How you deal with friends or family members that want to call you up and talk over the phone? No offense to them but I don't want to spend a half hour to an hour talking to other dudes about feelings and how their lives are going, I really don't give a shit no matter how close they are to me.

I usually just ignore their calls but the same people insist on calling me and leaving messages despite this. They won't get a hint. Worse are acquaintances that insist on being your friends and try to cling on to you despite you not giving a shit about them and going out of your way to ignore them.