Great idea and I do the same thing, even though he is blocked; when the cell rings at a time he was likely to call I still look - what's up with that?. I decided to drive home from work a different route - even though it will take me 5 miles out of my way, but better that than having to go past his office and look to see if his car is there. By 8 wks NC, I thought I would not be phased by this, but I am - maybe more time.
Thanks for the suggestions in your "thought for the day." Keep smiling!
Oh, I know this one well! I had been cell-less for a good 5+ years, then got one about 2 months into the A (which, granted, only lasted about 6mo) so I could keep (more) in-touch. I'm in no position to get rid of it or get a new one (unfortunately). And it's true - every time I hear the 'bling' of a text, even though I know it isn't him, I still get that stabbing feeling that it used to be. However, I do text quite a bit with my 'rents and good friends (who are happy that I have a cell now so they can get a hold of me easier!). So I try and switch the xAP association it has. It's hard, but I'm trying! Now I understand why I was cell-less for so long!
---- 'It may be that when we no longer know what to do, We have come to our real work, And that when we no longer know which way to go, We have begun our real journey' - Wendell Berry
Good to hear you got a new phone :) May I suggest recycling the phone? I don't know about where you live, but here we turn them in to the dealer and they go to
Lynn- Yes! That is great. Good for you for making that important step. I was not Cell-dependent, but IM dependent. Now that I'm not, I groan thinking of all the times I put off going the the damn bathroom at work thinking I might get an IM! EW! EW! or the many times I felt sick and anxious waiting for a response to an email -- so much so that I flitted back and forth from my dinner-making, or mommy-duties just to hit the damn reload button on my Mac. Again, EW. I feel so much more freedom now and can't believe I was ever a slave like that to his communications.
Great idea and I do the same thing, even though he is blocked; when the cell rings at a time he was likely to call I still look - what's up with that?.
I decided to drive home from work a different route - even though it will take me 5 miles out of my way, but better that than having to go past his office and look to see if his car is there. By 8 wks NC, I thought I would not be phased by this, but I am - maybe more time.
Thanks for the suggestions in your "thought for the day."
Keep smiling!
Now I understand why I was cell-less for so long!
'It may be that when we no longer know what to do,
We have come to our real work,
And that when we no longer know which way to go,
We have begun our real journey'
- Wendell Berry
Lynn-
Yes! That is great. Good for you for making that important step.
I was not Cell-dependent, but IM dependent. Now that I'm not, I groan thinking of all the times I put off going the the damn bathroom at work thinking I might get an IM! EW! EW! or the many times I felt sick and anxious waiting for a response to an email -- so much so that I flitted back and forth from my dinner-making, or mommy-duties just to hit the damn reload button on my Mac. Again, EW. I feel so much more freedom now and can't believe I was ever a slave like that to his communications.
Freedom!!
Whoo-hoo.
Dee
Thats a great idea....