How often do you communicate with your spouse/life partner during work hours?

[PaloAltoCougar]

I think I'm abnormal for a variety of reasons, many of them lamentable, and one area is the infrequency with which Mrs. PAC and I communicate with each other during the day. We often go days without a phone call, although I may send a text or email announcing a deviation from my usual ETA in the evening. We converse before I head out in the morning, and again in the evening, but during the day, virtually nada (I'll put an average of less than one in the poll).

Over the years, my partners seem to have averaged a half dozen or more telecons with their spouses about a variety of topics. But then, most of those marriages ended in divorce, so perhaps the number of daytime communications with one's spouse or live-in is an inverse function of marital harmony. How often do you communicate (phone calls, emails, texts or tweets) with your counterpart? Count a multiple texts that comprise a conversation as a single communication.

Do you wish you heard more or less from him/her? I'm pretty satisfied with what has effectively been day-long radio silence lo these many years.

[LiveCoug]

I usually call her during lunch just to shoot the breeze.

[TripletDaddy]

holy crap. a half dozen calls with my wife every day while I am at work?? pass.

[thesaint258]

If this makes you abnormal, then the Mrs. and I are, too. There might be some texts during the day--usually if something out of the ordinary happens--but we're both busy so there isn't a lot of communicating during the day. On nights that she works late, she calls me while she's walking to her car, but other than that, our communication mainly occurs in the morning, evening, and weekends.

[PaloAltoCougar]

holy crap. a half dozen calls with my wife every day while I am at work?? pass.

Amen, but my current and most recent former partners received that many or more phone calls from their now ex-wives. I think I can spot the problem.

[Moliere]

I usually call her during lunch just to shoot the breeze.

Maybe once a day but really only when she calls me. I used to call her just to say "hi" but I was waking her up from her naps so much that I stopped trying. This was during our kids early, early years so she was tired from feeding them during the night and would generally nap when the older kids were either away are school or napping as well. Now that none of our kids nap much, I still in the habit of not wanting to call because I'm afraid I'll get an irritated voice on the other end.

We rarely talk in the morning but find ourselves mostly talking at night after the kids are in bed.

[Moliere]

Maybe once a day but really only when she calls me. I used to call her just to say "hi" but I was waking her up from her naps so much that I stopped trying. This was during our kids early, early years so she was tired from feeding them during the night and would generally nap when the older kids were either away are school or napping as well. Now that none of our kids nap much, I still in the habit of not wanting to call because I'm afraid I'll get an irritated voice on the other end.

We rarely talk in the morning but find ourselves mostly talking at night after the kids are in bed.

I'll add that once we switched from a Dell to an Apple, the number of calls from her reduced dramatically.

[falafel]

Phone calls only? Probably 1x a day. If we're counting texts, easily 5+ per day.

[RC Vikings]

She will call me once a day and wonders why I don't like to talk more when she does call. I'm on the phone plenty during the day.

Does sexting count?

[Jacob]

She called me to ask about car seats today. I told her, "sorry I couldn't be of any help" and then patiently listened while she continued to talk about it. Shen then asked if I wanted a convertible car seat, for the toddler, or not. i said i don't know what a convertible is, and i don't want to know. She then told me what it was, and i listened patiently until the conversation ended. I was pretty pleased with how I handled that call. I am not much of a phone talker. We don't talk by phone at work often, and i'm usually too busy anyway so I tell her I'll call her back, then i never do because I'm just too busy to remember.

Anyway. Most days there will be no phone call. I certainly don't call during lunch to chat. A few texts though.

[Jeff Lebowski]

holy crap. a half dozen calls with my wife every day while I am at work?? pass.

lol. Agreed.

I had a former co-worker who would call his wife at least ten times a day and tell her what was going on in the office in excruciating detail. We could hear him making the calls. Everyone thought it was hilarious so we teased him about it and he started shutting the door during his calls.

I hate to talk shop with my wife. When she asks me what I am doing I tend to give her a highly detailed technical explanation ("Well Honey, I was having a problem with one of my loops so I tried to track it down using a watchpoint and the F8 stepping tool, but that didn't work so..."). She usually cuts me off halfway through and gets the message.

[Flystripper]

I hate to talk shop with my wife. When she asks me what I am doing I tend to give her a highly detailed technical explanation ("Well Honey, I was having a problem with one of my loops so I tried to track it down using a watchpoint and the F8 stepping tool, but that didn't work so..."). She usually cuts me off halfway through and gets the message.

HAHA! I do the same thing.

[Sizzle]

Phone calls only? Probably 1x a day. If we're counting texts, easily 5+ per day.

This. Typically I will only call if I am in my car driving somewhere.

[Uncle Ted]

I work at home most of the time and I pay my wife to do my paperwork. I talk to her all the time about expense reports, invoices, and other work related stuff. Sometimes we take extended "lunch breaks" together.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This. Typically I will only call if I am in my car driving somewhere.

As of May 15 of this year, that will be illegal in Utah.