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Poll inspired by my inlaws
What is the earliest time in the morning you would call someone? What about the latest time at night?
Would your answer change if you knew they had a baby/toddler? Especially one who didn't sleep?
(this is all assuming that you don't talk to the person you're calling very often so you don't know them well enough to know their schedule at all. What do you think is a safe time to assume that someone would be awake?)
Re: Poll inspired by my inlaws
If it's not a close friend or family member (whose schedules I would know) I would not call before 9:00.
Except if we're talking about D's grandmother. I can't call her before 10:00, cause she stays up all night "surfing the net" and playing online poker - lol.
Yes, they have been calling at stupid times. We rarely talk to my husband's family (they're not close) but when they do call, they call as late as 11 at night, or as early as 6 in the morning. It drives me crazy. Not that long ago my SIL called twice at 11:00 at night- one call after the other. We didn't answer. Then she called the next morning at 6:00 am. I figured there must be an emergency or something to warrant those calls, but nope. She just wanted to see how we were doing. Last night my MIL called at 10:00 and woke me up (and as you all know, sleep is a precious commodity in this household, I don't appreciate being woken up by a ringing phone!)
And even though they're "close family", like I said, we rarely talk to them so it's not like they know what time we wake up or go to bed (if they did know, I'm assuming they wouldn't call, because they would know that we're sleeping!).
Drives me crazy. Just wanted to make sure I'm not the only one who thinks this is insane.
I rarely call anyone before 10am. I *might* call earlier if I knew the people would be up, but that would be very very rare.
As far as at night, except for our parents, I would never call after 10. I usually say about 10:30 for our parents. DH calls his parents at 10:30 fairly regularly. I generally only call my dad that late if I was trying to get in touch with him during the evening and he didn't answer (so he was out) and I needed to ask him something (he doesn't have an answering machine).
Kids are tricky though - for example - I don't care if people call after Lauren goes to bed, because she can sleep through anything. I just don't want them calling too late because I like to go to bed early myself.
I'm a believer in the 9am to 9pm rule.. and 9pm would be if there were no kids. Given that I have no kids I really never know when is a good time to call and tend to email saying 'can you call me?" b/c I don't want to wake the kidlets.
What is the earliest time in the morning you would call someone? 10:00 am What about the latest time at night? 8:00 pm
Would your answer change if you knew they had a baby/toddler? Especially one who didn't sleep? no that is why I call later in the morning - I myself am not up before that time so I assume others aren't either! lol
(this is all assuming that you don't talk to the person you're calling very often so you don't know them well enough to know their schedule at all. What do you think is a safe time to assume that someone would be awake?) now my very close friend, I know for a fact her kid goes to bed at 7:00 pm and is up for sure by 8:00 am so I'm safe to call her but she's the one who normally wakes me up since she's been up "forever"...lol
I usually don't call after 9:30pm, maybe as late as 10pm.
If they have kids I wouldn't call after 9pm, in case the parent wants to go to bed early.
I usually don't call before 10am unless I know the person is an early riser. On weekends I often will wait until later, or for people I know that always sleep late on the weekend.
9am - 10pm. That`s it. If it`s my parents or DH`s parents 830 is ok. After 10 pm I assume something is wrong so I tend to lose it if it`s a just to chat call.
I don't like to call anyone's home before 10am unless they are expecting my call. ?I'll call someone's office after 9am.
If someone had a baby, I would not call after 9pm unless we are very close, I otherwise know their schedule or they are expecting my call.
What is the earliest time in the morning you would call someone? What about the latest time at night?
The times depend on the person. Some friends I know are up really early, so anytime, but for someone I don't know well I wouldn't call before 9am, 8:30 if it was important. At night if I don't know the person well I wouldn't call any later then 9pm.
Would your answer change if you knew they had a baby/toddler? Especially one who didn't sleep? My BFF is very strict with her DD's schedule, so I know that if she's trying to put her to bed or she is asleep, the ringer of her phone is off, so I can call and leave a message anytime.
I would assume regardless if someone had a child or not, if they did not want to be disturbed that they would turn off the ringer on their phone. We do not have children, and this is what we do when we don't want to be bothered by callers.
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I guess, but I don't think I should have to turn my ringer off every single night because some people who only call us a couple times a year don't realize what is and isn't an appropriate time to call. Besides, I'd probably forget to turn the ringer back on and I'd miss all my calls the next day.
Earliest time to call - 9AM Latest time - 9PM
Yes if they had a baby/toddler I would change this based on when I know they get up/go to bed. If I didn't know the schedule then I would think that 9AM and 9PM were acceptable.
Earliest- honestly I don't really call many people in the morning unless it's been previously discussed. Mostly because I really do not like to be called in the morning. And by this I mean personal calls. Work calls are totally different. If I need to call a parent from school sometimes I will try before the kids come in because most likely they've been up for a while to put their child on the bus.
Latest- 10pm and sometimes my parents later but no one else later unless I know they will be up.
Usually my "rule" is 10-10 but in saying that I really don't like to call people in general so I rarely have to follow or break my rule.
My friends with toddlers I try not to call from 7-8:30 or what I guess the bedtime to be in their house for their little one but will call after that in hopes that I can talk to them without interuptions.