FabSwingers.com forum: how long do you keep mobile numbers

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

If you dont speak to someone for a while?

Had a text the other day (id forgotten who he is) from a guy saying we met on another networking site.

Id not used that since i was 18.. thats 7/8yrs ago now and he still remembers..

If we dont chat/text within 6 month i tend to delete.

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By *aveandkate35Couple
over a year ago

telford

"If you dont speak to someone for a while?

Had a text the other day (id forgotten who he is) from a guy saying we met on another networking site.

Id not used that since i was 18.. thats 7/8yrs ago now and he still remembers..

If we dont chat/text within 6 month i tend to delete."

When it costs nothing to keep them, yet effort to remove them, they generally stay on my phone.

I've got old work colleagues from 15 years ago I haven't spoke to in that time that are still on here.

That's the problem with mobiles is once you give your number you can't really take it back. I suppose that's why we don't really give it out in the swinging scene.

We do have a "Batphone" for occasional fun use thought.

D &K

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Lol @ bat phone../bat mobile

Not heard that term for a while.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only really have a purge when I get a new phone, so once every few years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me it's 3 months unless we are really good friends, and then numbers go after 12 months.

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By *eddy bears picnicCouple
over a year ago

kidderminster

This is a good question I mean I have numbers on my phone that I have not used for a year or so but think I would be to embarrassed to just message out of the blue now in case they had forgotten me but still have them maybe time to delete lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Im a saddo.. but it feels like at times hitting that delete button im cutting them loose and outta my life.

Same with de friending someone on facebook haha

Man... i need a life pmsl

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

SW1A1AA

A guy contacted me after 10 years as he had seen my profile on here via text and the thing was I knew it was him as I still had his number as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

I've got a whatsapp message from someone because I haven't been texting them daily, wanting to know if I am still interested in meeting them, thing is I have no idea who it is even though it shows their name

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't bother having a clear out really. Far too much hassle!

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By *ayman2002Man
over a year ago

Peterborough

I keep them forever, as I always like to know who that random text/call was from years later lol.

But some you just like to get rid of like a purging of your own memory. A sort of *shiver* "NEVER going there again"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you dont speak to someone for a while?

Had a text the other day (id forgotten who he is) from a guy saying we met on another networking site.

Id not used that since i was 18.. thats 7/8yrs ago now and he still remembers..

If we dont chat/text within 6 month i tend to delete."

Same here.

If someone doesnt stay in touch i delete and you can guarentee as soon as i delete...someone will text and i have to say "ermmm who is this" ? lmao

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

If it shows their name and you don't know who they are you are talking to too many people lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a text just before xmas and didnt know who it was and had to ask....it was a guy i had known for some while but had not heard off him for 3 years

.....he had obviously kept my number and i had got rid of his.

oops

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

I had to change my sim last October and didn't realise by doing so I would lose all my contacts, so I spent a lot of time over Christmas replying to texts with 'err, who is this?'

I now save phone numbers to my phone! On the plus side it cleared out a lot of chaff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The numbers I have in my phone are people I speak to all the time if we haven't spoken in a while I delete it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

I've had a few get in a huff when I've asked that though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know what you mean cute. I recently had a phone cull !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

I've had a few get in a huff when I've asked that though

Me too but I wind them up.

"It's Hayley"

"What's your surname"?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

I've had a few get in a huff when I've asked that though

Me too but I wind them up.

"It's Hayley"

"What's your surname"?

hmmm I might try that on someone I know next time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I only really have a purge when I get a new phone, so once every few years. "

This, takes too long to transfer them manually...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

I've had a few get in a huff when I've asked that though

Had this happen once, never did find out who it was...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forever. Once I have your number, you are mine!!!!

I hope that came across as intended, and didn't make me sound like too much of a weird stalker.......think before posing, think before posting.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forever. Just so that when I get that crank pot message I know who sent it.

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By *moothies.Couple
over a year ago

Woodthorpe

I think a better question is what name you save playmates under on your mobile!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My phone had an accident a couple of months ago so I lost all the numbers and have started again on a different network,I usually keep numbers from here for a few months if theres no chat and then wipe them off as theres no point keeping them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when i was 40 in march

i went for new number and clean sweep

certain people have it and some friends i trust but on here i tend to give my kik out

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By *r-UniqueMan
over a year ago

Carmarthenshire

Every 2 years I get a new mobile and normally a new number due to spam texts/calls, etc. If I can safely say that they haven't contacted me in that time. I delete the number from my phone. At the end of the day. If they wanted to speak to me they would have done in that time. It had been a few years. Also everyone I know someone else knows them too. Plus I work in the public eye. So if anyone wants my number. They can easily find me to ask for it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

since I Switched to Android I've never bothered tidying up my contacts, just let it all synch to the cloud

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

6 months of not speaking and I delete but I do write it down so I can check who it is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I lost so many people's numbers off here who i was planning to meet but some aren't even on the site anymore.

...i have to wait for them to message me.

Here's hoping.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wipe them every phone. I figure if they need to get in touch they'll find me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tend to delete after a few months of not chatting then i get a txt from a number and have to ask who it is.... woops lol

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

I've got all my contacts in wee code names and slang and when anyone gets in touch or i need to contact anyone .im totally confoodilydoodilytoodilywoodilyized!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't keep any as a rule.

Friends and family only.

I have the numbers of 3 forumites in my phone and that is all in terms of people I have met offline.

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By *moothies.Couple
over a year ago

Woodthorpe

"I've got all my contacts in wee code names and slang and when anyone gets in touch or i need to contact anyone .im totally confoodilydoodilytoodilywoodilyized!

lol what's your code?

we've tried all sorts since we ditched the fuck phone and I need ideas!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm flippant and fussy, I can keep a number without any intentions of ever deleting it and can then delete another one 10 minutes after getting it.

Sometimes I don't use it after saving it.

Sometimes I won't even save a number.. sometimes I won't even ask for a number.

Sometimes I just block and delete someone that contacts me without even telling them why.

Sometimes I block them without them even contacting me after I've viewed their profile.

Sometimes I don't..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fab wise I'll usually go through every few months...if I've not heard from someone in a while I'll delete em. Have had several message months later from people who expect me to remember them, but seem to forget the name they gave me then isn't the same name they're giving today! I have no embarrassment in asking 'who is this' as there has obviously been no contact for months before I'd deleted the number, and I'm not gonna just keep 'Lee Long Shlong' in my phone forever!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forever...!!! Muahahahaaaa...

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

I've still got Noah's number on mine.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They just sit there, can't see the point in deleting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forever. Can't remember the last time I deleted one. My contacts list would rival the 118118 database

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
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over a year ago

Central

I dont index numbers by date added obsessively, so just delete as and when. Backing up phone books is always a good thing, so some may persist for decades.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They just sit there, can't see the point in deleting.

For me, I can be chatting to a few people at a time with a potential to meet...a lot never make it to the point where we actually meet before they disappear into thin air so I try to have a regular cleanse to save ending up with a phone book full of Fab usernames. This is why I tend to keep it to those I'm actively in contact with.

Real life wise, the numbers can sit in there forever, even if just so I can send a Merry Xmas text once a year!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

When I changed phones I only added the contacts I speak to...I get random wattsapp messages and often think who the fuck are you lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I keep most of them. That way, I know who to ignore

There's one person in particular I have stored as "name - DNE". DNE meaning do not engage. I've also blocked them on WhatsApp. It really was necessary in their case and I cannot see that every changing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I keep most of them. That way, I know who to ignore

I also can't see it ever changing

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

I never delete,even if it's someone's number whom I'm unlikely to speak to,nor hear from again.

I've never thought about it,

and I never feel the urge to purge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As long as I need them sometimes months sometimes years depends on the circumstances really.

The change of phone is a good time for a clear out as someone has already said.

I love the random texts occasionally you get.

"Hi I have not spoke to you for a while. How are you?"

"Err fine who is?"

If it shows their name and you don't know who they are you are talking to too many people lol.

I wish, its more I rarely chat to them on Fab and this was the first time they had contacted me on whatsapp hence I didn't know who it was

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I keep most of them. That way, I know who to ignore

How do you block people on whatsapp?

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"I keep most of them. That way, I know who to ignore

How do you block people on whatsapp?"

Settings

Account

Privacy

Blocked

Add New

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I keep most of them. That way, I know who to ignore

How do you block people on whatsapp?

Settings

Account

Privacy

Blocked

Add New"

It's different to that on my phone, so I guess it depends on your handset and OS.

I either go into the chat where they've said something and block from there via that menu or from the main menu:

Settings

Account

Privacy

Blocked contacts

Then click the icon to add a new blocked contact.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never delete, and keep the phone contacts backed up on my PC as well, never know when you may want to reach out to an old contact, or be know who is calling before deciding to answer!

Could understand purging the list on old limited screen phones but large screen and larger memory makes it unnecessary.

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