I find most people don't return my calls

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You might ask yourself if you are texting and calling quite often, if you are constantly calling and texting it might cause people to tune you out.

stop texting so much people dont want to talk to you 24 7 fucking kick back
i have friends that do that to me and to be honest, its annoying
but every once in a while its not bad

maybe you are a annoying person

Just to make sure we're on the same page: Do they not return phone calls at all or do they just not listen to your voicemails? If it is a matter of voice mail, that would be pretty normal I'd say--it is such a hassle to get into. If they don't return your calls at all, I have to wonder about two things:
- How often are you calling them? Every day or maybe once or twice a week?
- How important are your phone calls? Do you routinely call for unimportant things?

I think I ought to get new friends. There are millions of people in my city, and a few people *do* call back, etc.

I don't call about trivia, I call to ask people out. I don't like idly yacking on the phone. But I don't have many friends, and I need fresh blood among them so to speak. More active, friendly, life of the party people. Lots of my friends are random individuals not a part of any friend GROUP.

I hate when people say they will call or get back to me and don't. It is rude plain and simple. If you aren't being annoying and they call themselves your friends they should get ahold of you and respond. if they don't they really aren't your friend. i am super busy but i still get back to my friends when i say i will. one day of silence is ok...more then that is rude

If you are calling with something like "hey what's up" yea it is normal if nobody calls you back. If you are calling with specific questions or plans, then it sadly is also normal for people to not call back, although it is much more pathetic on behalf of your friends than if you were just calling to see what was going on.

Well I think you´re maybe boring or ...make your conversation more interesting .

I'm going through that exact same situation. I don't call my friends all too often, maybe once a week, but still they do not call me back or even text me. I'm trying to get out and meet friends but without any friends to socialize with in the first place, it is kinda hard to go out on the town to meet others.

My suggestion? start trying to meet people using craigslist or myspace and such. Yeah it's kinda lame but it's a start and you never know who you'll meet.

Good luck to you my friend, I sure hope we're normal.

Most people are careless a$$holes..why would you care if they don't.Find ones that do care there are still few left out there!

I've had exactly the same experience, and it's incredibly frustrating. Even people who I get along with very well, people who tell me, after the occasional get-together, that "Hey, that was fun, we should do that again sometime" don't respond when I call or email them again.

A lot of the 20-somethings seem to live on Facebook now, and use it as a substitute for real social interaction. With some people, it's the only way I can ever get a response.

I've been tempted to say that I've offended someone or I've been a total douchebag, but I really don't think so... I don't think it's me. A lot of people just seem to want to hole up and hide from the world and be by themselves.

Oh, and for what it's worth, I have NOT had this problem with older folks... not that I have many older friends, but the 40-plus types I know are always reliable about communicating.

Perhaps it comes from watching too much TV... who knows?

It is inconsiderate. I wonder if it is the volume of communications - cell, text, e-mail - that overwhelms? I don't know.