How people talk over the phone over hours?

United States
August 21, 2009 3:29pm CST
I just couldn't understand how people talk over the phone over hours without hanging up? Especially women, they are the chatty type. My girlfriend can talk over the phone over 1 hour, and I just couldn't do it myself. Maybe I am the less socialize type of person. From my observation, usually Latina women chat on the cellphone the most. At work, during breaktime, or even afterwork. They always on the phone. For men, some are chatty, while majority are not. Only the exception they were talking to their lovers on the phone. One of my male co - worker who always on the phone too while he was at work. So, do you chat on your cell phone alot? If you can talk over hours a day, you might have a unlimit talking plan.
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@lordz00 (20)
21 Aug 09
ever since, i had problems on spending too much time on the telephone because no one can contact us at home, good thing the call waiting was invented. It made my life a lot easier. I don't know why but i enjoy talking to my friends, i'd rather talk than send countless text messages and not understand each other properly. Now i live in Uk and i have loads of friends all over the place and the only communication we got is through phone, so most of the time i spend talking on the phone. I even had my last relationship as a long distance and that was crazy because the only time that i put my cellphone down is when I'm on the shower. It's either we talk or we text. i guess this is the best way of communication now adays especially if your love ones are from afar. and the good thing is. i have unlimited calls with the same network, so i guess im also making the best out of it :)
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• United States
22 Aug 09
wow, I don't talk much on the phone. Either someone call me to inform something, or some of friends occasional calling, ask me how I was. That's all.
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Aug 09
My daughter and I can talk for an hour or more, as she is a long ways away from me as I live in a different state than she does, We don't talk everyday though, as she is busy all the time, so we never get to talk all that much. I do miss her though. Sometimes we run out of things to say, and sometimes we don't. She keeps me informed of things going on with her and the family. Since a cell phone is my only phone, I do use it to call mostly, but I also access the internet as well. Have a great day, and happy mylotting.
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• United States
22 Aug 09
If your guys live a long distance apart, and didn't see each other much, talking on a phone more often is normal.
• United States
21 Aug 09
I wish I could talk on the phone like that but I cant. I think it has to do with my brothers playing pranks on the phone when i was younger, they would pick up the other phone and be dumb and i kind lost interest in phones, it was pretty embarassing because my friends would call and it was impossible to ever finish a conversation--thank goodness for texting, i prefer that.
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• United States
22 Aug 09
I text only some girls prefer this way. Otherwise, I rather chat over the phone.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
22 Aug 09
I don't like to talk on the phone in general but sometimes because of my work, I don't have a choice. Once I was stuck on on a conference call for little over 4 & 1/2 hours. I thought I could make it to work on time for the phone call but I got stuck behind an accident & my work ended up forwarding the call to my cell phone. When I finally make it to work, I had to put my cell phone on speaker & plug the phone to an outlet to finish the call. Other times, because I work part time as a translator, I got stuck on a 3 way phone call for work translating manufacturing plant & buyers. That was weird experience. But yes, I have talked on the cell phone more than an hour at a time & it does happen to me more than 3 - 4 times a month & I do have unlimited calling plan.
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@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
15 Sep 09
Hey, Yea same here, I have no idea how my parents can talk on the phone for hours and hours, I don't know how on earth they do it. Personally I don't really like talking on the phone anyway, when the home phone rings, I hardly ever pick it up. Make sure you have a good day, Happy Lotting!!
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
27 Aug 09
Well you know my dear Clorissa I just love a nice chat on the telephone and so many nice people call these days to ask about me and see if I'd like to buy some lovely new thing from them. I let them tell me all about it and ask lots of questions as they are probably a bit lonely just calling me up like that to see how I am. I had a lovely young man on the phone for nearly two hours earlier telling me all about his computers but I didn't buy one as I've got this one my dear.
@raj_ka (431)
• India
25 Aug 09
I agree with you that women are chatty type but i dont agree that women talk more on phone.Both women and men can be talkative and now-a-days most of the people are perferring to chat through Instant messagers or sms service than talking for hours on phone due to different reasons. People who stay long distances from there loved ones are perferring this option.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
22 Aug 09
Hi, I am a woman, but I don't enjoy long conversations on the phone. It's very tiring. If it's has to be a long conversation or discussion, I would rather have it face-to-face or use Skype over the internet.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
22 Aug 09
I am not sure what it is everyone seems to be different. I like to talk for maybe 10 or 15 minutes at a time, with my friends and relatives, but for business I like to get the details done and finished. Speaking too long on the phone eventually can be a waste of time. I am not sure about comment about Latina women as I know very few of them, but yes women seems to talk on the phone a lot more.
@tintukm (1102)
• India
22 Aug 09
Talking is believing so many think that and well that's true too.Long conversations are no surprises.There are people to like to keep on the talking even if the other person is interested or not,such sorts of conversations are tough to handle at times because that person may be a friend a stranger or anyone we aren't fully comfortable with.Phone talks have been increasingly noted in places around where there are less people around.
• Canada
22 Aug 09
I've been wondering about that question myself. But I guess, typically, they are just talking about their day, the good and bad parts of it, and just discussing it in great detail. I mean, isn't it the same for when people chat online for hours? For me, I don't even like talking on the phone, so unless it involves something important, I'm not going to linger over the phone. Besides, there could be other stuff I could be doing.