My landline serves me in two ways. First, I call my cellphone on my landline so I can find it. Second, my landline answers the phone for me - then I can see if I want to pick up or not.

Perfect! I can relate!

I know i am an introvert because being in large groups is exhausting for me. I skip most large events at work because I find them overwhelming. Perhaps p asrt of my problem is, in part, social anxiety. I don't mind going to a craft show, where there might be s crowd but I can control whether I talk to someone. But I dread parties, where I feel a obligation to chit-chat with others. I usually answer the phone, but there are days (usually when I am already crabby about something) that I will ignore a call, usually for a few hours or overnight.

When I complain about being lonely, my friends will say, "Just go out and meet someone!" I have a hard time figuring out how to do that, and don't think I want to go through the stress of that. So it's a vicious cycle, whirling wildly around me, but me not knowing how to climb out of it.

Actually, I don't mind socializing with one person at a time. It's group stuff that I have a problem with. Anybody else feel that way? And by the way, a group is anything more than one other person. Three is a mob!
!

Yep. No one understands why I do not have a phone, do not answer the one the spouse has. I hate the phone. But here I do not have to explain or suffer their quizzled looks. I am in empathetic company in this group.

LOL I did this to my brother last week hoping he'd assume I was at work but it turns out he was calling from my driveway...

I am not to that level but there are many times I will see people I know calling and just ignore it. When I feel like it I will call back. My kids are exempt though

Yesterday, my phone rang in the library!! I never take it out of my truck but I had it in my pocket for whatever reason. I wanted to crawl in a hole!! Ha ha