Is it sentimental for you to put someone's number in your phone ?
By ronnyb
@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
January 1, 2009 6:26am CST
I once met a young lady and gave her my number, don’t remember exactly what the circumstances were but I remember seeing her writing down the number on a piece of paper even though she had her phone in plain view. I asked her then why she didn’t put my number in her phone since those slips of paper can easily be misplaced and to this she replied only special persons get an opportunity to get into her phone. I said, oh and was about to ask if I won a 100 m dash, would I qualify but thought better of it .It was her phone and she has the right to decide who goes in her phone and under what circumstances .
Have you ever had such an experience and is that how you view your phone a shrine for sentimental attachments.
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29 responses
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
1 Jan 09
On one side it sounds rude. Yet on the other....most phones have a limited number of entries that it will store. My phone holds the numbers of my dearest friends & important business numbers. If I had just met you, I would have done the same. However, if you proved to be one of those special friends, then I would have added you to my phone. don’t remember exactly what the circumstances were sounds to me as if she weren't important enough to be a special friend & maybe she realized that. I don't feel that you should have been offended. You didn't say what you did with her number!!!
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
1 Jan 09
lolol no ladyMarissa ,I didnt mean it like that lol.I was saying I dont remember why I gave her my number if I was persuing her or we just needed it as a business contact .What I found strange is that all numbers I get I put in my phone because I dont want to loose them and this bears no sentimentality to it.I dont know if I was offended even though it might sound as if I was (well maybe I was a little) but I found it really strange
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@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
1 Jan 09
I should NEVER assume!!! I read it as you wanted to pursue her & were upset that she didn't add you to her phone. In reading the other responses here, I'd say it's a male/female thing. Maybe it's the way we are wired. I don't feel I add people for sentimental reasons. However, I am very picky who gets added to my phone. If I added everybody who gave me their number, my phone would be full of junk. You see it as strange....I see it as practical. I guess it's all in the way you look at it!!! 
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
1 Jan 09
People that make it to my cell phone list are people I deem as good and close friends or a business I call a lot. If it is someone I have just met or met a couple of times I will write their number down. Maybe later on if we become real good friends will add them. Not all my reall good friends are on my cell either. Adding a name to a cell or phone list isn't sentimental to me.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
1 Jan 09
she was tacky. don't think i would want to be in her phone.
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@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
1 Jan 09
Some persons does ronny and knowing how you Jamaicans man stay it is best to be on the safe side lol. As for me I put everyone number in my phone until sometimes I don't remember the reason why the number is there lol
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@2oldn2ys (64)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I usually write down a new number then add it later because I feel it is rude to stop and go through all the steps right in front of them. I like my contacts to look a certain way so I write them down and put them in later, or I make the call to them right then so the number is in my phone and I can add them later and having that piece of paper reminds me whose number is on my phone and that they need to be added. I am lucky if I can walk and chew gum at the same time. ;-)
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@2oldn2ys (64)
• United States
21 Jan 09
Well, for the ones who say their phone is only for close contacts, I do not understand. I have yet to see a phone now that does not hold at least 500 contacts. Please, unless a high level exec with their Swiss bank and all other cohorts in there, who knows 500 people? Also, that person may need a number of someone who was not "personal" enough to put in the phone and they will NOT have the number. Just because I don't call someone every day or often is not excuse for not having the number. When going through my contacts I often see a name I have not talked to in a while and think then to give them a call.....
@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I so relate! It takes me forever to remember how to put in someone's number, then to text in their name. I've been known to hand the stupid phone to the person I want in it and let them put it all in. (Hey, what's the point of a tech whiz if you don't let them show it off?)
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@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I would have to say that it is somewhat sentimental for me to put someone's number in my phone. I only have my close friends in there, my brother, my mom, and that's it. I only put people that I absolutely need to get a hold of into my phone because that's all I need.
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
21 Jan 09
Obviously she wasn't too sure if she would be calling you, or if she would call often. The numbers in my phone are numbers I use frequently. If it is a number I'm not going to need for long, or use often, then I don't bother putting it in my phone. It really doesn't have to do anything with being sentimental.
@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
2 Jan 09
wao.. that's new..
for me i don't bother. i just input in names. As of now, i have quite a number of names and numbers of people i have totally not contacted for more than 3 years.
At times, when i'm really bored, i'd start deleting them off my phonebook though.
But yea, to me.. random pieces of paper gets easily lost and i find it troublesome to carry them around too.
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@UtopianIdealist (1604)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I think it is more convenient to just put the number in the phone as it is being given. I only write down numbers if I do not have my phone handy. Pretty much anyone who gives me a number I put in my phone, you never know when you may need it, and it can always be deleted later if need be. With memory cards and such, it is a task to run out of room for numbers.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
3 Jan 09
If she just met you I guess she wanted to make sure you became a special friend before putting your number on the phone so she won't have to remove it if things didn't work out. It's a personal thing I suppose.
@uditpanda (1023)
• India
2 Jan 09
I don;t believe people are doing this. C'mon man its just an electronic device equipped to help u. When does she think she would be using the free memory in her phone book. I use my phone to write down just everything let it be a list for shopping or my electric bill receipt no or a medicine store name.I write down & store just every data that i may need in future. So for my phone,phone numbers come primary. I think we put special people in heart not on phone...isn't it?
@Suzette265 (51)
• Philippines
1 Jan 09
No, it's not...infact, i would be very happy if someone gave me their number and i would be very happy too to put it on my contact list because phone is nonsense if you only have few phone contact list... making it sentimental is such a childish thing!:) Hi there! Can we be friends?
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@arkadeb313 (593)
• India
2 Jan 09
Hi friend ronnyb, a cellphone is more for work and the numbers find their place according to their use. My phone is quite old and has a limited capacity to hold contacts. So many a time I have to delete some to accommodate new ones. I keep those deleted numbers in my diary for later use.
But I also find it difficult to digest when one notes it on a scrap paper. It hurts. So if I do not store any name in my phone and i write them in my phone diary.
Happy new year..
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@nilzerous1 (2434)
• India
2 Jan 09
It sounds absolutely ridiculous. And I have never had such an experience. There must be some reason for the lady not to save your number. It may be due to limited storage capacity. Still she would have told that clearly. Her answer is not normal anyway.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
2 Jan 09
That lady appears to be an extra-ordinary person........LOL!
I would rather like to store the number in my cell phone, specially, when I know that I may require to dial that number again. Even if I write on a piece of paper, in hurry, I'll transfer the same, on the first available opportunity to my cell phone. If there is not any chance that I'll be required to interact with that person again, I may not store his/her number, but if it is so, I'll not ask her/his number.
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
2 Jan 09
I put all numbers in my cell phone. I have plenty of space on the phone and even more on the sims card. Back in the old days when I only had 50 spots total, I had to be picky as to which 50 were most important for quick access. It wasn't sentiment it was practicality.
@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I don't add a lot of numbers to my cell phone. Even if someone I have as a friend gives me their number, I put it on a piece of paper first. I have a good reason for this. Do you know how long it takes me to remember how to add a name to that sucker?! One has to have time to put in the number, the letters of the name etc. I don't do that unless I am alone. (No one can laugh at me that way) (Or I find my kid and she does it. There be the queen of texting.)
My phone is only for people I call a LOT. If I don't call someone every week, they don't go in it. (I have a fabulous memory for phone numbers, so I don't need the phone for that. I'm just lazy.) So no, I don't use it for sentimental attachments. Laziness, yes.
