Do you call your friends to ask what they are doing daily?
By free_man
@free_man (7330)
United States
November 13, 2010 12:57pm CST
We have this one guy that calls daily just to see what we are doing. He calls all the time and then when he has found out what we are doing he hangs up. I don't know why he does this he really don't want anything except to know what we are doing. He don't drive so we are not worried he will show up. My husband keeps asking him if he is writting a book....LOL
Does someone you know call you everyday? Do they call to find out what you are doing? What would you do if this happened to you?
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13 responses
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
That's just annoying what he's doing to you. It's not like It's his business what you're doing. If this happens to me i'll tell him straight up to never call again.
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
Do that and if he still calls you then he's a real prankster.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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13 Nov 10
No I dont... if they wanted me to know they would contact me. If someone rang me daily to ask what I was doing I'd make up something so outrageous that they'd never want to speak to me again
... or else I'd just reply "Minding my own business". I'd consider that as an intrusion unless it was someone whom I knew to be very lonely.

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@free_man (7330)
• United States
13 Nov 10
Hi Wizzywig. I don't know why this guy calls but he drives us nuts. I think he is lonely I guess that is why we answer the phone. But it really gets annoying especially when we are doing a job for someone. But when we answer if we are at work we tell him we are at work and he hangs up ASAP. The shame of it is he don't have to be lonely he could get out and do something to help him get over the loneliness. But he won't. And when he calls we catch him in several lies that I guess is what bothers us about answering the phone. Thanks for sharing.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
13 Nov 10
Hi Wizzywig. He is one of those people that knows too many people but they all are gossipers and that isn't good. He likes to gossip about others that we don't even know and we don't like gossip. It is not a good thing. I hope this man does find some good friends to hang out with. One of the reasons we don't hang out with him is he is usually drunk and makes nasty remarks to me and it upsets me and my husband when he does this.
@ganeshprabhuk (1722)
• India
14 Nov 10
i keep in touch with friends often with that it keeps us happy always that we are with them even far from each other so its nice to keep in touch with all friends give life hopes & strength to life.
@primeaque86 (8108)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
Very rare. Actually, i am not really into texting or calling these days. I am feed up with chatting to my friend, not that i don't like, but i have other priorities. And i rarely receive call, except for my brother or sister sometimes. And now that i switched to sun, i guess they are not calling me anymore. And i receive calls at work but that is not personal, actually, i never like callers who has no other purpose but some nonsense question. Good day;-)
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Nov 10
Hi Primeaque. I am with you I don't want to be on the phone talking nonsense I got a cell phone because I don't want to give out our home phone number it is mainly for the computers. But the cell phone is for emergences and family but mostly for our home based business. We gave it to him in case it was an emergency or he needed something from town.
Hi Saphrina I don't understand your response. But thanks for sharing.
@JudgeIronFist (2470)
• Singapore
14 Nov 10
LOL, I don't have anybody who I know, acting like that all the time. I mean, isn't it a waste of time to just call and hang up after asking what you're doing? That's like a waste of a few cents of the telephone bill!!! He could chat over in MSN right? I do that in MSN but seldom ask my friends what they are doing.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Nov 10
Hi JudgeIronFist. No he can barley read and right. I feel sorry for him for that but he don't know how to do any of that. I thank God he don't though we would never get him off of there. Thank God it don't really cost us extra but it does him. We are on a plan where we only pay a certian amount a month. He pays a lot more then we do and tried to tell him this but he runs out of minutes every month from making these kinds of nonsense phone calls.
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
14 Nov 10
Hi free_man,
Heck no, I do not call my friends on a daily basis to find out what they are doing. I have some friends that I don't speak to for months and some I speak to only on special occasions.
Sound as if your friend has too much time on his hands and he needs to get a hobby of some sort. Maybe he should write a book, that should keep him busy and out of your "hair." That has got to be annoying to have someone constantly call with the same question.
Maybe your friend has a little problem with insecurity or low self-esteem? Seem as if he depends on you all to keep him entertained. Just a guess.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Nov 10
Hi Angelgirl. I think your right he thinks we are supposed to entertain him....LOL Not good at wasting my time on the phone though have too much too do. He don't do anything all day just watches TV and they are mostly the old shows from the 50's. We keep telling him he needs to get a hobby , but this man don't clean his house. He asked me one day if I would clean his house I was shocked at this and told him not in this life time. It isn't as if there is anything wrong with him except he drinks all the time. Thanks for sharing.
@soleya (1100)
• Latvia
14 Nov 10
No, nobody calls me to find out what I am doing daily. But I think it is nice of him to be concerned. At least you know that there is your friend out there in the world who cares about you. Mostly people care only about themselves and wait for someone to call and ask how they are doing.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
14 Nov 10
I do have a few very close friends, and we do keep in touch all along. But, we don't get to see or telephone one another every day. But, we know that we are always ready to help one another at any time at all. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
@SomeCowgirl (32190)
• United States
14 Nov 10
Hmm, maybe he wants someone to hang out with? That's what it sounds like to me, especially if he doesn't drive, he might be bored and stuck at home more then he really wants to be.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Nov 10
Hi Cowgirl. Can't hang out with him he gets too nasty talking when we are there. And my husband don't like hanging out with him because of his mouth. He has a brother and family that live right there. But none of them have a phone of their own. They use their neighbors phone. He is most of the time drunk.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
13 Nov 10
Hi Maezee. Yes I know what you mean. But this guy isn't planing on coming over or seeing if we will go to his house. He just calls and ask what are you doing? where are you going? And just plain stupid stuff like that. Sometimes we won't answer the phone.
@chipesterkhan (2925)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
no
that would just be plain creepy
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
14 Nov 10
Hi Chipesterkhan. It is creepy! I don't understand why he does this we keep telling him to stop but he just plain won't listen. We got to where we shut the phone off when he calls. Now we will change the number and not give it to him. Which is sad because sometimes he might need help. Oh well he did it and we have no choice if we want peace from his calls.
@EKOBERNIE (264)
• United States
13 Nov 10
I would tell him not to call and have done this in the past and the did not talk to me anymore and said I was very rude. He would call me everyday and I got sick of it. One day I told him if he had any other friends and why is he calling me cause I did not want to speak to him. The next time I saw him he was so mad at me and told me he was never going to call me again. We are still friends but we do not talk on the phone anymore. I call someone everyday myself if not everyday, I try to do it every other day and that is my mother.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
13 Nov 10
Hi Ekobernie. We both have told him to not call everyday. We have asked him to only call once a week. Didn't work he only stops calling for a day or two if one of us jumps on him for being a pain. We call my husbands mom every other day so we can make sure she is okay. She has heart problems and is married to a man that won't take care of her when she is sick. You need to keep in touch with your mother no one can ever replace our mothers.
@del2010 (76)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
Fortunately, I don't have any friend like yours. I don't see any reason why should a certain friend calls you without any purpose at all. Well if ever I have a friend like that I'll ask him/her why is he calling everyday just to find out what am I doing. If she, still keeps on calling me then I'd rather not entertain her call.
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