So I Married a Deaf Man: Look! It's ringing!

When I go out of town, I like to check in with the kids now and then to make sure they miss me, that they are eating, doing homework, miss me, etc.

In the past this has worked out great. That was back when we actually remembered to put the phones on their chargers. Back when child number one was excited about answering the phone. Back when actually talking to a person was important.

For whatever reason, this time around it was so hard to get hold of my kids. I would call and no-one would answer. Hello!! There are five of you there who can hear!!

I finally caught them Friday morning about 2 minutes before my 11 year starts screaming at everyone to get out the door and into the car because he doesn't want to be late before it was time to head to school. I briefly spoke with all of them, except my baby, Briggy.

About 10 minutes later I get a text from Hubs to call Briggy. Super!

I call. No answer. I call again. Nothing.

I text Hubs, "Hey, Briggy doesn't know how to answer the phone. You are going to have to answer it for him."

Hubs: "Okay. Go ahead and call again. We are ready."

I call. No answer. I call again. No answer.

Me: "I am calling. You need to push the 'Talk' button, then hand the phone to Briggy."

Hubs: "Did you call? Call again. We are waiting."

I call. No answer. I call again. Still no answer.

Me: "Where are you? I have called and called. Do you have the phone with you? Are you watching it? Do you see me calling?"

Hubs: "I'm holding the phone, in my hands, but it didn't vibrate when you called."

This was funny to me for two reasons. What house has a phone that vibrates? Does yours? Not mine. But Hubs wouldn't know this because he NEVER uses this phone. Why would he? I mean really. Except when I need him to answer it and give it to my child....and that has happened once. Last week.

Secondly, he was holding the phone. In. His. Hand. And he still didn't know it was ringing.

If that ain't Deaf...

...I don't know what is.