Giving out phone numbers
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i dont even know my landline number. the only thing it's used for is my apartment's buzzer system. on the rare occassion it rings and it's not someone at the door, i immediately tell the person on the other line they have the wrong number and hang up :laugh:
i give out my cell phone number only after a good conversation where i think i'd like o hear from the person again and i'm convinced my number isnt just going to flt into some black hole of no call/no show.
and i agree with the person who said some of you are just giving your numbers out to the wrong people and are probably bad judges of character :laugh:0 -
if i'm talking to a guy online, i wait until a handful of messages back and forth before giving out the digits. idk, i just feel safer that way lol0
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oh i just went through this issue this weekend.. i was at the bar at the casino so i could watch the UFC fight for free, and have a blue moon with the couple bartenders I've come to know. Just me, no friends. Two women walk up and start asking me about the fight, then i spent the next 20 minutes explaining mixed martial arts to them. They asked me why I was there all by myself...crap, i wasn't ready for a snappy come back. I should have said "I'm in between Mrs Rights". But honestly I just hate sitting at home by myself on a Fri or Sat night so I like to be surrounded by people even if i don't know them, until Mrs Right comes along again.
so i liked them both, one more than the other..one of them seemed into me, but they were with a group of mixed friends, but no wedding rings or romantic posturing. I wrote a note on a napkin with my name and number and prepared to give it to her (which one). well we all ended up down listening to the band and friendly talk again. but i just couldn't seem to get that number to the one I liked.
so its late, we all happen to decide to leave and end up on the elevator to the parking garage, different floors. i never found the nerve to get the number to her. i guess i was worried about being embarased or embarassing the woman. I also worried i might be giving it to the wrong woman, yet again embarassing someone, so that napkin is now in my wallet as a reminder. i just don't have the nerve for this stuff..i'll be braver next time ;-)
I don't worry about giving out my number. My real name can easily be googled from my phone number (its also a self employment #), and you can learn a good bit about me from the web. i have a unique name and some unique interests. I think its better a woman finds out i'm not a weirdo or ex convict if she wants to before calling. I would think the chances are they would call me back are better versus finding nothing out about a man.
I really respect why a woman doesn't give out their number..that's why I'd rather give mine and let them feel secure to contact me. I'll survive if they never call me, really I will.
this is cute. I have to say I kind of get turned off by a guy who gives me his number. I understand your intentions but with other guys I would just assume they are being lazy and expecting me to make the first move.
I've never even thought of it, that's interesting. To me it doesn't matter who gets whose number because the first text is always gonna be "Hey, it's blah blah blah from place we met".
Then again, I'm the same girl who is not afraid of pursuing and doesn't do any of that game playing stuff so eh.0 -
I have no problem with a guy giving me his number and me sending a text right then and there like "now you got my number!" But if a guy expected me to make contact first, well that's not good. I would never use the number. If he's brave enough to make a move he can make a phone call or shoot a text, right??0
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I have no problem with a guy giving me his number and me sending a text right then and there like "now you got my number!" But if a guy expected me to make contact first, well that's not good. I would never use the number. If he's brave enough to make a move he can make a phone call or shoot a text, right??
Only women are allowed to be nervous and entitled!0 -
I cannot wrap my head around why some people are paranoid to give out their numbers. It is a phone number for god's sake not your social security number. Just don't link it to your facebook page. I google my number and get "this is a cell phone number from this area" that is it.0
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I cannot wrap my head around why some people are paranoid to give out their numbers. It is a phone number for god's sake not your social security number. Just don't link it to your facebook page. I google my number and get "this is a cell phone number from this area" that is it.
well now i'm paranoid about giving my number bc its a company provided phone. I wouldn't want my personal life to ever affect my professional life. Ya just never know. That's why I got google voice with a dummy phone # I can give out now
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lol I googled my phone number and got nothing but other numbers... I give my number out all the time thats what caller I.D. is for0
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I'm good-I just googled my number and it has no information at all...0
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I cannot wrap my head around why some people are paranoid to give out their numbers. It is a phone number for god's sake not your social security number. Just don't link it to your facebook page. I google my number and get "this is a cell phone number from this area" that is it.
well now i'm paranoid about giving my number bc its a company provided phone. I wouldn't want my personal life to ever affect my professional life. Ya just never know. That's why I got google voice with a dummy phone # I can give out now
I understand it in that case but I would have my own private phone.0 -
I cannot wrap my head around why some people are paranoid to give out their numbers. It is a phone number for god's sake not your social security number. Just don't link it to your facebook page. I google my number and get "this is a cell phone number from this area" that is it.
I use my phone for work, so on the off chance I give it to a girl who is crazy and starts calling constantly, changing my number would be an INCREDIBLE hassle.0 -
I have no problem with a guy giving me his number and me sending a text right then and there like "now you got my number!" But if a guy expected me to make contact first, well that's not good. I would never use the number. If he's brave enough to make a move he can make a phone call or shoot a text, right??
Only women are allowed to be nervous and entitled!
You know it!0 -
You need to make things more private - why is your fb open to the public? Why is your # on there? Fix all that and get a google voice #, block them when they get crazy.0
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I cannot wrap my head around why some people are paranoid to give out their numbers. It is a phone number for god's sake not your social security number. Just don't link it to your facebook page. I google my number and get "this is a cell phone number from this area" that is it.
So I guess you've never had a guy calling you incessantly, in the middle of the night, leaving nasty messages and texts, etc? I'll stick to google voice, I've had to block so many freaks.0
