Settle a (silly) argument

[sonrisa]

Jul 29, 2023 20:37:57 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

A text a few minutes before the call takes minimal effort and would have been a nice courtesy.

Or start as a voice call and ask if you can switch over.

[ECB]

Jul 29, 2023 20:37:57 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

A text a few minutes before the call takes minimal effort and would have been a nice courtesy.

this. He should have warned you and asked “is now a good time?”

The clothes - that’s immaterial. No one can see what you’re wearing. But hair and makeup? I feel you.

Plus, I find speaker phone convos with a group of people REALLY annoying. And we just did a FaceTime call this weekend like this, so, yeah - I feel you!

[ssmjlm]

Reminds myself this is another I’m glad DH had an android and I have an Apple.

Anyway, I would have sent a quick text to make sure you were available for a call.

I’m assuming DC has no phone with the capability, because I would have 100% told him to just call the child, lol. Save me any conversation with my ILs.

[wanderingback]

I wouldn’t care about my looks. I FaceTime with my family and my partners family with my bonnet on and my boob out while breastfeeding. I do think it’s nice to give a heads up but if I’m in the middle of doing something I don’t want my partner to see when he FaceTimes me (or I can’t hold the phone) I just point the phone to the ceiling. Since he used to travel a lot and we didn’t always talk everyday I’d try to answer no matter what even if I couldn’t be on camera.

[sarahswim]

You definitely deserve a heads-up!
I voted NO, but really, I refuse to answer FT calls so you can go ahead and try to surprise me, but I won’t be participating. My sister in law (who is the same age as me) only communicates via FT now. Every single time we are with my inlaws, she FTs them. I do not and will not ever understand. She tries to FT me on my birthday, holidays (we live 7 minutes from one another 😳), and sometimes just to say hi. I have never answered.

[quesyrah]

Team you 100%

[starburst604]

Jul 30, 2023 8:58:16 GMT -5 sarahswim said:

You definitely deserve a heads-up!
I voted NO, but really, I refuse to answer FT calls so you can go ahead and try to surprise me, but I won’t be participating. My sister in law (who is the same age as me) only communicates via FT now. Every single time we are with my inlaws, she FTs them. I do not and will not ever understand. She tries to FT me on my birthday, holidays (we live 7 minutes from one another 😳), and sometimes just to say hi. I have never answered.

This is my FIL. All FT all the time. I get that he wants to see DD but I never almost never answer them.

[puppyluv]

I wouldn’t be upset by this but i can very easily see how someone could be. He should have given you a heads up with a text before calling. Hopefully he knows that now and will do so in the future.

[noodleoo]

No but my H does this all the time. His family is FaceTime obsessed.

How’s this for a story! I was in the hospital, 24 hours after giving birth to DD1 after a LONG labor and delivery (3 days labor, 4 hrs of pushing). H’s parents come to visit, I make H promise it will be short, 5 mins max, and let them in. They come in ON FACETIME with some random cousins I have never met and make me say hi to them in my hospital gown! Omg I’m still mad. H did not shut it down either (and the visit went on for 30 mins with a photo shoot for ILs and my baby while everyone ignored me).

So team you 100%. That’s shitty.

[stemmie]

The stuff of nightmares.

I only ever FaceTime with 2 people. One is a friend for whom I occasionally sew. We live on opposite coasts so I often send a muslin (fitting version) before cutting into the $$$ fashion fabric. We do fittings on Facetime.

Once in a while my 85-year-old mom will accidently Facetime me and say "Jesus Christ, how did you get in my phone?" It's worth answering just for that part.