know it's going to be for someone else.
My brother yells at me when I don't answer the house phone, which I suppose is understandable. I don't have a land line back in my apartment, just a cell phone. Eventually, I think everyone will be the same way. Until then, families are doomed to have to answer the phone for other people.
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I'm also home for the holidays and rarely answer the phone here, but it's mostly the selfish reason you described (we have caller id).
god! grow up and stop being such a selfish brat!
I was thinking about this recently because my fiance and I live together and rely entirely on our cell phones. This means that when his parents want to talk to him they call his phone and since we have separate phones, I never answer his. My parents always end up talking to each other's parents because they just call the land line and either of them might answer. I feel like I might be missing out on random, no-pressure, quick but pleasant conversations with my future in-laws. I'm sure it's not a major loss, but it just seems a little anti-familial, like after we've been married for 20 years we'll still have separate phones and they'll still be calling his. A sign of our times, I suppose.
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