Giving someone else a friend's phone number?

I don't like it when other people give out my number. I give my number to people I trust. In addition to that, I usually don't answer messages if I don't know the number. At the same time, I'm in a sorority so my sisters sometimes have to give numbers to each other to plan stuff. If it was someone that didn't know if I was okay with it, I would be upset. I don't want random people calling me.

Hello Anna, I am very particular about protecting my friends' privacy, specially the female friends. When my friends give me their number, they put trust in me and I do not want to lose that by giving it to anyone like that. If I know that OK, this person has been friends with my friend for a long time and accidentally lost his/her number, I would give it but not otherwise.

I am very careful about giving others someone else's number, I ask the owner first if I'm not sure they are close friends. I would like others to be as careful. Same goes for e-mail address. I don't like people who carelessy send e-mails to groups of people, not putting he addresses in the "hidden address" list. There are too many of them...

Great discussion Anna. Well I'd like to say that I'm a bit choosy about giving numbers to anyone. Especially giving girls' numbers to guys. When asked, I just say things like "No, its only given to special friends like me ! ".. One shouldn't give others' numbers to anyone. So hey, what are you gonna do now ? Change your number again ?

if the other guy is a good person and is not the one teasing or disturbing others he should be given the number and most importantly if someone love you and get your number from somewhere then you should talk to him and phone. by the way if this is your picture plz let me know about your mobile number.i will be happy to talk to you as friend just.

its vry tough job for me to give some stranger , my friend's phone number . i will never do this kind of silly things to make somebody's life trouble. its totally out of question from my side. it will cause several harrasments, prank calls,mental problems, etc.

A straight answer, no, I don't like anyone giving my phone number to someone else without asking me first.

i never give out anybody's number. at most i might mention to the other party in question "so and so wants your number" that way they can say yes or no then. i hate people who just hand it out without asking first.

If it happens to me, I'll talk to John and tell him that what he did isn't really fair for my part. He could at least let me know that someone was asking for my number and let me decide if I want to give it or not. And it doesn't matter if he's close to me or not, its still my personal information, my privacy.

I think it was presumptuous of this "friend" to give out your number. I don't think it's ever Okay to take something that belongs to someone else and do whatever you please with it without getting the owner's permission. It a way this "friend" stole a part of your privacy from you if this was an unpublished number.

A good way to not to have this done in the future is to tell the person you give your number to, to not give out to anyone else. Some time this works and sometimes it doesn't but it has worked for me.

I'd be mad whether they're close or not. Your number is your personal possession, and more often than not people prefer to share it with only a selected few, not just anyone. Just because you gave it to him doesn't mean you gave him the right to do with it as he please, but simply the permission to contact you through it. Doing what he did is disrespectful to you, you should clearly and solidly tell him that.

One should not spare a friend's phone number without his consent.What John has done is to be condemned.He has taken you for granted and pulled you into trouble without his knowledge.But we can't blame him totally.You should know how to tackle JB and be cautious in the future not to spare your number with just like friends.Better you warn John from doing it again.Cheers!

I'm a freshman in China.In our country,it is usually OK for most of people.It is very common to give others my phone number.But if a man that I hate call me,I will not respond!I think you can tell John about your opinion.

hello anna728, Before giving any number of my friends to anyone, I should let them know first. They might not like it. Don't want any of my friends will get mad at me because of giving their number. This way, our friendship and their privacy will be in tact.

I have had co-workers do that to me without thinking anything about it. I don't like it done to me so I just wouldn't do that to anyone else. If someone asks me for someones #, I instead take their # and give it to my friend or co-worker and deliver the message. Yes...I'd be mad in your situation...I have been.

Yes Anna, I would - and have been, in my younger age, for a very similar situation - mad. But that's one of life's lesson, isn't it? Why are we giving our phone number to people we don't really know well? I mean our private or personal phone number. There are different levels of reality and different levels or responsibility or awareness. We need to be able to observe that in others so, for just one thing, not to give them private information... Then, we choose who to give that info and we need to tell each one of them not to give it in any circumstance but instead, relay to you a message that such and such asked for that info or ask to get in contact with you. When the budget allows it, there could be a second phone number used for other than private. But, that is another solution not necessarily for every pocketbook. I would tell each one of the people involved that though you did not exactly mentioned it clearly, now you do: You're private information like your phone number(s) are private and not to be given away to anyone requesting it. They need to contact you personally and let you know that someone else requested it. Tell them you got a prank call you don't care for for someone you hardly know really and that you don't want this to happen again. Get to talk last the pranker but not from any of your own phones or friend's. Probably a public phone in a quier area. And tell him you're calling not to chat but to let him not you failed to find his prand a good joke, not to repeat it and to not contact you again. Do not be rude but firm. Do not hang up on him. As soon as he mumbles something, just say: "I will take this as a 'yes'. Thank you." Than you hang on. Don't slam the receiver. You might have to block some phone numbers or change the one you've got. See what happens for a little while. Yeah. I had to do all of that... But that was the first and last time. Good luck. Hurray

Me personally I don't like to give my number out unless I really know that person well and they are good friends with me. My friends already know that they can't give my number away unless consulting me first. But really the people only get my number they have to have my trust first as well. Like I can sincerely trust them not to give out my number without my permission. So that's my take on it.

it doesn't matter, doo't think if others want to ask you phone number , don't worry ,he just want your phone number not others.

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