I’ll admit to having a phone phobia and I usually blame it on the night my brother died.
All my friends know not to call me unless it’s very important and I will always answer their calls but a lot of them will actually text me and ask if it’s okay for them to call.
When I was a teenager back in the dark ages I wouldn’t answer the phone unless I had to and unlike my brothers and sister I never chatted for hours with my friends or boyfriends.
Back in the day when long distance phone calls were special and expensive my parents would make calls to far away relatives, the whole family would be there and they would make you have your turn to Speak and I would ask if I had to and I would ask them to just tell them that I said hello.
Yep, I was like “If you don’t here from me, I’m fine!”