Do you answer withheld calls

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I hate having withheld calls, I sometimes miss them and then spend all day wondering who has tried to call me.
does anyone ever answer them?

I answer them if I'm expecting an important call. I don't answer them otherwise.

Yes I answer all phone calls.

And I used to have to answer them because DH's old office had no mobile reception and all calls from his office came through as a withheld number. But that's not an issue any more.

Rarely. Unless I'm expecting a call. If its important they'll leave a message.

Yes because unfortunately they make me nervous. It's either social services (or whoever you call first point of contact) because someone has made numerous malicious allegations of abuse/neglect of me to my child.
Or it's the police about the harassment case!

Yes I answer them, it’s usually the doctors surgery or the hospital

I do because if i don't I will be wondering all day who it was.

If I’m expecting a call yes, otherwise I leave it for voicemail, if no voicemail is left, I don’t return the call. So far nothing important has been missed.

Always answer withheld calls, because it's usually the hospital.

Yea, it's easy enough to hang up. I get calls from hospital etc withheld numbers so why would you ignore them?

Yes always answer them. Hospital numbers are often withheld and they generally won't leave a message if they're calling to tell you something like someone is ill or injured.

Only when expecting one from lawyer, school, doctors.

Yes, but I put on my Hyacinth Bouquet voice as it’s usually some Unsolicited sales call and I like to make it clear from the start that Madame won’t be trifled with.

Yes because my little one has lots of medical appointments and hospital/GP numbers are often withheld and they won't leave a message.

Always do, I'm too inquisitive!
Usually it's the hospital or doctor, or my ex calling about our DD (he's weird and won't give me his phone number 🙄)
If it's someone I don't want to talk to I can always hang up!
IME spam calls are always from random mobile numbers

Yes because it could be dp on his work landline, my gp, dd on her work landline ...

Yep. My work and most NHS numbers come up as withheld so it could be important. It's easy enough to end the call if it's some crappy sales thing.

I rarely get calls from withheld numbers so when I do I answer them because it’s usually gp, hospital, etc. Spam calls don’t tend to come from withheld numbers in my experience.

We leave withheld calls to go to message. Most times, they hang up. Saves us a lot of wasted time

But how would you know school are going to call if it’s an emergency?

Yes, I always answer withheld numbers.

Both children are regularly in and out of hospital appointments. The contact is always from a withheld number and they aren't allowed to leave voicemails.

Yes, because I don't have phone anxiety, and I am nosy.
DH always answers the phone because he is underging investigations for cancer and the NHS always has a withheld number.

I once had a series of phone calls one new year's day and thought they were spamming me. It turned out to be the fraud department of our bank checking whether I had just spent £2,000 in Dubai.

I think people have got out of the habit of talking on the phone because they just use other forms of messaging.

Always,usually the hospital calling for me.

Yes, always. It's possibly the hospital or the doctors/vets or something else important. They won't leave answering machine messages, and it's impossible to get hold of them.
I'm more likely to not answer calls with a number that I don't recognise coming up.

Always in case it is the hospital or social services or health visitor for my mother