Posted By: ks on 2008-02-14
In Reply to: Should I just quit answering the phone at all? - How to say it

you may have been irritated when she called because you were on your cellphone talking long distance, and she picked up on that irritation. It also sounds like there is "assuming" going on, on both sides of the conversation. The apple does not fall far from the tree.

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