please leave a message after the beep

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Currently listening to: Lonely – RM (from BTS)

I shot a million stars to let you know
So many trivial thoughts are on the floor
And now I hate the buildings I don’t even know
Just wanna go back home

ian m dudley is sharing night photos as open prompts. I thought I would partake in this.

As I listen to my mom on the phone, I think to myself, “Damn. She could win the gold medal if talking on the phone was an Olympic sport.” She loves calling her friends, catching up with them, and gossiping about everything and nothing. She has the stamina to go hours and hours.

Just overhearing her go at it is exhausting. I mean, it is impressive… but what the hell do people have to talk about for hours at a time in one sitting?

I am the complete opposite. Text, DM me instead. I like being efficient, I can do multiple things while texting, granted, I am “not in the moment” but the enthusiasm is there. I can be out and about and text if needed. DMs is a bit different because I do not have my notifications set up for my socials. But regardless, both text and DM, I’ll get to it when I get to it is kinda my attitude about that.

When my phone rings, I automatically let it go to voicemail. If it’s important, they’ll leave me a voicemail. The only time I can’t do that is when work calls me on my work cell. I have to answer the phone when I’m on the clock.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been trained to keep the conversation moving along because time is of the essence when I’m with a patient. I’ve got other people in the queue so it’s important that I extract the most pertinent information as soon as humanly possible.

I remember one of my exes looooved talking on the phone. He just could not get enough of it. His voice was soothing, I’ll give him that but after a long day of listening to people, there’s only so much rambling I can process before I fall asleep. And trust, I’ve fallen asleep many times while he was talking.


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11 responses to “please leave a message after the beep”

  1. aparnachillycupcakes Avatar

    Rojie.. I think moms are like that and they want us to listen to them as that’s the way they shower us with love and lectures (my mom used to do it all the time why I am not eating why am I not sleeping and so on) 🫣
    Beautiful song choice 🥰♥️

    1. justrojie Avatar

      lol my mom is like that with her friends, specially her church friends and relatives. my conversations with her are rather brief. i love the song too!

  2. Hazel Avatar

    Time is precious, and every time people give time to me whether they drop me a message and comment here, it matters to me. I can’t do phone calls for so long, too. It makes me bored. My calls are always about my family in our group chat. Nothing else. I know how hectic your schedule, and thank you for spending time with my blogs.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      i enjoy reading your blog, Hazel. it’s like a breath of fresh air :>

  3. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar

    I had a girlfriend Ro. that would talk forever lol, so I would play guitar, would she ever get g

  4. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar

    G/ jealous> it was funny, ya

    1. justrojie Avatar

      LOL oh geez, Nico

  5. ianmdudley Avatar

    I had an ex who insisted on talking on the phone every night. Even if we’d just spent the whole day together.

    I could never think of anything to say, especially on days when we’d hung out.

    That never made sense to me.

    It was a clear sign she’d end up an ex…

    1. justrojie Avatar

      def a clear sign lol. idk whenever i’d fall asleep and then hang up when i realized i fell asleep, he’d call back. like why?

  6. Violet Lentz Avatar

    My ringer is never even on! I have a phone for my convenience. Period. I do not know how people do it!

    1. justrojie Avatar

      me neither! lol my phone is also on silence cept my work phone cries

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