To refuse to own a moble phone?

[KatieScarlett2833]

DH and I don't own mobile phones. Our friends can't believe we can survive without them. Around here most people are incredulous that two professional people don't have mobiles.Some still don't believe it and assume we are being rude by not giving them our mobile numbers.

I hate their tinny, anoying ringtones, text messaging, being obliged to look at pictures of other peoples pets/children/friends stored on their phones, people on public transport yelling "I'm on my MOBILE!!!", voice messages that cost you to retrieve them, the one upmanship over who has the best phone, etc, etc. Amazingly we still have friends who like us despite being unable to participate in oh-so amusing round robin joke texts and video clips.

If I could, I'd disconnect the landline too. I hate all phones, especially the one on my desk that rings all frickin day. There is a competition in our house to be furthest away from the phone when it rings so you are not expected to answer it.

Please answer honestly. Are we weird?

Spider, in my case I was trying to understand my vehement dislike of something that everyone else I know wouldn't be without.

And imananny, they do, but I have no problem with being pestered in person. I like to see people and am happy when they pop in.

then get rid of your home phone - or pull out of socket, and you wont hear it ring

instead door bell will ring - tho agree, itsnice to see people

yanbu - in that it's your choice.

However I'm seriously considering getting rid of my landline - as I never use it, no-one EVER calls me on it (apart from those really annoying automated calls from the "national debt blah blah blah").

The only person would have a problem with it is my best friend - as she has mobile phone calls blocked from her landline because of her teenage daughters (and she always forgets to charge her mobile )

I don't even mind if people call me on my mobile, and ask them to ring me back - as I get 400 free minutes a month - and only use a fraction of them - and that's in addition to my free 02 to 02 calls (and a lot of my friends are on 02........)

I would worry if I didn't have my mobile - if DS1 or 2's schools need to contact me, I'm often out of the house, and as there's no-one else here to answer the phone and go and get them if they're unwell etc I'd be constantly worrying.......

YANBU. I have a phone but it's rarely switched on. When I need it, I often find it has a flat battery. Or it's run out of credit, which happens once every 5 or 6 months(and yes, I update £20 a time).

Calls are so expensive. I don't know my phone number..I just have it for travelling really.
DH has one for work and uses it frequently but only in working hours.

I loathe the darned things.

I also dislike and distrust sat nav.

I wonder, sometimes about this electrickery too....but we haves to use it for lighting and such

I have a mobile but hardly use it and actually i don't even know my mobile number!
If they want my number i have to ring their phone!
I like to be FREE!

I have a mobile although I don't use it that often. In fact I have often been known to go out and leave it at home, which prompted a call from my sister telling me that I really shouldn't leave my mobile at home because what if I was mugged then I wouldn't be able to call anyone for help. I pointed out that if I was mugged the first thing they'd probably steal would be my phone.

The thing that baffles me most is the obsession with all the added things a mobile now represents. photo's/video clips/all these saddoes that walk down the street listening to varius music on their mobiles. Surely by definition it is a phone? So why is there the need for all this extra gadgetry?

On the plus side, I have assigned specific ringtones to each of the people most like to call me - dh/parents/sister, so I know that if it rings with my standard ringtone it's most likely to be someone trying to sell me something, so can ignore accordingly.

wannaBe - I took my digital camera - and my phone on holiday with me - I never used my camera once......in fact I NEVER use my camera now - the photos I get on my mobile are of the same quality of those on my digital camera - and as I carry my mobile with me at all times I have got some cracking photos of the DS's at moments when I wouldn't usually have been carrying a camera.

I hate phones too, mobile or landline. Ironically I used them a lot for work, but thanks to emails things are much easier. I bought a mobile phone only a few years ago because my clients (I am freelance)said it was better to get in touch with me. Before that I relied on them leaving a message on my answering machine, which I could retrieve remotely from a landline or phone box and when the internet became more accessible, I used emails. Guess what? I got the mobile but my clients preferred to email. I get so few calls on it and do even less, last year I spent a bit more of £5 on my pay as you go. I do most of my stuff via email and I'm really annoyed when I have to call. Still people wouldn't realise this. I worked in market research and journalism and people loved my phone manner. I find it really draining and I'm glad if I can get round it. I hate texting, it's plain stupid, I'd even rather call.

I hate phones too, mobile or landline. Ironically I used them a lot for work, but thanks to emails things are much easier. I bought a mobile phone only a few years ago because my clients (I am freelance)said it was better to get in touch with me. Before that I relied on them leaving a message on my answering machine, which I could retrieve remotely from a landline or phone box and when the internet became more accessible, I used emails. Guess what? I got the mobile but my clients preferred to email. I get so few calls on it and do even less, last year I spent a bit more of £5 on my pay as you go. I do most of my stuff via email and I'm really annoyed when I have to call. Still people wouldn't realise this. I worked in market research and journalism and people loved my phone manner. I find it really draining and I'm glad if I can get round it. I hate texting, it's plain stupid, I'd even rather call.

I'm a bit of a moby junkie. Before i leave the house i count the kids, make sure i have my handbag and if i cant find my moby, its panic stations!

Its just so handy to have it, and now that my eldest has just started secondary school and she has her own moby, it gives me peace of mind

Katie.. you might have to change your mind when you have teens! Mobiles are a necessity then cos they give you reassurance. My DCs didnt get mobiles till they were 12/13 but they are now 19 and 17 and when you are picking them up from places and they are outside the different shop, different entrance, different house you had arranged, you will be damn glad you have a mobile to find them!

Also, was very glad I had a mobile when my Dad was in hospital and I had to get there urgently...

TBH I cannot remotely understand the aversion towards a mobile phone... life changes, technology changes and you have to embrace that or end up slightly cut off from the world... just my opinion of course!

I'm far from a technophobe and understand technology moving on. I love my SKY Plus, my computer, my digital camera, etc. Just hate my mobie. It's just another thing to organise!

When they bring out a phone that doesn't need charging every few hours, and that I can hear in a crowded shop without looking like an attention seeker I might change my mind. And my phone is probably a bit pants cos it's not a recent model, so I know some of this is my own doing, as it were. RIght now, it feels like a millstone round my neck!

It's the chicken and egg argument. I don't want to spend more money on a new phone because I don't like the limitations of my phone. If I spent more money it might need charging less, so I might use it more. But then again I might not, so it would be a waste of money.

Stuff it. I just need to realise that I'm a grumpy old woman!!! Mobile phones? Bah Humbug!