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tinkywinky
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"explain this to your SO"
 
   Over the years I've been a bit careless about using my personal phone in hobby matters. It's come to the point that I really want to change my number (and stop using it for hobbying!), but I'm trying to figure out how to explain my need for a number change to my SO. I've had the number for years.

Any suggestions? I need a believable reason (like too much prank calling and text spam all of sudden, or something). But it also needs to be kinda provable (like I may need to show her a bunch of spam or unknown callers or voice mails from random people).

p.s. some of my reasons for wanting to change include the fact that some of the SPs out there have called and texted me unsolicited. I've tried to respond with things like "wrong number" but they don't seem to get the hint. Yes, I know, get a hobby phone.... I have. But I need to fix my personal phone issues too.

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1. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   How about try saying you've been getting too many telemarketing calls lately trying to sell you stuff like refinance mortgages and Viagra.

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tinkywinky
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4. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Exactly what I was thinking.... but any ideas how to actually get the telemarketers and viagra guys and whoever else to actually start calling me for real (I'd like it to actually happen so I can show her proof).

Are there known spamming sites where I can plug in my phone number and let it proliferate through the spam world the way email does?

I was almost considering going to a nearby high school and paying kids to prank call me for a few weeks. Then I realized I just wouldn't be able to pull that off (I'm not really "street wise").

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9. "RE: explain this to your SO"
In response to message #4
 
  
>Are there known spamming sites where I can plug in my phone
>number and let it proliferate through the spam world the way
>email does?
>

At some point, isn't it less trouble to just fuck your wife?

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tinkywinky
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13. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   haha, yes, and I'm seriously considering going back to this traditional method! Seriously, this hobby is way too much stress for people with SOs.

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14. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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>At some point, isn't it less trouble to just fuck your wife?

Brilliant idea, but...

That assumes that the gentleman's wife is interested! I would guess that quite a few of us hobbyists are men in non-sexless marriages, whose wives would nonetheless assume that WE should remain celibate too if we want to keep the marriage.

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bone69 bone69 rating
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10. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   You could do what I did by mistake. You know those ads you see on the Internet or you get in your email. Get a free name brand laptop or computer. All you have to do is satisfy a few requirements. Like signup for a survey site, get a trial magazine subscription, sign up for a credit card (and use it), switch phone carrier, buy some of those info commercial products, etc. I didn't get the credit card or switch phone carrier. You have to fill out some info like name, phone number and email address. The first set of requirements are doable for most people. The second set is more intrusive and is where I balked. So since I didn't satisfy all requirements, I didn't get the new laptop. I did get on some lists so I've been getting some emails (which send to the spam folder or opt out) and some telemarketing calls trying to sell me stuff. I never answer calls from numbers I don't recognize anyway.

Kind of an extreme way to get your SO to be OK with switching your phone number. But if there is no other way, you'll have to just put up with the spam and telemarketing calls for awhile until you change your number.

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2. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   You could conveniently "lose" your phone, and decide to switch network providers with the new one. "Too much hassle" to port your old # over, or "was thinking of changing it anyway" for reasons stated above.

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tinkywinky
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5. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Nah, switching networks isn't an option. We're actually quite happy on the network and plan we're on. That would really seem too suspicious. All I need is a reason to change my number.

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3. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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surprise your SO with new his and her iphones or droids or whatever gets you new digits. say the new phones are a symbol of your partnership or something sappy along those lines.

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6. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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LAST EDITED ON 25-Aug-10 AT 04:51 PM (PST)
 
>surprise your SO with new his and her iphones or droids or
>whatever gets you new digits. say the new phones are a
>symbol of your partnership or something sappy along those
>lines.

This will absolutely not be a good thing. Not sure about that SO of OP, now aday, a phone/smart phone can contain significant amount of data and they are not always easily transferable to new ones.

Not to mention, I wouldn't want my SO coming to tell me BTW, you have a new phone number now. How about all my contacts to notify them of my new numbers?

Someone ealier had suggested, "lose" or "damage" your phone. Then also mentioned BTW, you feel like getting a new number instead.

Always Seeking.

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7. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   LAST EDITED ON 25-Aug-10 AT 04:46 PM (PST)
 
Agreed... not gonna work cuz we wouldn't switch carriers and we're happy with our phones. Unfortunately we're happy where we are so I can't use that as an excuse to change.

I've been scouring the web to find telemarketing lists, spam sites, and whatever, but I just can't seem to find anything.

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bone69 bone69 rating
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12. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   When you buy new phones, you can usually keep your old number. You'll get a new sim card. You could lie and say the store guy said you can' t transfer your old number to the new phone. But the SO may talk to someone who will contradict that info.

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8. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   The only thing I can think of is to respond to one of those text message notices they put out occassionaly where it costs money to enter your vote. Then show your next bill to your SO and tell her that somehow this charge appeared on your phone and while you will get the charge removed, you also want to change numbers to keep the charge from re-appearing in the future.

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tinkywinky
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11. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   LAST EDITED ON 25-Aug-10 AT 05:26 PM (PST)
 
Hmmm, it would need to keep happening for a little while though to warrant me changing my number. And I can't initiate it via my phone (to avoid the record of it)... so I'd need to do it from a website. Intriguing idea.... of course, I just need to find such websites.

Of course, my SO is just gonna say to call the carrier and refute the charges. Then what do I do?

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15. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Sounds like you have a very active/suspicious SO. You can call the carrier and refute the charges, the idea is that somehow they got a hold of your number and may do it again.

I got this idea from seeing what happened to my kids when they responded to some text message and I ended up with recurring charges on my bill until I noticed them and called to complain.

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16. "Get some balls"
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   Seriously.

Simply change your number and inform your SO (and others).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMlPE1lV_5Y

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17. "Not what you asked but..."
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   If your carrier can do it route selected numbers to VM or always busy. Lacking that, create phone book entries set to “ring” silently. ‘Taint 100% but it should go a long way. Explain to your SO that phone spam and multiple wrong numbers from the same few numbers are driving you nutz.

Carry your cell on your person at all times. Use a belt hook or something like that. This will minimize the chance that the SO will Google the “wrong numbers” and discover that you have been a bad boy.

-Mike Kaye

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18. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   tell her that someone has scribbled it on the wall of a toilet in SF and that you're constantly getting harassed by gay guys who are looking for a piece of action with your ass.

p.s. to any guys that are gay, i apologise if you're offended but i'm tipping his SO isn't very gay aware...

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19. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Post your number here with a request to call you at all hours of the night. Within 48 hours she'll be begging you to change your number. Or simply post your # on CL on an ad for painting, lawn service, etc.

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tinkywinky
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23. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   yep, I like these too. I forgot all about CL.

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20. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Is this really serious and such an issue?

Anyway....

Post ads on CL in SF, Chicago, New York, everywhere for something like "NEW IN BOX 55inch TV first 100 dollars takes it, shipping included".

OR

Find some job sites and advertise: "$45.00hr. for entry level clerk, no HS diploma required, Felons encouraged to apply"

OR

"work at home part time, no experience required, first check paid in advance"

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tinkywinky
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22. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   now those are some solid suggestions. I like it.

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21. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   Keep the number, and tell your SO that some friend as a prank gave your number to some escort services, and now they keep spamming you. Show her a few of the texts and have a fun laugh together about it.

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24. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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LAST EDITED ON 25-Aug-10 AT 09:47 PM (PST)
 
>I really want to change my number (and stop using it
>for hobbying!), but I'm trying to figure out how to explain
>my need for a number change to my SO.

The question here is not how to "explain" this to your SO. The question is: how can you spontaneously grow a pair of testicles to replace what you've lost, and be a real man again?

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25. "RE: explain this to your SO"
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   My nephew played a April's fool joke on me one year that drove me Nuts! Go to a fax machine (24 Kinkos) and program the fax to automatically dial your number every hour. Let your wife answer and she will hear a beeping irritating noise everytime she answers. Best of luck to u.

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