How often do you talk to your DH while he's at work?

[jag01]

On average how often do you talk to DH while he's at work? 

[abs]

Never. We exchange texts 2-3 times a day.

[minerswife17]

It's almost impossible. They actually have a phone underground but it has to be an absolute emergency. When I had to be induced with DD from the time I called his work and the time he got home, it was about 3 hours. He has an hour drive but you have to call one person then it's phone tag between them and 4 other people to get the message to DH to call home.
Headache.

[cjcouple]

About twice a day. We work opposite shifts so I usually call him once before he heads to work.
Then he calls the boys and I on his lunch break around dinner time.

[andrewsgal]

We text throughout the day. He can talk whenever he isn't in a meeting I can call his cell or direct office line if I want to talk to him. Sometimes we talk none, and sometimes up to five times it just varies. If he is OOT he is usually overseas so we are lucky to talk once a day when you figure in the time difference. It is easy to get ahold of hi. If he is in town.

[lala]

We email a ton. That's my go-to communication unless it's urgent. I can call anytime and he answers if he's at his desk - which between meetings & being the in the lab, is probably less than 50% of the time.

I probably call him a few times a week, but email anywhere from several to dozens of times a day. Just depends on what is going on.

He is not a cell phone person and until very very recently, had no reception inside anyway. Now that he does, I think he does carry his phone if he'll be in a meeting mutt in case, but I've never had to call his cell.

[quesyrah]

On the phone? Twice in the last 9 years and they were both emergencies.

But we text all day long.

[Deleted]

We text a bunch. He responds when he can (he's "on" 60-90 minutes and then off 30-45 minutes). If I NEED him, I can call and they can pull him off position. We've never had an emergency that couldn't wait until he was off position. When he works evenings, he face times us at bedtime, or else it's just text.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Dh has downtime where he could talk/return a text, but it's completely random, so I can text him and be reasonably sure he'll read it and text me back at some point throughout the day, but no idea really when, so I don't unless I need something.

[loskadoodle]

Sometimes never. Usually a text. Sometimes a call if we have something to discuss.

[momin2013]

DH calls on his lunch hour unless he's extremely busy. If DS and I are home, we chat a bit then; if not, I call him back when we get home, it's mostly just to check in on how our days are going.

[ashb62]

Usually once, sometimes not at all or 3-4 times. It varies. We do text fairly often.

[rosesandpetals]

I make him text me after he drops DD off because I have real anxiety attacks about him forgetting she's in the car and just going straight to work (I leave before him in the morning). Then I text him at lunch, usually just something quick like "how's your day going? What do you want for dinner? When will you be home?" etc. And then I'll text him when the kids leave for the day.

He has never called me at work. I have called his work twice -- 1x to tell him he needed to come home for an emergency and 1x to tell his boss he was in the hospital and wouldn't be at work for awhile.

When I was a SAHM, we would text throughout the day but I can't use my phone while my students are in the room.

[Deleted]

We text a few times a day, or less if I'm out and about. I don't call often, unless I need an answer to something right away. DH's phone also sucks, so he rarely answers and I've just given up on calling.

[jensriot]

Almost never. We text near the end of the day for his ETA. I call if it's something urgent. Sometimes I'll text during the day if something interesting happens, maybe a couple times a week. His workday is like one never ending meeting, so he's always busy.

[chatterbox]

Usually twice per day. Either he calls us to check in or we call him. It's probably 50/50.

[honeydew1894]

We g-chat during our free periods. I don't recall ever calling him at school or vis versa.

[cabbagecabbage]

Average once a day. He calls most lunch hours. I only call him if I need to since he doesn't have a private extension or his cell on him and someone has to go get him. I often text him knowing hell see it on lunch.

[penguingrrl]

We text a lot and he occasionally uses FaceTime from work to talk to Drew during the day. Other than FaceTime we almost never talk on the phone but text a lot.

[mamaalysson]

Oct 18, 2015 15:19:47 GMT -5 jensriot said:

Almost never. We text near the end of the day for his ETA. I call if it's something urgent. Sometimes I'll text during the day if something interesting happens, maybe a couple times a week. His workday is like one never ending meeting, so he's always busy.

Ditto this. And I usually call after doctor appointments or if there is something he should know that would be too cumbersome to text.

[erbear]

Sometimes, we text throughout the day but generally, I call him after I have gotten the kids and we're headed home from work. I never call him during the day just to chat (and he doesn't call me either)

[dizzycooks]

I would text him because it's rarely urgent, but the man can't seem to get with it and figure out how to reply to a text. I call probably once a day, just to check about plans or how drop off went. Evenings are so fleeting that sometimes it's easier to have a serious conversation without the kids under foot and before we are exhausted.

[auroraloo]

2-3 texts a day and he calls me on his way home every day.

[Deleted]

He calls me on one or both breaks. We are also big time texters.

[trizzie]

We email throughout the day.

[thecheshirekat]

Never. It's almost impossible to reach him at work, even in an emergency. He calls when he's on his way home.

[L From The D]

Phone: almost never...he might call at the end of the day. We occasionally text, but it's more like "do you need anything from the store" or "don't forget there's a meeting today."

[lala]

Oct 19, 2015 2:00:34 GMT -5 thecheshirekat said:

Never. It's almost impossible to reach him at work, even in an emergency. He calls when he's on his way home.

So, in a legit emergency you just have to wait until the end of the day? 

[melew]

We mostly will gchat if we are free, but not necessarily every day. Depends on his meeting schedule (which is about 70% of his day). He doesn't get great cell reception in the building, so calls or texts to that are hit and miss. His direct office line is linked through his work laptop (no actual phone at his desk), so he has to put on his headset to talk, which isn't possible if he is in a meeting. A message will pop up on his computer if someone calls or an email is sent with the text of a voicemail message. I only "speak" to him maybe once a week at most.

[Kcthepouchh8r]

It really varies. Sometimes not at all for days on end, sometimes multiple times a day. We tend to call vs text unless it's a how is your day kind of thing. Depends on how busy work is at him at that point; he's a controller so sometimes he's crazy busy and other times it's slow and he will call to chat because he's got downtime.