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Sometimes, depends on who it is. I never open his post though.

Yep, and he answers mine, and if I'm here I open all the post and if he's here he opens it too.
He's happy with that set up, so am I .

I don't usually answer if it's his work phone. But if someone from work rings his own phone yes.
Neither of us have voice mail set up.

Apart from work calls I don't really understand why you wouldnt answer their phone, or don't like partners answering your phone?

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"I guess that's just the circle of life: our parents faked their way through it,you fake your way through it and hopefully you don't raise a serial killer"

No, never. It will almost always be work and even if it's not if they want to talk to me they will ring me or the house.

its not the i wouldn't like him to , really i couldn't care either way.
we just don't , i don't because i can't be arsed.

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you can't pull yourself together until you've fallen apart.

Yes we both do.

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DS1 is 5.

DS2 is 2.

No we don't, we just leave them ring out no big deal. I personally don't like it when I ring a friend and their partner answers. I hate small talk.

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If robbers ever broke into our house to search for money, I'd just laugh and search with them.

I rarely let the phone interfere with my life. If its important they'll ring back or leave a message. If MIL is here and the phone rings its like TELEPHONE!! In case I didn't hear it, like I'm supposed to drop everything to answer it.

The only people I always answer for are my dad and dh.

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no way....what if I had to talk to my MIL???

Ah no, I would if it was in my vicinity but mostly it would be left go to voicemail

But why would you get out of the shower? Can you not ring them back?

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I wondered this also.

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you can't pull yourself together until you've fallen apart.

I actually hate it when he answers mine. If I can't answer it's safe to assume I'm busy or my hands are full. I will ring people back. But if he answers it I then have to drop whatever I'm doing and go get the phone from him else shout at him that I'm busy, which is easy enough to figure out really, because that's why I didn't answer the phone I the first place! Much easier just to ring someone back

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DD1 - June '05
DD2 - June '08
DD3 - April '13

Our New Years Day baby boy, gone but never forgotten.

Exactly that.

If someone wants to talk to me, they ring me. If someone wants to talk to him, they ring him.

What is the big deal about phones ringing out? You can return the call you know

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Magicmum: Never certain where reality ends and the drama begins

No never. He wouldn't answer mine either.

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The other boss is 4 (can't figure out the lilypie code things). I wasn't always this thick.

Time wounds all heels - John Lennon

If I saw it was his family I woould other than that nope. He never answers mine even if it's beside him, I could come into the room and he will say 'oh ur phone was ringing there '. Don't get me started on my post thou, he opens all the letters some days and put them up the press, if I'm expecting a letter and am wondering how come it hasn't come he could land out with 'oh that came its up the press' , it drives me BONKERS

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Yes, assumed everyone did unless it's specifically a work phone. Surprised to the replies.

Yes, we would both answer each others mobiles....no big issue at all really...if the phone is ringing then answer it.....

I find some of the replies a bit strange!!!....

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Mom to Ben & Amy

Surely if the landline rings you answer it even if it could be for your OH - i don't answer 'odd' numbers that are clearly cold callers etc but otherwise would answer the phone? is a mobile not the same?

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can't figure out how to change my ticker but i'm 2 kg down. woo hoo. slow but steady.

Nope, if they wanted to talk to me they'd be ringing my phone. Anyway, he gets up to 70 business calls a day so I'd morph into an unpaid secretary pretty quickly (which he'd love).

Whoever sees the post first opens it all though.

I would answer the landline since it is jointly ours but I hate the small talk bit if it's for him. I wouldn't answer his mobile because its for him and I am not obliged to! He's the same - we're just anti-social!

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what small talk though

me - hello?
caller - hello it's x - is mr kangaroo there
me - yes i'll go get him
me - Mr kangaroo - phone

or
me - hello?
caller - is mr kangaroo there
me - no he's not here/can't come to the phone - can i take a message
caller - yes please/no that's grand i'll ring back?

easy.

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can't figure out how to change my ticker but i'm 2 kg down. woo hoo. slow but steady.

I'm even less likely to answer the landline as 99.9% of the time it's a work call for dh as he works from home.

I just don't like phones tbh, answering my own mobile the majority of the time is as good as I get.

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DD1 - June '05
DD2 - June '08
DD3 - April '13

Our New Years Day baby boy, gone but never forgotten.

That's fine if Mr. X and I are not remotely acquainted. Usually it is one of DH's friends/family/colleagues that I have met, and we would be obliged to ask each other how we were and all that jazz.

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ah you haven't met Mr Kangaroo's family Ainm - everything is on a strictly need to know basis. he'd have much more to fear from answering my phone.

plus i love to chat

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can't figure out how to change my ticker but i'm 2 kg down. woo hoo. slow but steady.

Normally I would but we're a bit on edge with his mother being unwell. She gets confused with phone numbers so would often ring any of our three numbers (my mobile, H's mobile or the house phone) if she needed something. My number is also listed on the fridge as an emergency number if one of the neighbours etc. need to get a hold of us (as I'm ok to take calls in work, H isn't so would often have his mobile on silent). If I hear my mobile ringing while I'm in the bathroom (or the house phone from the shower- wouldn't always hear the mobile) and it rings and rings, I'm afraid to not get out and answer it just in case H had to go outside/take the dog oout/get something from the car/take the bins out and it's MIL ringing. Now, it's only happened once that it was MIL who was ringing and I didn't get to the phone. 99.99% of the time it's a non-MIL call and H will hear it ringing, see it's not his mother and just let it ring

It drives me nuts and no matter how many times I ask him not to do that, he does. He's shite when it comes to talking on the phone for some mad reason.