And my cleaning service, and my laundress, and my grocery delivery, and my chauffeur ...
I’m with you on the phone - haven’t wanted to spend any time on it since my teens.
My mom just called to say they’re leaving in the morning to visit my brother; we talked 90 seconds before the first kid turned up at my elbow bellowing! I’d have gone outside if it weren’t so hot, but then they’d beat their heads on the glass, howling at me :-).
We didn’t spend much time on the phone when we were teens. We had too much to do, between housework and being outside whenever we could.
Back then, of course, phones were a little heavier than they are now. LOL!
I have three sisters and two brothers, and I never hear from the oldest sister, seldom hear from the other two, but I can count on my brothers calling once or twice a year. Maybe.