[Cory Scheuer]

my girl as a pearl as well but doesnt use it the way its suppose to be used, meaning with email and what not...

anyways shes always telling me to PUT IT AWAY!! lol but most of the time the only time i will ever look/touch my BB when out with her is if there is a call or an email(rare after business hours, hence the reason why i answer cuz it may be something urgent), and calls besides it work and personal so i never know whos calling...

[ROBERTDAWG014]

Originally Posted by jsconyers

My girlfriend complains about this as well. I justify it because she is into text messaging like crazy. I mention that and she shuts up rather fast. Sometimes you must fight fire with fire

ditto, but she has a moto q and dies after about 3 hours.

[jsconyers]

Exactly cory, I am on call and have to have mine on me at all times to and you really don't know who is contacting you. My girlfriend doesn't seem to understand this or always says "what is more important, work or me?"

[k4tj3]

Originally Posted by jsconyers

Exactly cory, I am on call and have to have mine on me at all times to and you really don't know who is contacting you. My girlfriend doesn't seem to understand this or always says "what is more important, work or me?"

Yeah, sometimes they don't understand, but even to those who do, it can still be irritating. I've been dating a SysAdmin for a Fortune 100 company for 4 yrs now, and I know how important work and being on call is... doesn't mean he loves me any less, but it is still really annoying, and sometimes I cant keep my irritation to myself. On the other hand, this was before I had a smartphone, so usually now I can pull mine out and we can geek together.

[jsconyers]

I see your point. It can be annoying and irritating, even for us that are on call, as we are trying to enjoy our time out of the office as well. I commend you on your ability to adapt to the situation and join in!

[laurentio]

Originally Posted by JSanders

Delete the girlfriend.xml file, and upon reboot there should not be a problem.

LOL
crazy! actually this is the only solution. if it really bothers you guys then cut them off the photo. simple as that/

[Cory Scheuer]

well my gf doesnt say that... but shes just like leave it alone lol...

oh well, normally i'm not on my BB around her, is just rare occasions i am with email, but calls are frequent just because its personal, but most of the time i just put it on vibrate and ignore it, if its really important they'll leave a msg... lol

[sahellis]

Originally Posted by JSanders

Delete the girlfriend.xml file, and upon reboot there should not be a problem.

That made me chuckle

[jsconyers]

Originally Posted by ROBERTDAWG014

ditto, but she has a moto q and dies after about 3 hours.

This one made me chuckle. she has the RAZR and her battery life is poop after all that texting too.

[Jagga]

Originally Posted by debbieg

My husband HATES my Pearl, but a gentle reminder that HE bought it for ME usually shuts him up...

That will bite you in the end when things overheat. He can whipe it cold or install an all pw software essentially locking you out. Just remember who enjoys gadgets more ;) Sorry not trying to be chauvinist but its the truth. Hoping that it never leads to this.

SanFrancisco, excellent post! Just don't let the misses catch you stoking the "pearl" out of habit. My girl knicknamed my old pearl the "mistress" ;)

btw, its not just courteousy but more like chivalry that is not dead in the 21st century, however using skilled tact in executing it is VERY important as basic chivalry is seen by the ladies as just common courtesy and is barely even appreciated and barely invokes anything more than an upturned snout. I use that word for "girls" that cannot say thank you for holding the door open even if its not even packed - could they ever know that you got goo/gum on your fingers when opening up that door? Ladies don't have snouts, they're ladies that don't feel they're loosing their pride/dignity in just saying thank you - and gentleman not expecting anything more than just this!

It just comes with the territory in owning a blackberry. Many STILL perceive that you're important or high ranking alpha male / head of the pride female when you're seen using a BB unit. Remember how cellphones FIRST where when they debuted on Miami Vice and the 4 ppl in your hood that owned & used one the very 1st year was like??? New paradigm is the BB unit. Its so obvious but its subconscious!

Sometimes even sharing what your emails are from time to time can alleviate the seeds of jealousy - mistrust - drama.

cheers.

[TheBigNewt]

Originally Posted by nschmidt

I had this problem. Then I got her one... No complaints since.

Did the same thing. Anybody want an LG EnV (2 months old)?

[SanFrancisco]

Originally Posted by Lera1113

Its unfair to say that women are the only snoopers. My boyfriend can't wait till I leave the room to rummage through my call log/texts/emails. I've caught him numerous times. But it's like I always tell him...."he who has nothing to hide, hides nothing". I don't care if he looks through it since i'm not doing anything I shouldn't be. However I have told him numerous times that the fact that he distrusts me so much that he needs to snoop for my phone is a cause for concern. I told him he needs to sort out his trust issues or find a new girlfriend.

I only referenced women in my post because that is the only experience I have.

As for me, I don't snoop, ever, for the precise reason you state, if I can't trust someone then what's the point.

As to the balance of my post, note I did say "he or she."

[cenner]

My girlfriend hates my Pearl, but I love hers. I can do most of our talking via email. =)

[unmarkedcoupe]

Originally Posted by ezrunner

My Lady Loves the BB so much in fact I am setting one up for her next week so she will stay off of mine!!!

Same here jus have to work a lil harder to pay 4 the new BB service

[phantom76]

oh how well do I know this arguement. My gf is always complaining how much time I spend playing with my pearl, she hates that it has email and web in it and everytime my alert goes off her ears purk up and she;s like "Who's that from"? he he

[Cory Scheuer]

women..... *sighs*

[phantom76]

in another example of more money then brains I went and got my better half her own bb today, sigh.. My bill is going to be almost as bill as a house payment this month lol

[ExplorerSam]

Actually I got VERY lucky, forget the fact that I have this hot girlfriend who is as smart as she is beautiful but she also is ok with my crackberry addiction. She doesn't mind my constant email or texting or surfing but I still get brownie points for leaving it in the car.

[frontwinder]

Sure do. She's my wife and calls it the "hateful beast". Just doesn't understand the beauty of technology somehow!

[flash24]

One time my gf almost threw my curve out the window while i was driving because she hates it when I don't pay attention to her. :(