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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I work full time; 7 month old son goes to daycare.

Is it overly demanding of me to want him to check his phone throughout the day? I only text/call if something comes up, which might be once or twice a week, but when I do, he's MIA. He has a boring office job, so it's not like he's performing brain surgery.

Ex 1 - I was supposed to pick up DS from daycare after work. The plan was for him to text me after morning drop off to let me know where the car is parked (at home or near daycare). No text at noon, so I text. No response. I call and leave a voicemail. No response. Several calls, texts, and hours later, I go on a wild goose chase for the car and I'm late picking up the baby.

Ex 2 - I forgot to bring food to daycare and get a call from the provider. Call DH to see if he can drop by, since it's a 5 minute drive from his work. Again, no answer, so leave a voicemail. Leave a text. An hour later, no reply, so I leave work and metro 30 minutes to daycare to bring food. He replies 4 hours later.

I completely understand that we get wrapped up with work, but I would like to trust that he'd be available in an emergency. For me it's a major issue. He has a kid now and needs to stop the BS. His argument is[b] that somehow people survived without cell phones 20 years ago. [/quote][/b]

That argument has really flawed logic behind it by the way OP.

Sure, people [i]did[/i] in fact survive life w/out cell phones, but we are not living in the that time era anymore + since we have the luxury of mobile phones, why not utilize them to the extent that they are meant to be utilized? People also didn't have the luxury of e-mail back two decades ago either....So does that mean that we should revert back to snail mail [i]just because[/i]....??? I don't see the logic in any of this.

Anyway, regarding your issue w/him, I think he is being very inconsiderate and just plain lazy. You are absolutely right on OP.

He is a parent now and needs to be more responsible now.

It's no longer only about him anymore....There is a young child involved now who is at stake + I would be so livid if I couldn't get in touch w/him during the workweek for these issues.[/quote]

That logic is NOT flawed. The point is tgat she can reach him in the event of an emergency whether his cell is on or not.

I don't see why she won't respect the fact that he is at WORK and find another way to reach him.[/quote]

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