This is probably the most boring subject ever, but i'm getting so annoyed with the more senior members of our family insisting that we have a landline and that emails and voicemails get answered the second we get them.
We both have mobile phones, which we are contactable on most of the time. We have a landline for the internet, but no landline phone as we had issues with not being able to make outgoing calls and the last time we tried to sort it out, it cost us £8 SODDING POUNDS in phone bills. Also both of us have more than enough minutes and texts on our phones to be able to call. I do understand it's more expensive to call a mobile from a BT landline, so i've said it's fine to call/ text and say 'can you call me back?' in order to save our family the bill.
But every time i speak to my parents, or aunts and uncles, i'm constantly nagged about how difficult it is for them to get in contact with us, how expensive it is and how we don't call them back straight away. We often get icy phone calls saying 'i left a message yesterday, why haven't you called us back?' It is driving me UP THE WALL! We are guilty of not calling back straight away, as we have children (1 small baby, so i don't pick up the phone during his nap time) and are busy a lot of the time as we pack a lot into our weekends, but we do call back straight away if it's urgent and at least get back to them during the next day or two. I've even been 'told off' about not commenting on one of their facebook comments on my posts! It's bloody ridiculous!
It is really starting to cause me stress, but i don't want to sound rude or like i don't want to speak to them (because i do!). Should i just give in and get the landline fixed or stand my ground? ARGH!