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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone have phone phobia?

I’m Gen X (nearly 50) and I enjoy getting old school phone calls out of the blue. [/quote]

I'm Gen X, too, and I hate talking on the phone. I always have, though, so it's not because texting and email are easier. But they are less stressful for me. Having said that, I have a new potential romantic interest. He calls me, and I love it![/quote]

Early 50's gen x-er here, and I also hate getting spontaneous calls. I don't necessarily always hate talking on the phone, but unplanned calls are as jarring for me as someone just showing up at my door (which never bothered my parents, but which I hated).

I'm old enough to have been well into adulthood before getting a mobile phone and think that the capacity to call anyone anywhere anytime is cool in theory but leads to tricky boundaries about when it's ok/not ok to call. Sure I can let a call go to vm, but these days the assumption is that you have seen that someone has called (vs in the olden days - especially pre-answering machines - you could have been away from home and not known that anyone was trying to call. And there were hours generally understood to be considerate during which someone would try to reach you (eg no one called during supper time or after 9pm).

I guess that for me unannounced calls feel like being put on the spot. Even if I don't answer, the clock is running on the acceptable window of time to get back to someone without being a jerk.[/quote]

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