How late is too late to call someone's home

[hulagirl87]

Ok, so last night DH and I went to bed at 9. He had not slept well the night before and I'm pregnant and generally not feeling well. The phone rang about 5 minutes after we turned the lights out. I looked at the caller id and it looked like a telemarketer. I was shocked so I answered. The person asked for me, I said that it was me and said that it was 9:00 and this was an unacceptable time to be calling. She told me she would call back at a more convenient time. Then just as we were falling asleep the phone rang again! It was a friend of DH. We did not answer and it went to voice mail.

So my question is, at what hour would you not call someone's house. I know that I would never call past 8:00. That's how it's always been. I'm curious to know what you all think.....

 

[Darcy03231]

Not after 10 pm or before 8 am.

 

[Mickeyistheman]

Sorry to hear DH didn't sleep well.

For me I would say that after 10pm is too late to call and also before 7am in the morning as well.

I had someone that sent me a text message at 5 minutes to 6 in the morning. I don't have to get up until 7am, that was not cool at all.

 

[brockash]

I think it depends on how well you know the person you're calling and what their patterns are ect. Honestly, I'd feel pretty comfortable calling someone up until 9:00. I know legally telemarketers can call up until 9pm.

 

[beattyfamily]

I would never call anyone before 9:00a or after 9:00p however, I don't mind geting a call after 8:0a and up to about 9:30p.

After 10:00p, I'm gonna freak, thinking it's an emergency and before 8:00a, I'm also probably gonna freak a little bit too.

 

[antmaril]

I would say 9:30 p.m. for a friend. However, I think a call from a telemarketer after 9:00 p.m. is outrageous.

 

[krcit]

I would say 9pm except my mom or best friend. I wouldn't call anyone before 9 am except my friend who I walk with in the morning.

 

[Heidict]

For me, I don't call anyone I don't know really well after 9. That is something that was always drilled into my head by my mother.

Of course, if you know the person and know that they are usually up really late, then my cut off time would change accordingly. My father and step mother I don't call after 7.30 or so because they go to bed REAL early.

My DH's friends had to learn that it's not appropriate to call someone at 1 in the morning on a work night, especially when they have a young child. Thankfully, I think we finally broke them of that. Now we just have to break the one from showing up on our doorstep at 7am on a Saturday.

 

[disney1990]

I would think for most people 9:00 pm would be the cut off. However, my close friends know that they can call us up until 11:00 pm.

 

[Gary M]

Not after 10 pm or before 8 am.

I agree with these times.

 

[SC Minnie]

I wouldn't call anyone's home phone after 9pm.

 

[Pakey]

9pm to 7am are off limits.

 

[minniecarousel]

I agree with the no calls between 9 pm and 9 am, unless it's someone whose call you're expecting. DH has occasionally gotten a work call on his cell at 6 am from people on the East Coast. They don't realize he's on Pacific Time and that they're calling his cell.

 

[SAHDad]

It depends. If I don't know the person very well, I would probably not call after 8 pm, and not before 9 am. But, there have been times where friends and I have called each other at 1 am, on a workday. Of course, we were all working 2nd or third shift, so we were all still awake at 1 am as a matter of routine. (Woe betide anyone who called before noon though.) And even now, I don't consider 10 pm to be especially late to be receiving a phone call from friends or family, since I am generally up late (and still wake up early - I just don't sleep much.)

 

[Stitchfans]

For us we never call before 9 in the morning, and never after 9 in the evening. Those are the hours we prefer people to call us.

 

[HM]

Our cut-off is 9pm. The only person I'd call after that is my sister....who has told me it's OK to do so.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

For us we never call before 9 in the morning, and never after 9 in the evening. Those are the hours we prefer people to call us.

ITA!

 

[merryweather20]

I've gotten two calls past 9:00 from telemarketers. The first one apologized and the second one told me it was perfectly legal.... Uh no, I was talking about common sense! Do you really think I'm going to get my ducts cleaned from someone who insists on bothering me late at night?

 

[MaumeeMom]

It really just depends on who you are calling. In general, I agree with the no call zone of 9pm - 9am. For people I know really well it may be different. One DSis gets up really early for work so I won't call her after 8pm but the other DSis works nights so if I can't sleep, I will call her when she gets off work between 2-3am.

In the old days I remember having to wait until 11pm to make long distance calls (usually to my mom back home when I was in college). Call phones have done away with that limitation.

 

[mjkacmom]

9:00.