Telephones

Do not phone me. Ever. I hate the telephone.

You can text me. You can message me. You can text-message me. But do not call. And Skype? Never gonna happen.

Maybe I am slower than most because the thing I hate about telephones is that I have no time to process the information I am hearing and I sound like an idiot on the phone.

"Hi. So nice to hear from you."

"How are the kids?

"Good, good."

"The husband?"

"Good, good."

"It was so nice talking to you. Let's do it again soon."

Click.

Yeah, that is me on the telephone. I just cannot think of a thing to say.

I much prefer having some time to think about it and give a kind (usually), measured response to whomever I am in contact with.

I am sure a lot of this has to do with the isolation that so many of us experience in our depressive moments and it carries over to everyday life I think.

Face-to-face? I can be and have been the life of the party on more than one occasion. Must rethink this telephone aversion.

How do you handle phone calls?