
Originally Posted by
Crankin
I am sorry this is infuriating to you, but NO ONE has my cell # except my husband and kids. I think my dad might have it. So, who would call me? My kids are grown, and if they couldn't reach me, they would call the house.
What YOU do doesn't infuriate me. What my husband used to do, and my parents still do, DOES.
This is the hypothetical call I'm talking about. "Mr. Oakleaf, this is the hospital. Your wife Oakleaf was in an accident and she was airlifted here. Your number was listed as ICE in her phone (and her driver's license). We need someone to make some decisions about her care, and it would be helpful to her recovery if someone she knows were present."
Maybe you'd be fine waiting til you got home to get one of those calls about your spouse or child.. Maybe they'd be fine with you not receiving it. But one of the things I believe about my family is that it goes both ways, and that they should be available when I need them, to the same extent that I make myself available to them - and to the same extent that they make emergency help available to themselves.
Last edited by OakLeaf; 10-14-2008 at 04:58 AM.
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