https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 20:56:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309987 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:59:09 +0000 AngelicOne 1309987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine doesn't. I live in AZ &amp; still have my SC area code. I've had this # for 10 years so don't feel like changing it &amp; it was local so I could talk to my grandma with no long distance charges. My husband on the other hand, just got a cell phone a month ago (yes he'd been without one for 6 years....true story!) and his has our AZ area code. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309973 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:53:26 +0000 MrsSCB 1309973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have my hometown area code. I'm not holding onto it for any nostalgic reason, more out of convenience. I'm more confused why anyone would change it? I would have to specifically ask to change it, otherwise it just transfers from cell phone to cell phone. Also everyone already has this number, which I've had for about 10 years. Wouldn't it be more inconvenient to change it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309967 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:49:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 1309967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cause it would be a pain to change the number and update everyone/thing, and I'm lazy?</p> <p>Actually, mine does match. We got new phones/carrier last year and got new numbers then. We could have kept our old ones, but for us, it was sort of deciding that this was "home" to us now? </p> <p>Before that, we lived in Pittsburgh but had Philly numbers. For a few years after I moved to Philly I still had a New Orleans number, which I definitely held onto for nostalgia's sake--I wanted something from home after Katrina. D kept his upstate NY number for like a decade after he left because he loves it there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309946 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:39:39 +0000 LovelyPlum 1309946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: that is an excellent idea. I think I'll get a local area code for that for when LO goes to school </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309942 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:38:47 +0000 regberadaisy 1309942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: it's really simple. You sign up via Google and you get choices of numbers. It's linked to your phone number. So if someone calls you at your Google voice number your phone will ring and the automated machine will tell you so and so is calling. Do you want to take the call or send to voice mail? Your voice mail can be listened to via the Google voice app and it's also emailed to you as a transcript (horribly hilarious btw) or a voice file in your email too I believe. </p> <p>I use it any situation where I don't want to give my personal number out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309935 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:35:19 +0000 LovelyPlum 1309935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Google Voice is probably a good idea for school. How does it work? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309932 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:34:18 +0000 LovelyPlum 1309932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine doesn't match, and DH and I don't even have the same area code! It's just way too much of a hassle to change it, especially when between the two of us, we've lived in 7 states over the last 9 years. When we do finally settle somewhere, I imagine we'll both get the same area code.</p> <p>The biggest pain is that DH's area code is one digit off from the area code where we live now, and we have to constantly tell people, "it's not ____", it's "____". That part, I could do without. Otherwise, it's not a huge deal. You can even have different area codes on a family plan with Verizon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309778 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:39:52 +0000 regberadaisy 1309778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: haha search your email. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309772 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:38:28 +0000 LBee 1309772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband refuses to change area codes. Candidly, I kept mine because I knew I would always be moving back home eventually (and I was write - returned home last year!). I think it's going to be weird for the next generation when you have to say things like "I need to call my daddy, do you have long distance?"... or does not having long distance even exist anymore? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live/page/2#post-1309771 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:38:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1309771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn't! DH's doesn't either. Neither of us have ever had a different number, so we don't want to change it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309766 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:35:40 +0000 Springtime 1309766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, mine matches!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309765 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:35:35 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1309765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but my area code belongs to the county just North of where I live. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309763 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:34:35 +0000 lemondrop 1309763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, mine where I lived in college. My husband got his there too. Part is laziness that I don't want to have to change something that works fine (it's a local # for most of my family) s is and part is nostalgia- it was our ideal location and favorite place to be :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309752 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:28:38 +0000 winniebee 1309752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope ! But we are living here only for the year :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309751 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:28:37 +0000 LemonLong 1309751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My area code is WI, but I live in CO. I've had the number for at least 10 years so I didn't want to go through the hassle of updating everyone. Plus, my parents didn't have a cell phone other than an emergency pre paid one so having a local number they could call without long distance seemed easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309737 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:22:46 +0000 kjpugs 1309737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @Mrs. Taco: same- I have visitors coming most notably my mom 1/23-26 but can probably make it work to meet up, just let me know when! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309727 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:17:20 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1309727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: @T.H.O.U.: I'm in!!!!!! Can you wall me when you'll be in town? We're traveling and have visitors in January but hopefully we can make it work. I'd love to meet other bees :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309685 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:05:22 +0000 sorrycharlie 1309685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine does! I never really thought about what I'd do if we moved, actually. I'd probably keep my number, cause I love it and I've had it since I first got my cell phone back in high school :)</p> <p>I feel like area codes aren't as relevant now as when it was house phones. maybe I'm crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309679 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 10:03:28 +0000 T-Mom 1309679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Good call on Google voice... we use it too, I just can't remember the number :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309661 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:57:51 +0000 Modern Daisy 1309661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in NYC and still have a PA area code adn I'll tell you why - because my parents pay my cell phone bill! They pay for my siblings and their spouses too under our family plan, everyone except for DH who feels weird with the situation. He has a 917 code! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309660 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:57:43 +0000 regberadaisy 1309660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: @mrs. 64: good point. I have a Google voice number which is local. I think I'll use that when LO starts school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309649 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:53:33 +0000 T-Mom 1309649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. 64: oh that's interesting about the school not dialing long distance.. I hope that doesn't become an issue for me next year but maybe I will have to consider changing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309645 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:52:31 +0000 autumnlove 1309645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309643 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:52:26 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1309643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: It's to save other people the confusion of remembering (or, I should say typing) a new #. And inertia. Probably mostly inertia. I still have an Atlanta area code for my cell # It does cause issues sometimes. Older people will just stare at me blankly and say, "But you live in _____," over and over and over again. Some people will forget that it's my number or wonder how they got an Atlanta phone number in their phones/records/whatever. I should change it. But I'm just sooooooo lazy ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309637 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:50:45 +0000 edelweiss 1309637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no it does not match. i still have my 646 nyc number even though i'm living in the dc area. i'm too lazy to change it. also we're not feeling quite settled here yet so i don't want to make that kind of "commitment". lastly, i am emotionally attached to my time in nyc--it was the longest i've lived anywhere as an adult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309624 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:47:39 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1309624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Haha where are you located? My hometown is in the 321! And I remember that contest!</p> <p>@BananaPancakes: I went/go to USF so boo Knights and go Bulls! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309544 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:20:50 +0000 mrs. 64 1309544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I was told there was a charge for using that feature but perhaps there's not anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309540 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:18:33 +0000 mrbee 1309540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. 64: Does your cell support *67 caller id blocking?</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_service_code#North_America" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_service_code#North_America</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309534 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:16:43 +0000 mrs. 64 1309534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lived in another area code for a few years but didn't change it because I knew I would be moving back to original area code land.</p> <p>I will say that I'm a teacher and a large number of parents only have phones with different area codes. It makes it challenging because the school phone doesn't make long distance calls and I'm not comfortable using my cell for safety/privacy reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-phones-area-code-match-where-you-live#post-1309465 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:43:46 +0000 MrsH 1309465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine matches but DHs doesn't. It was just easier for him to keep his hometown number so his family could remember it...not that they call anyway :p </p>