s/o - How often do you talk to your significant other during the work day?

[Anonymous]

The thread with the wife who thinks her DH's sec'y doesn't like her got me thinking, especially when someone posted they only call their husband in an emergency, like death. So how about it? How often do you call your DW or DH while at work? Also, how long do those calls last?

[Anonymous]

It depends on what is going on. Sometimes if there is coordination that needs to happen we talk 3-4 times. We also email for lots of that stuff. If one of us is really busy and under deadlines then we might not talk at all. On average we probably talk/email 2 times a day.

[Anonymous]

My husband and I email, text and call during the workday. It really varies depending on how our work days are going. I would say 90% of the time we communicate 2 or more times during the workday. Occasionally a really busy day means no real communication until the end of the workday. If I am not giving my husband a ride, then he calls me on his walk to the metro after work.

[Anonymous]

Rarely, mainly to confirm logistics - kids pick up, dinner planning, etc. Mostly email/text even that.

[Anonymous]

We communicate, either through telephone or email/text about 3-5 times a day, unless one of us in court. Then, it's basically none. As we work out the logistics of daycare pick-up/drop-off in the mornings, the reasons for the communication is normally random and unimportant. But, the conversations are always short and neither one of us minds, so it's all good.

[Anonymous]

Mostly we communicate via e-mail since we both have meetings and such which take us out of the office. In an emergency, we'll call, but we usually don't leave messages on each other's work voicemail. If the other one doesn't the desk phone, we'll call the cell and if they don't answer that, we leave the message there.

[Anonymous]

We email once or twice a day. We call only when daycare calls because a kid is sick and we need to coordinate who will pick them up.

[Anonymous]

We don't really call during the day unless it is immediate or my husband arrives somewhere early and has some time to kill.

[Anonymous]

I might call once or twice a week if I need some information that is time sensitive. DH is the same. We probably e-mail about the same. My DH does have this habit of calling every day before he leaves his office, as he is shutting down his computer, to tell me that he is coming home. I am usually in the middle of something and have to stop what I am doing to go find the phone to answer it. It drives me crazy to have to say, "Great. We'll see you soon" every day. Just come home already. I don't need advance warning.

[Anonymous]

Neither of us are phone people. I don't make personal calls at work unless there's an emergency. We text and email throughout the day maybe 4 or 5 times. If one of us is having a particular bizarre day, we might text more.

[Anonymous]

We used to talk at least once a day while at work -- usually just to touch bases about logistics for dinner, picking up kids, etc. Now we text. Daily. Usually several times.

[Anonymous]

0-1 phone call
0-2 e-mails

[Anonymous]

we never talk on the phone unless it is an emergency but we both keep our gmail open most of the day and g-chat at least 2-3 times a day.

[Anonymous]

1 time a month maybe. He hates it when I call him at work. I'm more flexible, but he's just not a phone person. I try to limit email too. He just doesn't want to be bothered.

[Anonymous]

DH is a teacher so no, we don't talk at all during the day, or even text or email. His phone is always turned off at work and he obviously can't access email. If it's an emergency, I call his school directly and they go find him but that has never happened (thankfully!).

When he's on summer breaks and such, he sometimes calls me at work to give me a briefing on DC. I don't like this, I would rather him just save it all for when I get home. Work is my "break" from home life. I like to keep them separate.