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Do people just not ring each other any more, is this normal?

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Gurolou · 08/02/2026 20:52

All my friends want to text or WhatsApp, it seems to be a thing, I hate it. We are all in our forties and fifties so texting wasn't even a thing for most of our lives. Is this really the same for everyone and just how things are? Because I actually hate texts and WhatsApp it just feels like stuff piling on top of me, and I miss talking to people.

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oviraptor21 · 08/02/2026 21:02

60s and don't phone if it can be avoided. Also hate voice notes as have to be somewhere private to listen to them and they take twice as long to read/listen to the same content.

HappiestSleeping · 08/02/2026 21:01

Phone for me. Messages if it isn't important. Voice notes are the spawn of the devil, so no, no and thrice no to them.

Original poster
Gurolou · 08/02/2026 21:01

Ok, so you are all there on your phones. Don't you think it's inefficient? Impersonal? Isolating?

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Octavia64 · 08/02/2026 21:01

I talk to my mum and my son on the phone.

other than that it’s what’s app all the way.

Thewonderfuleveryday · 08/02/2026 21:00

I speak to my mum once a week. Not chatted to anyone else on the phone in over a decade I reckon.

canuckup · 08/02/2026 21:00

I CBA speaking on the phone

Messages all the way

Nomedshere · 08/02/2026 20:59

I'm late 60s and never talk on the phone.hate it

1000StrawberryLollies · 08/02/2026 20:58

I'm in my 50s. The only people I ever phone are my parents, dsis and dd.

Teado · 08/02/2026 20:57

WhatsApp /text /email and then people can answer when it suits them. I only ring if it’s time sensitive.

openingact · 08/02/2026 20:57

I do voice notes on WhatsApp with all my friends. Quicker and easier than texting as you don’t have to type, kind of like a phone call but you can fit little activities in between if you want and have a little bit of time to think of best reply.

PeonyPatch · 08/02/2026 20:57

I am mid 30s. Rarely speak on the phone to mates bar one plus my husband. We do voice notes though but it’s mostly WhatsApp !!

Zov · 08/02/2026 20:56

Yeah, I'm a old gimmer - nearly 60 - and I CBA to speak on the phone. (Unless it's business/something official...)

WhatsApp all the way for me. I do see the people I message 2-3 times a month though, (adult DC, other family, and 2 BFFs,) so it's not like I never talk to them!

Sunfloweranddaisy · 08/02/2026 20:55

For Me personally I prefer text messages/whatsapp messages just feels easier and I also don’t like talking on the phone. Also dislike voice notes!

FeliciaFancybottom · 08/02/2026 20:54

Text messages all the way for me, I hate talking on the phone.

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