[gcanyon]

I invite you to consider the Seinfeld finale, where Elaine uses a cell phone to call a friend to ask about her ill father. The call has technical issues, and Jerry lectures Elaine about mistreating her friend that way, when she should have waited to call from home.

That was less than 30 years ago. Cell service is more reliable today than then, but it's not perfect, and not only don't we think twice about making <whatever> calls on a cell phone, many/most of us don't even have land lines anymore.

Sending the prompt is the difference between showing up with flowers, and saying, "I feel strongly enough about you to bring flowers."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Finale_(Seinfeld)