To think grown adults don’t need to be in touch with each other multiple times during the day?

[PuzzledObserver]

It seems to be fairly common on MN for people to be texting or calling their DP multiple times in the course of a day.

Early stages of a relationship and you’re in lurve..... I get it.

You’re doing something out of your normal routine and want to let DP know, or you’re going to the shops and text to ask if they need anything, fair enough.

DC had an accident or your workplace is on fire, absolutely.

But on a bog standard ordinary day when you’re both doing whatever you normally do and you’re both going to be home around the time you usually are..... why would you?

There were two of us in my team reporting to our team leader, so the impact was pretty obvious.

Why so snippy?

I din't do any "whistle blowing" BTW. It was pretty obvious.

@TapasForTwo apologies it was @Sparklingbrook who made the comment about all colleagues.

Apologies for my snippy comment as well

I don't have the sort of job where someone else has to pick up my work. My colleagues smoke and go out every 45 mins for a 5-10mins cigarette break. My message sending isn't that time consuming.

My DH2B and I text or call whenever we're apart (although not in a constant stream) and we're 39 & 40. It's usually just random thoughts and things to make the other smile. Most of my friends behave exactly the same way. I think it's a lovely way to show affection plus I suffer from anxiety and DH2B is one of the few people who can sense when I'm having an anxiety attack and help me stop it

I suppose it depends what your work policy is re mobile phones.

I message pics of my Son numerous times a day. Husband calls on his lunch. It's called love babes

Couples who do this - are both of you extroverts?

No. The absolute opposite in fact.

There’s no way in my recent workplaces that regular texting would’ve been allowed, and colleagues always used to bitch about people not pulling their weight if they were on phones a lot. Work email policies for “limited personal use” too. Also had to “clock out” for any breaks including fag breaks. But they have both been quite pressurised with high volume workload.

Me and DH often send each other a love you text or how’s your day text. It helps us feel connected and it’s nice to know he’s thinking of me; especially as we both work long hours

“I know I'm in the minority though”

Posters that say things like this are always hilarious because they are often amongst numerous posts with exactly the same opinion! But we all like to think we are independent of other influences