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Correct time to text someone

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mummy2oneandtwo · 24/03/2017 09:40

So last Saturday I text my friend at around 7am...I was up with my 2 young boys and it was the Next sale, which she usually goes to, so I was asking if she was going. She text back saying I text her too early and wake her up....

I said I was sorry but asked why does she not have her phone on silent at night to avoid this. She said it's on silent but vibrate. We left it at that.

This morning I took a snapchat video of my boys playing on the bed and sent it to a bunch of friends. It was about 7:20. She has now put her profile picture as a black screen saying "no snapchats before 8am" with an angry face....I am in shock at how laughable this is!!

Firstly it's a weekday and she has 2 young children, 1 school age, so would assume she was up, but also Snapchat doesn't send noise alerts from what I know, and also pretty passive aggressive!

I took on board not messaging before 8 on a weekend but didn't think about a snapchat at 7:20 on a weekday.

When her kids were little she would message at all random times of night...I had no problem with this...my phone just goes on silent when I sleep.

AIBU to think this is a bit of a crazy thing to have an issue with? Do I message and apologies or just ignore the not so subtle message directed at me?

OP posts:
user1471505498 · 27/03/2017 14:24

I think I would be a bit irritated, op, especially as I'd said something about it before.
I think calls/texts before 8:30am or after 10pm should be emergencies only. My MIL often calls the landline earlier than that on a Saturday morning and it al always gives me a start, thinking something bad might have happened, then it's 'Oh no, what does she want this time??' But then, I'm always a bit grumpy first thing lol.

PurpleMinionMummy · 27/03/2017 14:40

When my oh's Dad passed away last year his mum rang at 2am to tell us. His mobile was on vibrate but he didn't answer in time so she then rang the landline which of course woke the kids. It's not always ideal to ring a landline over a mobile in night time emergencies. If you're someone who who has a vulnerable family member or someone close who is very ill you may well prefer to have your mobile on for over night emergencies than someone ringing the landline.

BathshebaDarkstone · 27/03/2017 19:21

And some people can't afford a landline and a mobile.

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