I Finally Caved.

Now that I've learned how convenient it is to have a cell, I don't think I could live without one. Last year, when I was 6 months pregnant, my truck's tire blew out and I was stuck on the side of the road with no phone and no one stopped to help me. I had to walk about a half mile down the highway (with cars speeding by) to a mortuary, where I asked to borrow the phone and called my dad (who was also watching my kids) to help me. A friend passed by around that same time, saw my truck, called my mom, who then called my husband, and he and my dad ended up showing up at the same time to rescue me. *LoL* After that, I went out and got a phone because I thought if something like that happened and the kids were with me it would have been a disaster. So, now I have a phone with all the email, TM, IM, and internet browsing features as well as Bluetooth. I could probably do without all the extras, but its kind of nice to have when I'm out of the house and bored.

Well I'm disappointed that you finally bought one :-). I still don't have one and never intend to buy one. I feel that my life is a lot happier and care fee without one.

I've had a cell phone (or mobile phone as we call them here) for about 7 or 8 years I think - maybe longer. Sometimes I long for the days before they were invented lol! Like you I have friends that get upset if they think I'm ignoring them. I have one friend that starts to worry if I don't respond to one of her texts within a couple of hours(!) Actually I don't use it for calls much, I tend to text more. I never find a mobile phone that comfortable to talk on for long. The phone I have at the moment does everything (I believe) although I have no idea how to do half the stuff I'm supposed to be able to do on it. As usual I never got round to reading the instruction booklet and I'm not "technically minded" anyway. Could I live without it? Heck yes - although my friends might complain I think. One of these days I will rebel and not renew my contract. It will be just like the good old days when, if I wasn't in to answer the phone, people just had to leave a message on the answering machine!

I bought a cell phone to keep in touch while I was camping. Now I make all long distance calls and give my son's school and Drs. my cell. I don't have to worry about sitting at home and waiting for certain people to call.

I had a cell phone for a while when I was a foster parent and was on 24 hour call but once we got out of that I got rid of it. I really can't stand the things. It's so annoying to be talking to someone and suddenly they start ringing and go "hold on" while they answer their phone. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I've had a cell phone for a few years now. At first I got it just to say I had one before my other friends when I was like 15 and only used it on occasion. Then I started using it more and as technology progressed more and more people got to using them as well. Fast forward to today (I'm 24) and everyone seems to have cell phone and everyone also seems to expect that you are available 24/7 because of the cell phone. I do use my cell phone as my primary phone and it has become like an extension of my body in that I can't go anywhere without it and I'll admit it has added a lot of ease to plan making, phone calling, confirming things, changing things, etc. But like you I have friends and family that freak out when I don't answer my phone, I used to often just leave my phone home unless I needed it so I wouldn't get bothered. You know what I mean, sometimes I just like being disconnected and unreachable and for some reason it feels like so many people have a problem with that. People will tell me that I need to have it on and answer it at all times in case of an emergency or some excuse like that, so what do I say? I ask them what they did in those cases before cell phone and before the majority had them. Usually they can't answer that and a point is made. I'm also probably the only person I know who has a standard cell phone with no camera and one that is over 2 years old and still working. I'm a fan of good battery life, good talk quality, durability, ability to work anywhere in the world and text messaging. I don't need the newest shiny phone that has a million games and cameras and all that; their battery life suffers.