Ask Amy: Partner contemplates future with awful children
I get so annoyed with people texting at all hours of the night and early morning hours with nothing of importance, but simply "catching up" messages.
Since my cellphone is my only phone now, I need to keep it on for work and any family emergencies. But I can't stand these early morning and late-night messages. How to handle this?
-- So Annoyed
Dear Annoyed: Let me hop onto the bandwagon here concerning group texts. Listening to multiple notifications trickle in (or blast in) is a major annoyance for me.
Fortunately for both of us, you can very easily turn off the notifications for text messages, so you won't hear them when they come in.
Get to know the capacities and features of your phone. The "do not disturb" feature (in "settings") will allow you to silence all notifications except for calls from specific people.
Dear Amy: Responding to the question from "New-ish Mom," who didn't want to receive unsolicited advice, the only advice I gave to my daughters when they had children was this: Only take parenting advice from people who have raised perfect children. I haven't met anyone who is qualified for that, yet.
-- Older Mom
Dear Mom: Perfect parenting doesn't exist. But some of the best advice I've received is from parents who share their mistakes.
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