Who answers the phone in your house?

I always answer our phone if I don't then the our answering machine will as my husband hates to answer the phone and very rarely does. I actually find the phone annoying and answer it with a feeling of "What now' although I am nice on the phone. I get very sick of people ringing up asking for money all the time for different organisations, especially a heap in the same day.

Actually, we do not have a house phone. We have cell phones instead. And since my partner has a phone, I have a phone, and the kids have one, we tend to answer our own phones. The only exception is if that one is upstairs...then someone else will answer it and take it to the person. Or, the kids phone...if I am there, I will often answer it myself because they all share that phone anyways. And the good thing is, with caller ID, sometimes we do not even need to answer it when we look at who is calling...we just hand the phone to that person if they are right there. :)

We don't have a land-line in our house, we just each have a cell phone. So, whoever's phone rings, that's who answers it. If my BF has left his phone and gone to another room, I will usually look at the caller ID and ask him if he wants me to answer it, or I just bring it to him; he does the same for me, too.

My wife or the kids, I really don't get up for the phone at all, I'm not a big on talking on the phone & I don't get much calls for that matter. 9 times out of 10 the phone will be for her or the kids. It just don't stop ringing 24/7.

Mom and Dad. At my parents' home most of the call will be theirs so they normally answer the phone.

In our home,the one who is free and nearer to the phone will answer the phone.

my son never answers the phone, even if I am out and he is alone. So I am the one that answers the phone in my house. I don't care when I am out it doesn't matter, I do have voice mail so it is fine with me.

I usally do. Unless it's a call for someone saleing something. I stopped answering these calls.

Most of all, my mother receives the calls at home, because I will be using the computer or studying at that time. Have a nice day.

lately it is my 6-year-old grand daughter who answers the phone all the time. she knows how to say hello, who's on the line please, wait a minute. i let her received the calls because she thinks that the one calling is her papa since her father is working abroad. i have only 4 people who know our landline number, two of my sisters, a friend of my other grand kid and the father of my grand daughter. my grand daughter could easily identify the voice on the phone whoever calls.

I hate answering the phone. I normally allow any other adult in my home to answer it as long as I don't have to talk to the person on the other end. I can't stand telephones at all. I only have one for emergencies.

When I am home I answer the house phone - the man of the house never touches the mobile phone so I do all the answering on it. Here though it doesn;t really matter which one of us answers the house phone. We get about an equal number of calls.

I usually make my other half answer the phone. I talk on a phone 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. The last thing I want to do at night is talk on the phone. I prefer e-mail.

I am always on the phone all the time ,but whoever is the closest to the phone usually answers it in our house.

It's always my mum! My father is so lazy that even if he knows it's for him he'll still expect mum to answer it! He doesn't want to leave the sofa or miss anything on television. I don't answer the phone because I think it might me my ex trying to find me, and as far as my ex is concerned I am not here! I have a phobia about phones anyhow, I just hate talking on them I feel uncomfortable.

we dont have a telephone in our house, i hope I could get soon

In a student house of 4 girls, we tend to all get phone calls, so usually whoever's nearest the phone or not doing something at the time will answer, and pass it to whoever the call is for.

Whoever is nearest the phone usually answers it in my house. If I am watching tv, I leave it up to my wife to answer it as most of the calls are usually for her. Most of my friends and relatives call me on my mobile phone and I usually keep that in my pocket so I I have to answer it myself.

I do that. I like talking to people, specially the element of surprise of not knowing who they might be. lol

We don't have a land line at home. i and my husband both have cell phones. so i answer my cell phone calls and he answers his cell phone calls. even when both are at home i don't answer is phone calls nor he answers my phone calls. best isn't it.