To think 9:40 is too late to ring someone's house?

[Angel1983]

I was in bed last night at 9:40 (I know it's early but I'm up at 5). I was just about to drop off to sleep and the phone rang (and rang). When I eventually dragged myself out of bed thinking it might be a family emergency it turned out to be a family acquaintance ringing for a chat.

I am not overly bothered about this but I was just wondering what time people think is too late to ring people who aren't close family or friends.

If the know you get up at 5am then yes it is U. If they don't then anytime before 10 is OK in my book. After 10 it better be bloody important.

If it is a genuine family emergency phone at any time in the night.
If it is a chatty call 9 pm should be the cut off.
I have employees texting me at 2 am sometimes with totally non-urgent matters, it infuriates me.

Not late for me but I'm up to about 1am so would accept If I new the number or let the answer phone machine pick it up if I didn't.

If I didn't know someone my cut off would be about 10pm I think may change it to 9 now looking at all these MNers

phone goes on silent at 9 here, calls won't be answered after that

9pm is my cut off, however DHs family seem to think 10:45 is a perfectly acceptable time to phone for a chat/to ask one question.

Erm... Midnight unless I know they get up super early. My closest friends I would ring without a second thought but i'd text a few other before hand. Even my friends with babies ring me after 11. With work and everything a lot of our best phone calls are late at night sometimes when both parties are tucked up in bed.

What happens after 9 to all you MNers? If someone you like calls at 21:01 do you just stare at the phone with catsbum face?

We don't do ringing anyone in this house. It's texting or emails.

I have one friend who goes to bed at 9 ish every night and I'm mindful not to text her later than that.

I wouldn't mind if someone rung me at 9.40 for something important.

Up to 9 I would ring friends and up to 10 family but I would answer the phone at any time and not bother about the time.

needsabum. There's really no need to be nasty on every thread you go on you know.

We're night owls here without any children of an age that would get woken up so any time up to about 11 would be just fine to get a phone call. That said, unless I know someone has similar habits to us, I'd probably make any phone calls by 9.30pm.

I don't phone anybody before 9am or after 9pm. If somebody phones me at 9pm I might answer the phone or I might not - if I'm in the middle of something inconvenient like washing my hair or trying to have a relaxing bath before bed then I ignore it if it's the landline. If it's my mobile it'll probably get checked to see who it is as I take that upstairs.
Somebody texts me about midnight sometimes, that really annoys me.

People I don't know: I wouldn't ring after 9pm unless urgent.

People I know: It will depend very much on their habits, but if in doubt not after 9pm. Some of them I know are happy to talk late at night, and we do call.

People ringing me late: I'll answer unless I'm in the middle of something important. It'll usually be someone I know anyway.

9 - if I want to talk to someone later than that I txt with a 'is it too late to call?'.

Often do that for Australia - otherwise I'd never get to talk to them!

9 unless they've left a message to say "call up until...."

9am and 9pm are my rules for contacting other people email (though will respond to a text after 9pm if I have just been sent one - though texts can be very noisy and I have people who insist on texting me at 5am - so I turn my phone off).

Any time up to 11pm I would say

I would be more annoyed if someone called me at say 8am at weekend as would be asleep

I'd only call 9-9 also, though I might outside of this time if I'm aware of the household routine I'm calling. DH however doesn't seem to think it anything to call someone later!!!

Those that don't want a call early usually have mentioned

For receiving calls I think if the phone ring after 9.30 that it's late