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[Class n Sass]

A close friend of mine who is anti computer/internet has a silly issue so I told her I would ask the Pricescope ladies. Her voice is on the voicemail at her and her husband''s home. She includes his name in the message.."You have reached the home of Jane and John Doe..." Her husband mentioned a few weeks ago that they needed to change the voicemail but the convo never went anywhere. Again the other day he brought it up again. He thinks that his voice should be on the voicemail. Most homes that I know the wife leaves the voicemail and if there are kids in the family sometimes you will hear the kid''s voice. They have no kids so when thye moved into their home 2 months ago she set up everything up and just created a voicemail. Her husband wouldn''t have taken the initiative to do it. I told her that I think it is a stupid issue to even bring up. I mean who cares whose voice is on the voicemail as long as there is a message. It just seems very petty to me. I mean is it worth going back to change the voicemail that has been set up for over 2 months now just so that her husbands voice could be used? He told her something dumb about since he is the man that his voice should be heard...he doesn''t want people calling and thinking that he is not protecting his home. He told her in a joking way but she knows he was serious. What kind of garbage is that? I didn''t want to go on too much and tell her what I really thought about her husband''s immaturity but any sound advice on what I should tell her. He keeps bothering her about it and it''s just so stupid.

 

[robbie3982]

I don''t really agree with his reasons about why he wants to be on it, but it''s obviously important to him that he''s on it and it would take about 5 minutes to change it, so I don''t understand why they can''t just change it.

 

[LuckyTexan]

Ok, first off... thanks for the laugh, I needed that!

The first thing that comes to mind is that there is NO WAY that she married this guy and didn''t know that he has masculinity and maturity issues. This CAN''T be the first time she''s seen him act this way. Yet. She did the big show. Signed the papers.

Marriage is a compromise. She can''t change the way he thinks. If he wants his voice, and it''s NOT A BIG DEAL to her. Then let him change it! Who cares if it''s petty, or insignificant to everyone else... if it will make an insecure man, with obvious confidence issues feel better about himself, at the end of the day... what''s the big deal?

On a side note... can you find out what kind of voicemail they have that is protecting their house? I''d love to not have to pay for my alarm services anymore! rofl!

 

[Class n Sass]

I told her I think her husband must have other issues....maybe he doesn''t feel like he is represented enough in the house....who knows! It''s so ridiculous. I will just tell her to let him have his way if it makes him feel better. It is a good laugh though!

 

[february2003bride]

My Aunt has her adult son''s voice on her home voice mail even though he doesn''t live there anymore. Her reasoning was that she lives alone (divorced) and she feels safer that any stranger who would call to see if she''s home, would hear that a man lives there and not break in. I have a neighbor who feels the same way so her DH''s voice is on their''s.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I have read that it is better to have a male voice on a home answering machine too. Doesn''t seem like that big of a deal. Just let him change it.

 

[jcarlylew]

our only rule (growing up) was that we do not put "ARE NOT home right now". Insted, we say "unable to get to the phone".

My dad didnt want it to seem like we were not home.

But we dont have a phone now (cell phone only) so it doesnt really matter anymore.

 

[OUpearlgirl]

We never were allowed to say our last name.. Instead it says "You have reached 555-5555. I don''t really think it''s that big of an issue, but it was to my mom.

 

[zoebartlett]

Date: 8/22/2008 2:02:14 PM
Author: Tacori E-ring
I have read that it is better to have a male voice on a home answering machine too. Doesn''t seem like that big of a deal. Just let him change it.

Me too. I don''t see what the big deal is...

 

[Hera]

Date: 8/22/2008 7:07:54 PM
Author: ZoeBartlett

Date: 8/22/2008 2:02:14 PM
Author: Tacori E-ring
I have read that it is better to have a male voice on a home answering machine too. Doesn''t seem like that big of a deal. Just let him change it.

Me too. I don''t see what the big deal is...

I have too.

 

[divergrrl]

This sounds like something my husband would think too. "A man protects his family. Now go prepare this bison I clubbed for dinner."

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

ROFL!

Date: 8/27/2008 2:33:59 AM
Author: divergrrl
This sounds like something my husband would think too. ''A man protects his family. Now go prepare this bison I clubbed for dinner.''

My voice is on our machine. DH reckons I sound scariest. What he really means is he doesn''t want to talk to my mother, not even by voicemail.

 

[Dee*Jay]

This is funny timing! I called one of my clients over the weekend and got their home voicemail and it was the husband's voice. I was actually surprised by that--I almost always only hear female voices on home answering machines. I even mentioned it to the HH at the time because it caught me so off guard.

Our home answering machine however has the mechanical voice that comes with it because we've never changed it. The only reason we even have a land line is becuase I need a fax machine and the whole scanner, fax PDF file, is just a big PITA to me. Anyone who calls our home # anyway though is not anyone we want to talk to so we don't even answer it.

But Class, I digress (what else is new?!), I don't think I really agree with the theory about having the male voice on the message. If it really bothers him though (and it must if he keeps brining it up) then he should just get out the instructions and figure out how to put his on voice on there. Problem solved.