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Except for a few details, the initial post could have been written by my wife. I totally relate to your husband and agree with Scatty’s advice. Sometimes, I’ll look at the ID of an incoming call and decide whether or not to answer. My wife has her voice mail disabled. I don’t check mine unless alerted by my phone. I rarely leave voice messages because I’d rather not be disturbed by a returned call at some random time.
After sixty years, I don’t feel the need to communicate with someone unless I want to. I’ve had enough aggravation in life. I realize I haven’t given you anything to help manage the issue, but may help you realize that Scatty and I don’t necessarily disapprove of your husband’s cell phone etiquette.
I rather like the idea of setting aside a particular time of the day to deal with voice mail and email. Actually, for me I would like it to be maybe one hour out of the month. And anything over a week old would be deleted and ignored on the theory that it either got resolved or there would be a more recent message about the crisis.
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