This is part question, part needing to vent.

Ok, so last night my wife went to bed around 9:30 and I stayed up and was watching TV. Around 10:30 PM, my sister-in-law calls to tell us she is pregnant. now keep in mind thi sisnt her first child. It's her second. Also, I have a very sick grandfather, so any calls late at night is a little scary. It could be "the call".

 

Who the hell calls at 10:30 at night to tell you they are pregnant? Isnt that more of a 6-9 PM call? To me, 10:30 PM is reserved for emergancys like a death in the family.

 

Thoughts?

Pregnancy I could understand the late call for. It is an incredible excitment, no matter what number kid that it is.

This is part question, part needing to vent.

Ok, so last night my wife went to bed around 9:30 and I stayed up and was watching TV. Around 10:30 PM, my sister-in-law calls to tell us she is pregnant. now keep in mind thi sisnt her first child. It's her second. Also, I have a very sick grandfather, so any calls late at night is a little scary. It could be "the call".

 

Who the hell calls at 10:30 at night to tell you they are pregnant? Isnt that more of a 6-9 PM call? To me, 10:30 PM is reserved for emergancys like a death in the family.

 

Thoughts?

Given the situation I can understand the call considering she's probably really excited and wants to tell someone (2nd kid or not she's still going to be really excited, assuming they want to have another kid).

 

That said if its my friends they all know they can call at all hours (as long as they don't decide to call me at 7AM on a Saturday or Sunday). I prefer to go with phone etiquette of...too early to call...because I get far more upset when someone wakes me up with a phone call early in the morning as opposed to late at night (unless they call at 2 AM to ask a really stupid question).

This is part question, part needing to vent.

Ok, so last night my wife went to bed around 9:30 and I stayed up and was watching TV. Around 10:30 PM, my sister-in-law calls to tell us she is pregnant. now keep in mind thi sisnt her first child. It's her second. Also, I have a very sick grandfather, so any calls late at night is a little scary. It could be "the call".

 

Who the hell calls at 10:30 at night to tell you they are pregnant? Isnt that more of a 6-9 PM call? To me, 10:30 PM is reserved for emergancys like a death in the family.

 

Thoughts?

 

 

If your normal bedtime is 9:30 and people are aware of that then i would say it's rude to call.(Though with the excitement of the news...it could be forgiven). If 10:30 is too late or not depends on you and your schedule. If you got kids, you probably don't want calls that late but if you are single/married (no kids) then 1030 isn't really that late.

Immediate family gets a pass, I'd say, considering the news and the fact that it wasn't too too late, although I think how early one works should be a bit of a factor. My dad has started his work from 2-3 am for many, many years so any calls after 9 have always been very much frowned upon at our house. How close the sisters are should probably be a factor too..

Something like that seems grounds to call late for.

I think she's OK to call with this type of news too, but who the hell takes a pregnancy test at 10:00 at night? Don't you think she probably knew earlier in the day?

Lighten up, unless you go to bed at 8 or something.

Lighten up, unless you go to bed at 8 or something.

Damn it, that post just woke me up

9 pm is the understood time for older folk. For me its around 11 pm.

I think it also makes a difference if you're calling on a land-line phone (which is likely to wake other people in the house up) versus a cell phone. I really don't care when people call my cell phone, but if they wake everyone else in the house up, then that's grounds to be pissed.

I think it also makes a difference if you're calling on a land-line phone (which is likely to wake other people in the house up) versus a cell phone. I really don't care when people call my cell phone, but if they wake everyone else in the house up, then that's grounds to be pissed.

Agreed

You must not be a second child

 

I don't see a problem, plus you said you were awake, so what's the deal? Did your wife have a problem with the lateness of the call or did she stay awake another hour whispering and giggling with her sister?

10PM is the latest I will call people. My sister will call REAL late sometimes, but immediate family gets a pass no matter the time.

 

Everybody else, 10PM.

10 PM, unless it's an emergency....which kinda sux, because once you've programmed everyone that way, you KNOW that if your phone rings later than that, it's gonna be bad news. Those few seconds from the 1st ring until you say "hello" are awful.

I think it also makes a difference if you're calling on a land-line phone (which is likely to wake other people in the house up) versus a cell phone. I really don't care when people call my cell phone, but if they wake everyone else in the house up, then that's grounds to be pissed.

I can agree with that.

What if I post after 10:30 pm? Is that ok?

10PM is the latest I will call people. My sister will call REAL late sometimes, but immediate family gets a pass no matter the time.

 

Everybody else, 10PM.

 

I gotta agree with this. After 10 and I am fearing something is wrong. My dad and my husband both work nights so I get worked up if the phone rings after 10. It's an unwritten rule in our family that you don't call after 10 (or before 7) unless it is an emergency or you are traveling.

What if I post after 10:30 pm? Is that ok?

 

I've heard no, which means I'm completely dicked right now.

I never call after 9:59pm unless it's an emergency.

I think it also makes a difference if you're calling on a land-line phone (which is likely to wake other people in the house up) versus a cell phone. I really don't care when people call my cell phone, but if they wake everyone else in the house up, then that's grounds to be pissed.

I'm with you on this one. Cell phone I could care less about, people could call all hour of the night. It's easy for me to shut off of quiet it. I hate the land line. My house has 2 cordless phones laying around that are loud as hell, it's a complete rukus when the land line rings.

 

But, in my house, people stay up kind of late. So a 10:30 phone call, even for something not very exciting, would be OK. It kind of depends on the everyones schedule

Edited February 2, 200719 yr by SoxFan562004