SphinxnihpS
Diamond Member
btw... I still haven't gotten an answer in the Canadian cell phone thing. Honestly I was under the impression you guys still had the telegraph and Pony Express up there. How do those things work inside of igloos?
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I want to kill my daughter
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Turin39789
Lifer
sero ftw
bonkers325
Lifer
make her pay for it, or disable texting on her phone.
IAteYourMother
Lifer
read the thread
answer: yes
BlackTigers
Diamond Member
To those of you saying to ditch the phone altogether - did you go out as a kid? If for nothing else, it's a great way to keep tabs on your kid when they're not at home, and is great for any emergency. I don't see why the phone should be scrapped (doesn't look like Fritzo's doing that anyway), but she definitely needs some sort of boundaries as far as the texting goes.
I know before I got a job I did work around the house and extra for relatives to pay for my bill, that may work.
I know before I got a job I did work around the house and extra for relatives to pay for my bill, that may work.
moshquerade
No Lifer
didn't feel like it.
thanks for the update, and the precise details.... no wait...
QurazyQuisp
Platinum Member
You most certainly can. One of my best friends had texts turned off (Verizon) both incoming and outgoing. If I send something to him, he will never receive it.
A year or so ago I had texts turned off on my phone with AT&T, you just call them and ask for texts to be turned off, it wasn't difficult.
imported_Imp
Diamond Member
Wonder how many "huh?" and "ok" messages she sent out.
If it will quell your rage, more studies point to brain cancer and phone usage. In this case, her thumbs might fall off in 10-20 years.
If it will quell your rage, more studies point to brain cancer and phone usage. In this case, her thumbs might fall off in 10-20 years.
MotionMan
Lifer
I do not recall ever sending a text message in my life.
I recall receiving a few, but not more than 10 in my life.
Every once in a while I delete the orphaned text messages in my wifes phone. She does not have a clue how to retrieve them, let alone send one.
I can only hope that my kids have better things to do when they are older. If they send 4000 texts in a month, we will have to have a little sit-down.
(Full disclosure: I check my e-mail all the time at home, at the office and on my phone. It is a bad habit, "but I can stop at any time" 😉)
MotionMan
I recall receiving a few, but not more than 10 in my life.
Every once in a while I delete the orphaned text messages in my wifes phone. She does not have a clue how to retrieve them, let alone send one.
I can only hope that my kids have better things to do when they are older. If they send 4000 texts in a month, we will have to have a little sit-down.
(Full disclosure: I check my e-mail all the time at home, at the office and on my phone. It is a bad habit, "but I can stop at any time" 😉)
MotionMan
mooseracing
Golden Member
😕
I had to start paying my own at 16 which is when I got my own phone because I had to buy it. It wasn't handed to me with no responsibility.
Take the phone away for a month or two and then see what she says. If I ever get so lucky to have kid running around they sure and the hell aren't getting a phone like my nephew did at 8.
Why wouldn't you be monitoring your daughters cell phone usage in the first place? Limit or no limit you should be aware of your daughters phone useage. Consider yourself lucky if all get is a large phone bill. She could've of been texting a 30 year old dude. Do you even know that she wasn't? Kids will do stupid things when given the opportunity.
YoungGun21
Platinum Member
4000 a month is nothing. You're all ignorant if you think that is an insane amount. It takes a few seconds to send a text and you can do it from anywhere. Not to mention you do text while you are doing anything (watching TV, playing a game, walking around, shopping, etc)
I'm not sure if you mean 4000 outgoing or 4000 total. I'm assuming you mean 4000 total so let me help you understand since you can't seem to wrap your mind around this...
2000 sent
2000 incoming
30 days in a month = 67 per day (67 sent and 67 rec)
Obviously she wouldnt text for the whole 24 hours in a day so we will call it 12 hours in a day = 5.5 per hour (5.5 sent and 5.5 rec)
It takes no more than a few seconds to type + send a text. If both people are replying as soon as they get the other text you can easily rack up 50+ sent texts an hour (to 1 person).
Then you have to remember she probably texts more than just one person. Texting 3 people I can still manage to send about 30 texts to EACH person per hour.
So to all of you who think 4000 texts is too much, think again.
....but that still doesnt justify her going that much over the limit. I always make sure the people I text have Verizon and if they dont then I wont send them more than a few texts before I stop.
I'm not sure if you mean 4000 outgoing or 4000 total. I'm assuming you mean 4000 total so let me help you understand since you can't seem to wrap your mind around this...
2000 sent
2000 incoming
30 days in a month = 67 per day (67 sent and 67 rec)
Obviously she wouldnt text for the whole 24 hours in a day so we will call it 12 hours in a day = 5.5 per hour (5.5 sent and 5.5 rec)
It takes no more than a few seconds to type + send a text. If both people are replying as soon as they get the other text you can easily rack up 50+ sent texts an hour (to 1 person).
Then you have to remember she probably texts more than just one person. Texting 3 people I can still manage to send about 30 texts to EACH person per hour.
So to all of you who think 4000 texts is too much, think again.
....but that still doesnt justify her going that much over the limit. I always make sure the people I text have Verizon and if they dont then I wont send them more than a few texts before I stop.
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