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I've noticed some people saying "kids don't pick up phones anymore" and really, no, we don't.

Kids? Hell, I'm 47 and that's my policy as well. I basically don't answer unsolicited phone calls unless it's my dad or one of a very small number of close friends or family members. And honestly, even that's not guarantee that I will pick up at times.

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Same (44) phone calls are for recruiters and marketing spam, so if I'm not currently looking for a job, the phone doesn't get answered

How would your dad, and the others mentioned, be considered 'unsolicited '. Possible you mean 'untimely '?

> How would your dad, and the others mentioned, be considered 'unsolicited '

Haven't been asked/invited to call?

If I didn't text/email/etc. and ask you to call me, or we didn't somehow otherwise arrange it in advance, that's "unsolicited" to me. Just being a friend/family member doesn't change that underlying premise. The difference is, if you fall into those categories I might pick up anyway, depending on what I'm doing / how I feel.

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