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Phone calls dread

RuthTaylor

Hello All,

Does anyone else here dislike talking to the people on the phone and dread making or receiving phone calls?

I don't like speaking to people on the phone and would rather text, WhatsApp, Skype or email people.  If I do use the phone it is only to speak to my husband, my dad or for work.  I always like to keep telephone conversations short as well.

Does anyone else have this issue?  Talking to people on the phone seems to be making me more and more anxious the older I get.

Thanks for your time :-)

Parents

  • Withheld numbers and sales calls are a real pain, with all the scams that are going around - but given the current situation back home in Ireland, I’m dreading getting any calls from Ireland when the +353 comes up and if the caller has an Irish accent like myself here in the U.K., I’m dreading that it’s bad news about family members - this happened in 2009 & 2018 respectively when my parents died, first my Mum and then my dad, so I had to ring work immediately re the company’s attendance procedures and then make plans to travel to Ireland at short notice to attend their funerals, which in Rural Irish culture, Irish funerals are a very big deal and this was well before my autism diagnosis (I’m 53 now) and I live alone in the U.K. 21 years, but I’ve always held and renewed an Irish passport in the entire time that I’ve lived here 

  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK

    Do you look at the dates of last posted before you reply to these? 

    If not, how are you finding them?

    If so, what is your goal in replying to them rather than maybe starting a new discussion?

    I am mostly curious as to the process that leads to old threads being revived by non bots. 

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