How often do you check your phone?

I must admit I quite often miss texts if my phone is in my bag - I never think to check until the evening!

Might it be an idea to mention to your friend that you have to rely on texting due to your deafness (as she must know) and say that it's frustrating that you never know whether she's received your text or not?

I don't have a regular routine but I pick it up if I get a text/email/messenger alert different sound for each. Your friend doesn't seem to consider text or email that important, it does seem a bit odd not check more than weekly as she knows that's your preferred method to contact her.
I'm not sure how you can nudge her to check more often.

I usually have my phone within earshot and if I am free I look at it when I hear the message received signal. I'm often busy though and then I switch it to silent so I sometimes find lots of messages awaiting responses.
Today is my birthday so it's been pinging all day.

Members of our local U3A group were asked if they could be contacted by text or email. Several agreed - as long as they were phoned to let them know that a message was being sent

Happy birthday grannyactivist

About once a week if I remember.

The family has given up on me.
I do keep it for emergencies.

Happy birthday ga
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I'm terrible with my mobile as I tend to only look at it if I'm out ... if I even remember to take it with me! I just got a new one this week though so since it's such an improvement from the old one I might pay it a bit more attention.
We have poor reception in the house which doesn't help. I have it charging in the dining room so don't hear it in the living room.

I have an iPad and laptop which I give plenty attention to though.

I only look at mine when I go out.

I think you may have to use a letter?

If people don't want to check regularly why give others their e mail address ?

where's my post?

try again!

email address??
it's a phone

About once a day. My daughter tends to text me. Other than that - never really.

Constantly, it is my lifeline. H can't use a mobile or internet so it is the only privacy I get.

I check it for my emails when I wake up. Then I check it when I can remember where it is.

I'm finding a bit odd so many people don't check their phones. Why have a mobile if you don't use it for keeping in touch with people? I don't often get calls on mine but my family all keep tabs on each other with texts and messages or arranging meetups its the main reason I have one.

I use it for phone calls when out and about. That is it. I'm a £30 a year, max, pay as you go person.

Having said that, I forgot that I have now have an old phone from DH. And it has internet. So my costs might go up, I presume? Though I have only googled on it a few times in 2 months.

I have an old samsung PAYG. That is fine for me.

My phone lives in my trouser pocket at all times, set to ring and /or vibrate to alert me. For any without pockets I have made phone sized bags which I sew inside the waistband. I therefore never miss calls or texts. I save battery by not having the WiFi or mobile data turned on, so check my laptop or tablet for Emails several times a day. DD1 suffers from anxiety so I like to always be available day and night, but I do wish Vodafone wouldn't send texts over night.

Does anyone else, like me, always delete most messages and Emails as soon as I have read them, just saving anything important into folders? DD has years worth on her phone!

My iPhone is my lifeline! It has everything in it, notes, diary, emails, documents, messages, photos. I have a battery pack charger case if I'm out for the day and a car charger to keep me topped up. I shop, bank and do the same from my phone as I would from my laptop. I've loved mobiles since they first came out, bit of a geek I'm afraid.

Thanks for birthday wishes - just had fish and mushy peas with The Wonderful Man in a parked car down lover's lane! I didn't take my phone.

I'm exactly the opposite, katek - I hate phones. I regard mine with hostility from a distance and poke it with a stick! I do as little as possible with it but it thwarts me at every turn. DH is about to drag me kicking and screaming to buy a new one. He says I need an iPhone! I am tying my belongings into a hankie as we speak!

Oh, and Happy Birthday, ga !

I have my apps set up so that I receive texts, emails, phone calls, facebook messages and all sorts on my phone, tablet and laptop at the same time (get a youngster to set it up for you) DH and I also have synced diaries on all our devices so we know what each other is up to and don't double book. it's a godsend when it works.

Can't read or reply when I'm on the move though like the children do.....