Just have to vent

Re: Just have to vent

• perrysaurus member

  September 2015

  I have that same thought process! My DH has a very hands on job and can't answer his phone too easy. Sometimes I panic if I can't get ahold of him and call/text a few times. Then my next thought was OMG WHAT IF I WAS IN LABOR. I spoke to him about it, and we have worked something out.
  
  The issue was, it was before his business opened, he was on a work call on the work phone, but the phone company messed up the plan.. so when I was calling he wasn't getting notified of a call waiting, and on my end it would ring for several minutes never going to voicemail. Then because he was wrapped up on the important call, he wasn't answering his cell, but using it to send emails. He eventually answered and was super concerned, however I had nothing I was even calling about, I was just panicked that he wasn't reachable. Phone company fixed their mistake & DH knows if I call twice back to back it's go time! Or I can call his business and have one of his employees relay the message if need be.
  
  Sorry for my rant. I just want you to know you're not alone! I hope you hear from him soon!

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• nimmunogirl member

  September 2015

  I heard from him. He was still at work. His phone was plugged in in his office and he was talking to someone in another office so he didn't hear his work phone either. From now on, he is going to take his phone with him everywhere so I can reach him. I will also text him to let him know it is important for him to call me back right away. Glad I'm on the only one freaking out! Hehe

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• aleecats member

  September 2015

  Try not to worry so much, I know easier said than done but it's true! My fiancé works all over the state (he works with an environmental clean up company anywhere from 40-100 hours a week and is on call 24/7). I had an incedent a few months back where I ended up in the hospital while he was at a job site, I called and texted both phones for an hour couldn't get ahold of him. That's because the particular job they were doing was dangerous if they had any sort of electric device with them so his phone was in the truck. It worries me about what would happen if I was in labor and he was at a job like that.
  
  We ended up sitting down and talking out a plan, we worked it out so that if I can't get ahold of him I can cal his boss or their dispatch people and they can contact his team leader (who always has their phone handy and must under any circumstances answer) who can get him out of the man hole to talk to me. So far we haven't needed to use that plan but it makes me feel a little safer!! Could you work something like that out incase for whatever reason he does forget his phone again?

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• jegoffin member

  September 2015

  My husband is the shop supervisor and his shop is quite loud at times so despite having 2 cell phones, he frequently doesnt answer. I made sure to get the number for his front office lady so if need be, she can get him for me immediately. That would be my suggestion for you too.

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• nimmunogirl member

  September 2015

  I have the number for the front office, but they leave at 5 And he has been working later. He just knows to keep his cellphone on him when he walks away from his office

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• SarahAnne1101 member

  September 2015

  My husband works for a small start up so every single call that comes in for the company goes directly to his cell phone. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It's insane how many times I have been woken up at 2 and 3 am with people calling. So 60% of his day at work, he is online working and on the phone at the same time. There have been a couple of times I have called leaving the dr and he didn't answer but he always called back within 4 -5 minutes. Yesterday was the first time he didn't so I called him back to back, texted,emailed, and  Facebook messaged him all within a 2 minute period near hysteria. He called back really fast when he saw everything going off at once. We have agreed I will do the same thing if I need him. It just makes sure that no matter what office area he is in, he knows I need him. 

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