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[nolly]

I just posted this as a comment in someone else's LJ, but I think it deserves a post of its own here.

I hate calling when I don't know who's going to answer the phone. Even when I know everyone in the house, if I want to talk to one specifically, I'll freeze. It's part of why I'll nearly always call a cell before a home number. There are a few exceptions, like my parents, and maybe my brother and his wife. Strangers are a subset of not knowing who will answer. I do find business calls easier than personal calls, usually because I don't feel like I'm potentially interrupting something more important -- I'm calling for a legitimate reason. They're also usually easier to script. I'd hate coldcalling, though.

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[firecat]

I'm the same way. But I hate calling, period.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I could paste in my response to the previous comment, but I"ll just point instead. In summary, because of the way I was raised, a landline phonecall is a high priority interrupt for me, and I'm not comfortable sending that level of interrupt to my friends when the message is not that important. Cell phones are much more ignorable, so I don't mind calling them as much.