Do you share your cellphone with others ?

India
November 22, 2011 5:17am CST
Hi friends I am curious to know whether you share your cellphones with your friends and relatives . I never do that unless it is very essential for someone to make an emergency call from it . In my family we all have our separate phones and we use it exclusive .I have never been requested my someone to share it with someones or vice versa. I feel it is a personal property and should be used wit privacy . What are your ideas ?
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@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
22 Nov 11
I do not share my phone with anyone. he is my personal property. sometimes if you have some to give him to call will do. each of us also has a telephone and so much better. interesting discussion. nice day!
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• India
22 Nov 11
Thanks neza that you liked my discussion . Yes calls can be allowed but otherwise it should be a private property . Good wishes
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22 Nov 11
i have wind mobile unlimited talk and text and i use pirvate call when i give out my cell phone so i'm happy and i don't care... when it's my friends
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@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
I share the same sentiments. I treat my cellphone as something private and I just don't like people using it especially without my permission. It's also during an emergency that I let it be used by someone else. It's a good thing my family respect each and everyone's personal things and don't use them without asking first.
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• India
23 Nov 11
Thanks for sharing my views beamer . Yes it is something private and all we should respect each other's privacy while using cell phones .
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
22 Nov 11
Hi rolly, My family consist my hubby and my two sons and they are free to use my cell phone. Same is the case with my hubby’s phone. If our niece visits our house she can also use our phone for emergency (in case her mobile is running out of money, lol).
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Nov 11
Dear sister, She is kind enough to give her phone to you if money is there. The problem is once her mobile recharged she will make many calls and allow others to make the calls so it finishes soon.
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
dear sis Good thing I don't put load to my mobile phone..your husband's nieces cannot borrow my phone (hahaha) Have a good day dear
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
22 Nov 11
My girlfriend & my daughter use my cell phone sometimes
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• India
29 Nov 11
That's Ok as they are your very close ones .
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
I don't have problem when my friend borrowed my phone for a while, like, if they run out of load and I have more load to use...yes, I let them borrow. I don't have any special things in my phone...or I don't expect too much calls that I might miss so it's fine. It's one of my personal things that I don't care much if friends and relatives will borrow. Well...just my opinion...they can even borrow my car and that's true.
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• India
29 Nov 11
You have a big heart friend wish I stayed near you and borrow your car
@br3ndy (468)
• Indonesia
22 Nov 11
Yeah i really agree with you. Cell phone is part of our privacy so i also only let my friends borrow it for emergency calls. Even sometimes i don't let my friends or relatives to look into the files in my cell phones because i feel it is my privacy except if the one who wants to look at it are my brothers or my parents.
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• India
29 Nov 11
You can always share with close ones like brothers or parents but otherwise it is a private thing and privacy should be mentioned .
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
23 Nov 11
HI rolly! I also do not share my mobile handsets with others. Like you, we all have separate cell phones and we use our own. You are very right our cell phone contains lots of our personal information, which may not be any interest or of use for the other person and sharing could sometimes create problem. Our cell phone is like a mini computer and it contains all important data like messages, images and videos and some of them are very private.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
23 Nov 11
Well, there are occasions that I let other people like friends, family use my cellphone. But mostly these are situations when they run out of load and need to communicate urgently or perhaps during emergency situations. It is of common trend now that almost everyone have a cellphone already, but sometimes people run out of load and would be unable to text. At least I do some sharing after all, that the very purpose of the phone.. to communicate.
@GemmaR (8517)
22 Nov 11
I really don't like sharing my phone with people. When I was in High School, my friends always used to ask me whether they could use my phone because they had no credit left. I estimate that they used my phone at least 4 times a day, which means that they spent £4 a week of my credit. Through the 5 years that I was there, it all added up very quickly, and this means that I no longer lend my phone to anybody unless they have a very good emergency reason for needing to do so. I have to pay for the calls, so they should pay for their own and get one themselves.
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• India
29 Nov 11
Yes I agree it is not always possible to compromise .
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Nov 11
Just like you , all of us members in the family have our own cellphones. We don't fiddle with any other cellphone except when there is permission from the one who owns it. It's a private thing to us. We only lend it to be used in case we don't have a load to use in our own cellphone, or our own cellphone is of low battery. There should always be a permission to use others' phone. That's phonetics.
@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
23 Nov 11
to be safe, it is not to be shared to others, because all of the secrets will be revealed, as i believe in hands are faster than eyes, with a little drama, or too late to say sorry, i am just expressing the possibilities are endless.
@koperty3 (1876)
22 Nov 11
I don't share it either. Its my privet item and I don't like when someone dig in my stuff. I don't touch my partner's mobile the same as I don't open his letters. We need to have some privacy. The same with my partner he doesn't touch my mobile or open my post. I think this way is quite healthy.
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• India
25 Nov 11
Yes there are somethings which are to be kept private and cellphones and personal letters fall under this category . Thanks for your response friend
@Aja103654 (5646)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
I don't share my cell phone with others, if you mean like we have to take turns using it. I'm fine with letting people i trust borrow, for example, when they need to call or contact someone, or during emergencies.
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@mirby25 (26)
• Philippines
23 Nov 11
I do share my phone with my husband and he also share his phone with me. For me it's okay, and we both agree that we should not keep any secrets from each other. Even if it means that we share our phones, we sometimes exchange cellphones.
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
23 Nov 11
no, its a personal item and i dont share it with others. there are messages that is for me only and not to be read by others.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
22 Nov 11
I let people at work use my phone sometimes. I have even let a few customers use my cell phone before. I have unlimited minutes and nothing in my phone that I care if someone else see's so it is not a big deal to me.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
22 Nov 11
For a long time, my cell phone was the only phone that we had in our household and for that reason I did share it with my husband and also with my daughter when she wanted to call one of her friends. However, my husband has his own now, so he will only use mine rarely because of the fact that we still use my number as our primary phone number. As far as letting friends use my phone, I have a few times when we are out somewhere and a friend needs to make a call for whatever reason. I don't personally think that there is anything wrong with letting someone borrow your phone for a few minutes.
• Indonesia
23 Nov 11
Sure, I don't want to share my cellphone with anyone. I didn't ask anyone to share their cellphone with me as well. To share my cellphone with someone means to share my privacy to someone. Providing my cellphone other people means I alter my private information to third party which could be a thread for me. For God sake, I won't share my cellphone with anyone else.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
23 Nov 11
Well i can lend my cellphone just for an emergency call. Or maybe i can share it with my family if someone need. Hovever we are 4 in my family and anybody has his/her cellphone own.
@svjomboy (873)
• Philippines
23 Nov 11
Yes i agree, for me i don't let people to use my mobile unless there is emergency to calls, i dont want some people read my inbox which from my someone and there is mesages just only for lovers, so i keep my cellphone just for me.