Comments on Mothers in Medicine: KIT (Keep In Touch)

My husband speaks to my family more than I do! An...

2008-10-27T11:32:00.000-04:00

My husband speaks to my family more than I do! Another reason for mommy/daughter guilt, but now I understand why - I think you're absolutely right!

Has anyone else lost the patience not only for the...

2008-10-09T15:49:00.000-04:00

Has anyone else lost the patience not only for the phone but for small talk too? Working full time and with 3 kids, studying to re-certify etc.. I can't stand standing around the kindergarten playground and talking to the other parents...doesn't bode well for making new friends but I just want to jump out of my skin, and I used to be a talkative person with an active social life not sure what is wrong; me or them

Coming out of lurkdom to comment. I've been enjoy...

2008-10-03T11:05:00.000-04:00

Coming out of lurkdom to comment. I've been enjoying this blog for a few weeks now. It's refreshing to hear the perspective of intelligent women that are balancing career and family. I'm an ICU nurse (very part time) and my sister is in her 4th year of med school - she is now a reader as well.

Anyway, I had to laugh over the phone-phobia because that perfectly described a phase I went through. It takes a lot of emotional energy to keep up with people. In a lot of ways, email is ideal for me because then I can choose whether or not to answer and when to do it. Caller ID was the best investment ever (even though it took me a long time to convince my hubby of that) because I can take that deep breath and brace myself before answering a call from a high maintenance person or work, or ignore it all together.

I haven't joined facebook yet, but it seems like the whole world has. I just might get brave enough to do it.

Great post! Thanks for reminding me to be patient ...

2008-10-01T22:22:00.000-04:00

Great post! Thanks for reminding me to be patient with my residential friends. It's easy to feel slighted when they don't call or answer my calls. :o)

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wow!! A big a-ha moment for me. I'm also a phone...

2008-10-01T13:34:00.000-04:00

wow!! A big a-ha moment for me. I'm also a phone-ophobic person, won't even call out for a pizza and my husband has thought that I'm weird because of that. Like you all, I carry a pager and get paged a lot when I'm not in house (hospital). Unlike you all though, I'm a pharmacist.

So interesting about your social phobia involving ...

2008-10-01T12:52:00.000-04:00

So interesting about your social phobia involving the phone.

I have the same problem, except I won't even answer if it's my mother or sisters. Just my husband. The only way to contact me is email.

I hadn't thought too much about why I'm like this, but I think you're right: it's all those years of being forced to promptly respond to that hellish pager beep. I now reject any form of communication that demands immediate response.

I mentioned your post to my husband, who was fascinated that someone else has the same phone answering issue. I think he was relieved to hear an explanation for such weird behaviour.

I love the "networking tool" (ahem facebook -- for...

2008-09-30T04:59:00.000-04:00

I love the "networking tool" (ahem facebook -- for me at least) for the same reasons you describe.

In a similar way I also feel like the reason I hate the city in now is because I haven't had the time to explore it -- since I'm in med school. I haven't had the time to make new friends, or do all the things I used to enjoy before I went back to school.

How's that for depressing at 5AM?