Tag Archives: phone numbers

10 Reasons Not To Delete An Ex’s Number

Lauren GoldJune 3, 2010 //

Your relationship (or whatever it was) was sweet … until it wasn’t. It ended with a not-so-clean break, and the aftereffects have lasted longer than the relationship itself. You run into him when you’re out and you immediately fall back into his trap. Texting ensues and soon you’re in another downward spiral that leaves you feeling more bitter than you did in the first place. As your friends will tell you, the solution is clear: delete his number. However, it might not be that simple. Here are 10 reasons not to delete his number from your contact list. Keep reading »

Jokesters Replace Phone Number With Sex Line

Catherine StrawnJuly 3, 2008 //

This story happens about once a month: Some respected organization, often a government-related one, lists the wrong phone number in a flyer, online, or in the phone book, and this wrong number directs dialers to a sex business. This month, the Family Health Administration in Annapolis, MD, listed a number on their website and in the phonebook that directed people to a business for women in the area looking for sex. Someone has to be doing this as a joke, right? How else could this happen so often? [AP] Keep reading »

Just Do It: Deleting A Guy’s Number

Leonora EpsteinJune 25, 2008 //

I’m a numbers girl.

I take pride in my cell’s large phone book as much as I take pride in amassing new Facebook friends, Tumblr followers, and page views. I’m sorry, but in this day and age, the higher the numbers get, the cooler one looks.

This creates a problem, however, when there are just certain people to whom one shouldn’t be linked—past lovers. Naturally, the Internet makes it hard to completely escape from the counterpart of your failed relationship. But, in some sort of sick backwards logic, I tend to increase this hardship by keeping them around in the digital arena for longer than necessary. Keep reading »