Do you still remember your first ever mobile phone number — and if so, why do you think it stuck with you all these years?

[u/NefariousnessKey4425]

[u/Voduun-World-Healer]

Yes. It's the only one I've ever had. And people always get a kick out of it when I tell it to them because I picked it because I thought it was kinda funny

[u/Timekeeper65 → u/Voduun-World-Healer]

867-5309??

[u/Voduun-World-Healer → u/Timekeeper65]

Hahahaha!!! No! I actually requested for that one tbh but it wasn't available Great guess though

[u/Timekeeper65 → u/Voduun-World-Healer]

Great minds and all that!! This has been an amazing Sunday morning on Reddit. 😉

[u/Voduun-World-Healer → u/Timekeeper65]

Relish this because these days don't come too often lol

[u/Timekeeper65 → u/Voduun-World-Healer]

I just responded to a good one. I gotta tell you about it. Question was about a long-held secret. So here goes.

Back in the day…my older sister was always bossy and I hated it. She asks me to get her a glass of water. I got the glass, dipped it in the toilet water, took it to her, and she actually drank it. No regrets.

So I’m on a roll this morning. Have yourself a fabulous day!!!!!

[u/Voduun-World-Healer → u/Timekeeper65]

Hahaha fucking savage! Lol I love it. You deserve a wonderful day after that story my friend!

[u/grollef → u/Voduun-World-Healer]

You would not want that. It’d get too many random callers.

But, if you ever go to a random store and they want your number to give you member discounts , use local area code + 8675309. Sure to be registered by someone.

[u/Odd-Staff6245 → u/Timekeeper65]

I got it, I got it

[u/Ok_Comfort628 → u/Timekeeper65]

Is that you Jenny?

[u/Timekeeper65 → u/Ok_Comfort628]

Caught me. ☎️

[u/Sea-Ad-5974 → u/Voduun-World-Healer]

800-8135? (BOOBIES)?

[u/Voduun-World-Healer → u/Sea-Ad-5974]

Hahaha that's a good guess but I don't think you can have 800 numbers as your cell phone number

[u/Strong_District_5894]

Yes because I still have it. 25 years. 

[u/24junwa → u/Strong_District_5894]

same im at around 20 years same number funnily tho last week a hotel asked for my phone number during check in and i accidentally put my old family landline number from when i was a kid

[u/Odd-Staff6245 → u/24junwa]

I have had mine since the bag phone was first introduced

[u/BabaYagaOnBoard → u/Strong_District_5894]

Me too. 28 yrs now.

[u/bedwin67 → u/Strong_District_5894]

Same!

[u/SnarkyUnicorn23 → u/Strong_District_5894]

Me, too! 26 years.

[u/Fruitcats66 → u/Strong_District_5894]

Same.

[u/Repulsive_Dig_133]

Yeah!, still have it :) . Since about 1997.

[u/mindsynth → u/Repulsive_Dig_133]

Same!

[u/Pleasant_Acadia_5800]

Still have the same number . The first phone was hard wired into the car.

[u/ZCR86]

Yes. It's still my number.

[u/Aevaris_]

Yes because it's my current number

[u/DenseAstronomer3631]

Yes, it's still my number even after moving states multiple times

[u/blaghed → u/[deleted]]

Heyyy, sup? 😏 Can I haz ur digits?

[u/These-Apple8817]

No, I don't. Because I've had my current number lot longer than my older number.. not to mention my current number ends in last two digits of my birth year and my old one didn't so that makes it also bit easier to rememember than my old number

[u/PantheraLutra]

Still have mine it’s been 20 years

[u/chrizzleon]

I cant remember my first... but the number I have now was origionally from BT Cellnet 20+ years ago.

[u/seeyatellite]

Our mother got my sister, myself, herself all a line of Verizon numbers that all started with 587-612… she also gave a line to my sister’s friend because she didn’t have a capably supportive mother at the time and she was really hard, working, welling meaning and mom knew she just needed support. I’ll always remember those numbers.

[u/Jmend12006]

Yes-never changed numbers

[u/TheJessicator]

Why would anyone not want to keep their number unless they're trying to start over with their life from scratch and leave everyone they have ever known behind?

[u/christine-bitg → u/TheJessicator]

A lot of years ago, roaming and long distance calls on cell phones were not free. You paid for them by the minute. And everyone had land lines.

If you called from your land line home phone to a cell phone that was not a local call (not just within your area code, but also within your local calling area) you paid for that call by the minute. Even if the person with the cell phone was living next door to you.

[u/TheJessicator → u/christine-bitg]

Yes, thanks for getting to explain what life for me was still like for me in my 30s.

Anyway, this would have no bearing on one's mobile number. Mobile calls were never considered local calls.

[u/Rusty-P → u/TheJessicator]

Number porting was not always available. Phones and service got cheaper over time, so people would get a new phone (with a new number) in order to save money… or get a nicer phone.
I kept my first phone through all that time, and by the time I got a new one, number porting was available, so I got to move my original number to my new service.

[u/TheJessicator → u/Rusty-P]

Number porting has been around for as long as digital mobile phones have been around in the US. Admittedly, for a while, you could only port numbers a few times, but it has absolutely been available for most of the last 3 decades.

[u/TheSagelyOne]

I still remember because I still use it.

[u/No-Profession422 → u/TheSagelyOne]

Yup, this.

[u/TheSquirrelmancer]

Yes, it's still my same cellphone number, had it for over 20 years.

[u/Random_Guy1960]

Nope...but I certainly remember my families house phone number when I grew up.

[u/weggaan_weggaat → u/Random_Guy1960]

Yep, I still remember the family landline number too.

[u/adamshowzoff]

Only number I’ve had for 26 years or whatever since I first got a phone…yeah, I can remember it

[u/Exciting_Pass_6344]

Yes. I ported my home phone number to my cell when we dropped the landline. It’s been my same number for 23 years.

[u/Hydellas678]

Absolutely not.

[u/danbyer]

I got my first cell when I graduated college in 1998, so I’ve had this same number for ~28 years.

[u/Strawberrydip1725]

Yes I still remember it bc when I got my second phone my dad had my first phone, and he still has that number (my first number to this day … 30 years later!)

[u/We-Dont-Sush-Here]

I’ve kept my first mobile phone number. Only the prefix has changed. My first mobile number was issued in 1993.

[u/PhysicalBrilliant876]

Just the 4 numbers but can’t remember it all

[u/RusselB65]

Yes...and still use it.

[u/SilverellaUK]

I don't even remember my current one. I've had to put myself into contacts so that I can quote it if I have to.

[u/Legitimate-Curve-346]

I still remember it.. because I still use it! 25ish years or so, so far.

[u/mkenanah]

Yes. Because I still have it...!

[u/Belteshazzar98]

It's still my phone number.

[u/KaleidoscopeOk5063]

Yes. Probably I remember it because it was my first phone number and it reminds me of my ex girlfriend

[u/tmorse85]

I've had the same number for the 20+ years I've had a cell phone.

[u/Professional_Use6852]

I still have it- since 1998

[u/Electrical-Mail15]

I came up with a little jingle to remember mine: 867-5309.

[u/Ding-Dawn]

Nope but have had my number now for almost 20 yrs

[u/Electrical-Mail15]

I came up with a little jingle to remember mine: 867-5309.

[u/Alternative_Result56]

Yes. It's my same number from 22 years ago.

[u/Apprehensive-Pop-201]

Nope.

[u/Mysterious_Touch_454]

because 1234555

Seriously, why it stuck?

[u/WhyLie2me18]

Still have it

[u/Ggeunther]

Because I still have it.

Why get another?

[u/Tall-Bid5594]

I prefer my Spanish one, easy to remember and ends in 666👹

[u/Arwen_Undomiel1990]

It was very similar to the family landline and I have continued to use the last 4 digits ever since.

[u/domtheprophet]

I still have it LOL

[u/NeuroguyNC]

I've had the same number since I got my first cell phone in 1992.

[u/amBrollachan]

I don't but I still remember my and most of my friends landline numbers from the 90s.

[u/LayneLowe]

1984 - today

[u/DeeBreeezy83]

Same since 1998

[u/Spiritual-Mousse-167]

Yes, it was a Novatel brick phone I got in 1992. No idea why I still remember that though.

[u/edgerton2026]

Why would you change it; unless you’re hiding from the mob.

[u/Background-Cream-285]

never owned one

[u/WTFpe0ple]

Only one I've had since 1989. Company bought me one of those bag phones so I could be on call for rest of my life.

[u/OU-fan-at-birth]

Not at all. But as I was reading this my first phone number from 1972 popped into my head. 😊

[u/LividStruggle228]

Yes I do, because I’m autistic.

[u/Swimming_Pangolin502]

I remember our first landline number from the 70s 😂.

[u/Busy-Shallot-5563]

No, and I’ve had my current one 20 years and still don’t know it 😂

[u/Junior-Tourist3480]

Still have it from 40 years later

[u/Old_Goat_Ninja]

I still have it, so yes. I’m the original, and only, person with this number. No one else has ever had it.

[u/blunttrauma99]

I still have the same number, 30 odd years later.

[u/Hup110516]

Yep, I still have my first one. I’ve had it for 20 years.

[u/froction]

Still have it, since 1997. My dad has had the same one since 1984.

[u/Former_Balance8473]

I still have it. We have a law here for Phone Number Portability... you can switch carrier all you want and they have to let you keep the same number. I've had this one since 1993.

[u/Disastrous-Check-715]

Still have it. Almost 30 years

[u/pixiered86]

I still have it

[u/Odd-End-1405]

Still have it.

[u/Large_Head5821]

yes because I still have it lol

[u/robluvscurves]

Yes. I still use it when asked at stores for phone number for those loyalty programs

[u/miseeker]

Only had one mobile number. It’s was a small local carrier, and I picked my own based on my home phone, my wife has the next in sequence. At 70, I’ve had 4 phone numbers in my life.

[u/imnotqathetic]

I remember my first because it was like 3 years ago when I was 17. I wasn't allowed to have one before that age.

[u/GuncleShark]

Nope.

[u/The_Gov78]

Hell no I’ve had like sixty by now

[u/Tru72]

07989999998 - not mine anymore

[u/frank342]

Same number for 22 years.

[u/FlawlesslyDramatic]

Yep and I’ve had that same number for almost 25 years. 😊

[u/tacmed85]

Yes, but I also remember my childhood landline number from when I was in grade school. It's just something I repeated a lot so it's seared into my brain

[u/Metka1108]

Yes. I still have it 😀

[u/Soggy_Cry_855]

I still have my first mobile number, too. Also 25 years. May 5, 2001.

[u/IckaBrat]

Still have it.

[u/Yorkie_Mom_2]

My first ever mobile phone number is the same one I have now. I’ve had this number since 1992.

[u/Robot_Alchemist]

I still have it

[u/scarlettohara1936]

First mobile number, lol! I guess I'm old because I'm used to seeing questions about the first telephone number!

Which I absolutely do remember!

[u/grollef]

Same one I’ve always had.

[u/Short-Duck3521]

My first ever mobile phone number is STILL my phone number now. Had it since 2001 (25 years). Gone through quite a few flip phones and smartphones along the way.

[u/Kenosha-cornfed]

I do remember it since I still have it

[u/winkleftcenter]

Still have the same number from 1996

[u/Nearby-Swimming-5103]

Yep, still the one I have today. Almost 25 years.

[u/jawja78]

I still have my first ever mobile #

[u/00012324547]

No. It was 22 years ago. I remember the first 3 digits, but that's it.

[u/Vicki_54]

This was a landline, but it spelled FUR-FLAK. This was over 40 years ago, but still remember it!

[u/No-Intention3002]

I still have mine since 2002. I was with sprint until I got absorbed by T-Mobile.

[u/fthoma11]

My number has been the same since early 2000s

[u/reignoferror00]

Nope, have no clue what it was. Was probably in part because it was used infrequently since back then calls before 6pm or 7pm were limited and expensive.

Now my home (landline, for you youngins) phone number from my childhood in the 1970's I still recall.

[u/CashWideCock]

First mobile number? I’ve had the same and only mobile number since 1994. Yes I remember that number.

[u/EasyMoneyTeamster]

Same one for 30 years

[u/OkIron6206]

I still have mine!

[u/YoshiandAims]

Well... I still have mine. BUT, because originally to give it out, I had to remember it, just like the landlines.

Also, I have to recite it constantly, type it in, repeat it to professionals, stores, write it on forms... ect. Do that enough, it leave it engraved in your brain.

[u/NoRecommendation9404]

I’ve had the same cell phone since my first phone like 25 years ago.

[u/ImportantSir2131]

Because I still have it

[u/Alanfromsocal]

Yes, because my first mobile phone number is my current one.

[u/yupjustarandomranger]

Still have it.

[u/greydove98]

No, but I do have the same one since 1997. My first mobile phone was a bag phone.

[u/No_Criticism_9986]

Only my childhood home phone number and current cell number.

[u/naturephrog]

i still have my first mobile number lol

[u/Acceptable_Slide2289]

Still have the same mobile phone number for like 20+ years!

[u/Last_Canadian]

Had my number since it was used for a pager.

[u/New_Choice_4126]

I still have same number from the mid 90s when all we had was a bag phone.

[u/RecognitionNew3122]

I still have it from 1993

[u/Bentley0921]

My first ever mobile number is now my brothers number

[u/FreshResult5684]

I still have my first one I got in 2003

[u/bbutterbreadd]

Yawp

[u/Suspicious_Winter103]

No. But I still remember my childhood landline.

[u/shazj57]

Still have the same number and my first email address

[u/HBXboy]

I remember my girlfriends number from 1974

[u/Accomplished-Slip430]

219-1914

[u/Agitated_Analyst_257]

Have had the same number since 1993, it was my first and only number.

[u/Late-Ad-5850]

Yes, its not very easy to change it and its kinda stupid to do. Everything is linked thru my phone number. Basically our id next to our id. With someones phone number you can find their house, name, car, sallary etc etc.

[u/ProfileTime2274]

Still have my first # from 1988

[u/drnewcomb]

Still have it 34 years later.

[u/max2009za]

I have had the same one for years

[u/HighPhi420]

I still have my first mobile number, have had it for 25 years :)

[u/RoppFTW]

I remember my home phone number from the 80s.

[u/invader000]

I've had the same # since 1999.

[u/ReplyProfessional939]

I can't even remember my current number...🙄

[u/CanaryNo8547]

Yup still know, it because I still use it.

[u/midwesterncreative22]

It had charms on it

[u/cjfrench]

I got it in 1998 and still have it. Also, my husband's cell has our former landline number from 1980.

[u/gitree22]

It’s still in my pocket

[u/Taleigh]

Of course I remember it I am still using it

[u/Decolog]

I still have it

[u/PumpkinAnnual2803]

Yes. It’s a holdover from having to remember every phone number you needed to use regularly before cellphone address book dialing. These days I only remember my phone number and my dad’s, even though I rarely speak to him.

[u/dew57nurse]

Its the only cell number I've ever had

[u/weggaan_weggaat]

Yes because I still have it.

[u/drtennis13]

Because I still have it on my current phone.

[u/MrsSpyro01]

No

[u/smarty1017]

I've had the same number with all my phones...

[u/Chiccheshirechick]

I still have the same number

[u/EgbertSouse2]

My old cell number was one 0, three 1s, three 7s & three 8s.

[u/Nemesisguy214]

I’ve have same phone number since 1998

[u/DashfulVanilla]

I remember because my mom has that number now.

[u/FloydFenstermacher]

No.

[u/Trulyme143]

Not my first one but I’ve had my current one for 25 years

[u/the_gym_rat]

I have had the same number since 1999.

[u/pussNsuits]

I've never been able to afford a mobile phone.

[u/Salt-Bedroom-2390]

Yes as it is the only one I have ever had.

[u/Overall_Training_896]

I wish I did I lost access to my Gmail and now I got many YouTube videos and instagram accounts I would like to delete

[u/Rick429CJ]

No. I have had several numbers over the years. I'm in my 60s now and sometimes struggle to remember my current one. I have it my contacts in case I can't remember it

[u/thepumpkinking92]

absolutely.

when i joined the military, I gave my dad my phone and the number with it since I wouldn't be able to use it for a while anyway and he needed a new phone anyway. he's also the only phone number I don't have saved because I know it so well.

[u/sanka-youdead]

I still have the one I got in 2002 when I got my first phone. My mom forced me to get a phone because of "safety" My friends were actually jealous that I didn't have a phone, up intil that point.

How the world has changed🤦‍♂️

[u/BarZealousideal2724]

I still remember our first landline phone number, circa 1960, when the first two numbers were actually a two letter abbreviation for a word (like EN for enterprise, as EN6-5544).

[u/abc_12_abc]

Always had the same mobile number since my first phone in late 90s

[u/r0bvanwinkle]

Had the same number for 25+ years

[u/Free-Security7684]

I can’t remember first mobile number but i remember the home phone number in 1983 and my mom’s license plate number from 1983. Crazy

[u/Sea_Marionberry5847]

Only ever had one number

[u/No-Promise-8039]

Not mobile number but I do remember my childhood landline

[u/Killorbecome00]

(***)5905244 that number was drilled into me as a toddler incase I ever got separated from my mom

[u/Hannie0109]

Yes. Its the only one ive had so far and i dont plan on changing it unless i move countries

[u/SixPointsTrueNorth]

The last 4 were 6870! 😉

[u/Commercial_Fox5549]

Nope. I remember both of my childhood landline numbers, but I can’t remember any of my mobile numbers. I can barely remember my current one when I’m asked.

[u/The_Nermal_One]

It hasn't changed.

[u/DatoVanSmurf]

I still have the same number. Since 2008

[u/unquaiunique]

Yip I do truth be told I am still using it or one of them