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Original poster

To be annoyed he doesn't know my phone number by heart

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rosieposies · 30/12/2019 21:06

Been together 6 years and we have two children (one dd and dss who lives with us full time).

It's really pissing me off that he doesn't know my mobile number, he doesn't even have it written down on anything in his wallet. What if something happened and he needed to call me but didn't have his phone?? He says that will never happen and he's never needed it before.

AIBU here???

OP posts:
MrHaroldFry · 30/12/2019 21:38

Oh dear OP. You need to take a bit step back and realise this is not something to be cross about.

Progress2019 · 30/12/2019 21:38

Ive been married 22 years and don’t know my husbands, but I DO know his old one (from the days I used to call him from a landline), so thats ok. I just asked him, and he knows mine.

I remember all my school friends numbers, and the boy I fancied from the year above. And my nans who died 18 years ago. Remembering a number nowadays isn’t a sign that someone cares. I don’t think I know anyones.

GhostHoward · 30/12/2019 21:39

The only numbers I know by heart are mine, my parents (home and mobiles) my eldest son's grandparents home phone and the home phone for my childhood home.

YABU, I have a phone, so don't know my OH's, as I put it in there and forgot about it. I learned the others because I was a child and didn't have a phone at the time.

Lololololola · 30/12/2019 21:39

OP, sorry, but you are being a bit of a knob.
I know 4:
My parental landline (since 1979)
My own number
Child line
My ex husband's parents (had to phone him at home in the 90s)

Poppyfields21 · 30/12/2019 21:40

Have you just watched Marriage Story?

Redglitter · 30/12/2019 21:40

Going by some threads on here recently it looks like people are going out their way to find things to be annoyed/offended at.

ffswhatnext · 30/12/2019 21:40

We are supposed to remember numbers?
What about those of us who don't use wallets/purses and hardly carry a bag around with us?

And what if your phone dies and your wallet/purse has been snatched?

wafflethewonderdog · 30/12/2019 21:42
Hmm Together 9 years and married for 7 and I don't know DHs number. Only mobile number I know is my own.
Bluebutterfly90 · 30/12/2019 21:42

I forget my landline half the time!
I certainly dont know DPs number, and I'm not sure he knows mine.
He probably does though, he can remember numbers well, but they just fall out of my head.

Gazelda · 30/12/2019 21:43

Don't know DH's. we've been together 13 years and have DC.

If I urgently needed to get hold of him and didn't have a phone with me, I'd prob call my mum and ask for his number.

Original poster
rosieposies · 30/12/2019 21:43

@DianaT1969 😂

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ParkheadParadise · 30/12/2019 21:45

I know the last 3 digits of DH's number infact I know the last 3 digits of most of my families numbers😊😊

I know the landline number of my childhood home. Nobody I know now lives there.

Weird thing to be cross about.

Original poster
rosieposies · 30/12/2019 21:45

Does no one have the fear that one day you will be stranded and need to know a significant others phones number? Sorry this baffles me.

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81Byerley · 30/12/2019 21:46

I don't even know mine!

randomsabreuse · 30/12/2019 21:47

I only know my my number (because I have to dial it eleventy billion times to find my phone), my mum's (because it was my home number as a young child) and my parents' old office number (that they left 20 years ago). Every other number I have to look up. Because they are programmed into my phone so I don't need to dial them

FoxysFolkFace · 30/12/2019 21:47

What an odd thing to be annoyed at. My DP has no idea what mine is (or his!). I only know his because I help him with form filling etc (undiagnosed dyslexia or something of this nature so struggles with this!)

chomalungma · 30/12/2019 21:47

I love memorising phone numbers.

I can remember loads of them - many of which aren't useful anymore.

But I get why people don't remember them nowadays.

I have some written down by my landline (yes, I know) for DS in case he ever forgets his phone and needs to contact people in an emergency.

DariaMorgendorffer · 30/12/2019 21:48

YABU

BecauseReasons · 30/12/2019 21:49

Does no one have the fear that one day you will be stranded and need to know a significant others phones number?

Nope. And I worry about everything! I know my sister's, so in an emergency I'd probably get her to ring my husband for me. Hers is literally the only mobile I know by heart. Or I could Google his office number and ring that.

lastqueenofscotland · 30/12/2019 21:49

I know my own, and my work direct dial. That is it. You are being unreasonable and odd

Elbeagle · 30/12/2019 21:49

Does no one have the fear that one day you will be stranded and need to know a significant others phones number?

Well... no. Not really. If I was in serious trouble I’d call the police .

midnightmisssuki · 30/12/2019 21:50

Jesus Christ. This is really not a big thing to be angry about! Ffs get a grip!

ffswhatnext · 30/12/2019 21:50

No, because shit happens.
I grew up before mobiles, and when I used to take a back everywhere. Having numbers written down in an address book didn't help when my bag was snatched.
When I've been stranded I've just started walking.
When I've been attacked I've found whatever help I can.
Having a number wouldn't have helped me without access to a phone and not many people do accept a reverse charge call.

PositiveVibez · 30/12/2019 21:51

Yab sooooooo u.

Been with my DH for 17 years and not got a clue about his number and doubt he knows mine 🤷

Rachelfromfriends1 · 30/12/2019 21:51

No.

If you’re in an emergency situation, calling the emergency services will be infinitely more useful than a family members number.

If you somehow get stranded (unlikely in England) but it’s not an emergency, ask a passerby to use their phone and contact whoever you need to on social media instead. Or google taxi numbers and get a cab home. Etc

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