Remember the days when you’d spend the day away from the house without the interruption of a phone call? Remember when you would purposefully run home to see if you have any messages waiting? Then, spend the next few minutes returning calls. The new generation of children don’t remember these days. It is no longer necessary to go home to check your messages, and if someone called they’d hang up and try your cell phone anyway. It’s true. There is no need for home phone numbers anymore. In fact, many homes have done away with their landline all together. Their rationale is that they never use it anymore. They make and receive calls strictly on their cell phones. I’ve done away with mine! I have no home phone! I think it is great! If my phone rings, it’s for me. If my daughter’s or husband’s phone rings it for them! In a sad way it segregates the phone calls. But, during the last couple of months I’ve figured out something. I miss having a quick chat with my husband’s best friend before handing the phone over to him. I miss getting to know the teenage boy that calls for my daughter, even if it’s just a few words. Before you give up your landline take a look at what you might be missing.
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