The Phone Poll (Jenny Jenny 867-5309)

Selenay · 05-26-2010, 02:04 PM

How long do you, on average, spend on the phone with a good friend?

So we're clear: this is not applicable to calls made for work.

I am also looking for the median: someone you call on a regular basis, not that person you haven't heard from in 12 years and spend 87 hours talking to.

Chancie · 05-26-2010, 02:13 PM

Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?

little man · 05-26-2010, 02:32 PM

i talk until the phone dies. i'm not a real regular caller, so every call is playing catch up, it seems.

Kobi · 05-26-2010, 02:40 PM

Yep, me too. A good friend is good til the phone dies....which I discovered last evening was 2.45 hours.

Jett · 05-26-2010, 02:45 PM

I'm so not at all a "phone talker"... so much they could make a Seinfeld episode about it.

But I guess one exception would be my best friend... and that almost always lasts about 40min. to an hour on a weekly basis.

Metro

The_Lady_Snow · 05-26-2010, 02:48 PM

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Selenay · 05-26-2010, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chancie

Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?

For the price of a dime I can always turn to you.

Queerasfck · 05-26-2010, 03:12 PM

I have to say I'm not much of a phone talker. I keep it short and sweet. When I do talk to Mister Bent on the phone it's usually quick, cuz we finish each other sentences. Comes in handy at parties when you are playing charades.

ET: Dude so yesterday---
MB: O yeah, we did that yesterday it was--
ET: I know you are so right, it's crazy cool and then when you--
MB: Turned it over it purred like---
ET: No doubt you'll want to do it again

dark_crystal · 05-26-2010, 03:46 PM

i am not a big phone person (text me about where we can meet to talk in person lol) but i am responding to this thread b/c my "real name" is "Jenny" and i was in 6th grade in 1982 when the song came out...sooo...

how often in my life do you think people have sung that song to me? nope, higher....nope, more than that....nope, still more

lol

JustJo · 05-26-2010, 04:30 PM

I'm not really a phone person...so it's usually a short conversation to decide when and where we're meeting next.

Now...the conversation over breakfast can go on for hours...

UofMfan · 05-26-2010, 05:07 PM

Log of phone sex between E and Mr. Bent:

ET: Dude so yesterday---
MB: O yeah, we did that yesterday it was--
ET: I know you are so right, it's crazy cool and then when you--
MB: Turned it over it purred like---
ET: No doubt you'll want to do it again

Gemme · 05-26-2010, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Selenay

How long do you, on average, spend on the phone with a good friend?

So we're clear: this is not applicable to calls made for work.

I am also looking for the median: someone you call on a regular basis, not that person you haven't heard from in 12 years and spend 87 hours talking to.

I have a love/hate relationship with my phone. Some days, I hate it and some days I love to hate it.

Honestly, I'm too impatient....unless it's a long time friend and we're catching up or a romantic interest in the beginning, etc....to talk for long on the phone. Texting irritates me too.

I think I've officially entered codgerville.

Strappie · 05-26-2010, 09:38 PM

20 min?? jesus that is a lifetime to me... I say.... Say what ya need to cause I have shit to do.. lol

Sachita · 05-27-2010, 04:55 AM

One of my jobs is talking on the phone. I'm not much of a phone talker, however every now and then I'll get on with an old friend and we'll have at it. Even still 20-40 min. I'm also not much of a chatter and this drives some of my friends nuts. I'd much rather write emails or letters. I'm up really really early and my mind is active and filled with lots to talk about. By 4pm I'm starting to get tired, my brain less active and more into chilly. If I'm with someone we're more likely sitting on the front porch sipping wine and listening to music.

Andrew, Jr. · 05-28-2010, 07:49 AM

I am so not a phone talker. No. I like real time much better.

Rook · 05-26-2010, 09:45 PM

Because I'm profoundly Deaf and self-conscience about how I might be percieved on the Phone.
Anyone that knows Me well r/t, will quickly say "Fuck that, getting hym to talk more than 2 minutes on the phone is a Huge accomplishment"...
Always been that way...g/f wanted to get in touch? Visit...or write.

Which shocked the ever loving shit out of Everyone when I kept hijacking my relatives Cellphones to talk with o'Queery until almost sunrise, almost every day....
At one point, I got teased..."U can't make fun of me now, you're worse, at least I eat & sleep !"

Other than that, unless it's really important, I loathe phones, my local DMV has a TDD, so that might help in the future...
Social Workers, Case Managers, Shrinks, all of 'em ask whoever's talking for me to get me to Verbally say it's ok for them to discuss my Case/appointment..
All I say is "OK!!"
That's how much I try to avoid the phone.....unless it's o'Q

AtLast · 05-26-2010, 10:04 PM

I don't like to talk on the phone really. However, when I talk with long-time friends that live in other states or countries, I do talk for at least an hour and maybe more. My closest friend in Seattle (I'm in CA and we have known one another over 35 years), talk for 1-2 hours about every 3 months or so.

Isadora · 05-27-2010, 01:35 AM

I, too, dislike talking on the phone. Some of it, like others have said, is related to hearing issues. What is really evil is voicemail. I hate listening to it. Most times I call the person back cause I don't want to listen to voicemail. Which then elicits: "Did you listen to my message?" "No. Tell me what you said." This usually is a conversation of me saying, "What did you say?" I am not asking cause I am not listening, I am asking cause I can't hear you, physically.

Toughy never leaves a message, I see a missed call and I call her back. I dunno what it is but I have never liked chatting away on the phone.

MissItalianDiva · 05-27-2010, 01:39 AM

Hmm really depends on who it is. In generally it is quick and to the point but sometimes it can be lengthy. Also depends on my mood. Geee...I can't sleep who can I call and wake up right now LOL

View Poll Results: How long, on AVERAGE, do you spend on a phone call with a good friend
Under 20 minutes	12	18.75%
Between 21 and 40 minutes	11	17.19%
Between 40 minutes and an hour	19	29.69%
Between an hour and two hours	12	18.75%
Between two hours and three hours	3	4.69%
Between three hours and four hours	0	0%
More than four hours, but less than seven hours	1	1.56%
More than seven hours: after that who can count?	0	0%
I don't have a phone.	0	0%
Other.	6	9.38%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

05-26-2010, 02:04 PM	#1
Selenay Member How Do You Identify?: A soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings. Preferred Pronoun?: All I ask of living is to have no chains on me. Relationship Status: All I own are the strides I spend to the finish line. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Somewhere in between here and gone. Posts: 662 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 110 Thanked 1,447 Times in 369 Posts Rep Power: 6344715	The Phone Poll (Jenny Jenny 867-5309) How long do you, on average, spend on the phone with a good friend? So we're clear: this is not applicable to calls made for work. I am also looking for the median: someone you call on a regular basis, not that person you haven't heard from in 12 years and spend 87 hours talking to. __________________ Two or three things I know for sure, And one is that I would rather go naked Than wear the coat the world has made for me. Last edited by Selenay; 05-26-2010 at 02:08 PM.

05-26-2010, 02:32 PM	#3
little man Member How Do You Identify?: mister Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: hard to hold Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where the road goes on forever and the party never ends Posts: 1,003 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 169 Thanked 1,535 Times in 437 Posts Rep Power: 13709164	i talk until the phone dies. i'm not a real regular caller, so every call is playing catch up, it seems. __________________ i gots pitchers here i'm a rambling man i ain't ever gonna change i got a gypsy soul to blame and i was born for leaving --zac brown band (colder weather)

05-26-2010, 02:40 PM	#4
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Yep, me too. A good friend is good til the phone dies....which I discovered last evening was 2.45 hours. __________________

05-26-2010, 02:45 PM	#5
Jett Member How Do You Identify?: Hardcore bullheaded grown-ass Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: she loves my shaggy hair Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The backroom of a night cafe plotting world domination Posts: 1,028 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 3,299 Times in 568 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I'm so not at all a "phone talker"... so much they could make a Seinfeld episode about it. But I guess one exception would be my best friend... and that almost always lasts about 40min. to an hour on a weekly basis. Metro __________________ .......... In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus

05-26-2010, 02:13 PM	#2
Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,774 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,518 Thanked 14,540 Times in 2,744 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?

05-26-2010, 02:48 PM	#6
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05-26-2010, 03:12 PM	#8
Queerasfck Senior Member How Do You Identify?: still ballin' Relationship Status: Triple X Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west side Posts: 2,544 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,716 Thanked 6,488 Times in 1,638 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I have to say I'm not much of a phone talker. I keep it short and sweet. When I do talk to Mister Bent on the phone it's usually quick, cuz we finish each other sentences. Comes in handy at parties when you are playing charades. ET: Dude so yesterday--- MB: O yeah, we did that yesterday it was-- ET: I know you are so right, it's crazy cool and then when you-- MB: Turned it over it purred like--- ET: No doubt you'll want to do it again __________________ http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk...28750fb328.jpg

05-26-2010, 03:46 PM	#9
dark_crystal Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: jenny Preferred Pronoun?: babygirl Relationship Status: First Lady of the United SMH Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,445 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,532 Thanked 26,550 Times in 4,688 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	i am not a big phone person (text me about where we can meet to talk in person lol) but i am responding to this thread b/c my "real name" is "Jenny" and i was in 6th grade in 1982 when the song came out...sooo... how often in my life do you think people have sung that song to me? nope, higher....nope, more than that....nope, still more lol

05-26-2010, 04:30 PM	#10
JustJo Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: pushy broad Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Follow your heart; it knows things your mind cannot explain. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Southeast corner Posts: 5,633 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,417 Thanked 25,406 Times in 4,660 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I'm not really a phone person...so it's usually a short conversation to decide when and where we're meeting next. Now...the conversation over breakfast can go on for hours... __________________ I'm not tall enough to ride emotional roller coasters

05-26-2010, 05:07 PM	#11
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,935 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Log of phone sex between E and Mr. Bent: ET: Dude so yesterday--- MB: O yeah, we did that yesterday it was-- ET: I know you are so right, it's crazy cool and then when you-- MB: Turned it over it purred like--- ET: No doubt you'll want to do it again

05-26-2010, 09:38 PM	#13
Strappie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: I know who I am... Doesn't matter Relationship Status: It's a new day.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 3,283 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,813 Thanked 4,946 Times in 1,350 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	20 min?? jesus that is a lifetime to me... I say.... Say what ya need to cause I have shit to do.. lol

05-27-2010, 04:55 AM	#14
Sachita Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Completely in love Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 3,225 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,564 Thanked 8,993 Times in 2,247 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	One of my jobs is talking on the phone. I'm not much of a phone talker, however every now and then I'll get on with an old friend and we'll have at it. Even still 20-40 min. I'm also not much of a chatter and this drives some of my friends nuts. I'd much rather write emails or letters. I'm up really really early and my mind is active and filled with lots to talk about. By 4pm I'm starting to get tired, my brain less active and more into chilly. If I'm with someone we're more likely sitting on the front porch sipping wine and listening to music. __________________ You either like me or you don't. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don't have that kinda time to convince somebody else. ~ Daniel Franzese

05-28-2010, 07:49 AM	#15
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	I am so not a phone talker. No. I like real time much better.

05-26-2010, 09:45 PM	#16
Rook Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A.G - Stone Butch - GenderFuck Preferred Pronoun?: Hym, Hyz...or, just b respectable, it's not that hard.. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Columbus Posts: 2,280 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,227 Thanked 3,182 Times in 1,287 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Because I'm profoundly Deaf and self-conscience about how I might be percieved on the Phone. Anyone that knows Me well r/t, will quickly say "Fuck that, getting hym to talk more than 2 minutes on the phone is a Huge accomplishment"... Always been that way...g/f wanted to get in touch? Visit...or write. Which shocked the ever loving shit out of Everyone when I kept hijacking my relatives Cellphones to talk with o'Queery until almost sunrise, almost every day.... At one point, I got teased..."U can't make fun of me now, you're worse, at least I eat & sleep !" Other than that, unless it's really important, I loathe phones, my local DMV has a TDD, so that might help in the future... Social Workers, Case Managers, Shrinks, all of 'em ask whoever's talking for me to get me to Verbally say it's ok for them to discuss my Case/appointment.. All I say is "OK!!" That's how much I try to avoid the phone.....unless it's o'Q __________________

05-26-2010, 10:04 PM	#17
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,827 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I don't like to talk on the phone really. However, when I talk with long-time friends that live in other states or countries, I do talk for at least an hour and maybe more. My closest friend in Seattle (I'm in CA and we have known one another over 35 years), talk for 1-2 hours about every 3 months or so.

05-27-2010, 01:35 AM	#18
Isadora Member How Do You Identify?: Momma, Ma'am Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Relationship Status: I am in love. Truly Madly Deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California Posts: 997 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 502 Thanked 2,126 Times in 559 Posts Rep Power: 2369288	I, too, dislike talking on the phone. Some of it, like others have said, is related to hearing issues. What is really evil is voicemail. I hate listening to it. Most times I call the person back cause I don't want to listen to voicemail. Which then elicits: "Did you listen to my message?" "No. Tell me what you said." This usually is a conversation of me saying, "What did you say?" I am not asking cause I am not listening, I am asking cause I can't hear you, physically. Toughy never leaves a message, I see a missed call and I call her back. I dunno what it is but I have never liked chatting away on the phone. __________________ "I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like." Margaret Mead Read me! www.leatherati.com

05-27-2010, 01:39 AM	#19
MissItalianDiva Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Miss Twiggy Preferred Pronoun?: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and that shit doesn't sound atrocious! Relationship Status: divorce happens..all that glitters ain't gold Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 2,284 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,768 Thanked 7,159 Times in 1,793 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Hmm really depends on who it is. In generally it is quick and to the point but sometimes it can be lengthy. Also depends on my mood. Geee...I can't sleep who can I call and wake up right now LOL

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