I was trying to set up time with a girl and had been waiting for her to get back to me via email.   But midday I get a text, with my name, her name and 'hey I can meet you tomorrow at 1pm".... Holy F__K!  Had my SO seen that I'd be DEAD MEAT.  No way to explain that out.  Thankfully, I was out alone doing errands, so no harm, but man, that was close.    

I try never to give my phone # until I've ironed out the details, and made sure they don't text outside of a biz hours.  I try to never text until I'm at the door.  Usually this has worked fine.

 I have thought of getting a hobby phone, but figured I didn't want to have to explain that if it was found. I may have to rethink that.  

DkG

Keep the hobby phone off unless using it or get a google voice number. If you can afford to hobby you can afford a "bat line" this avoiding embarrassing situations of "who is texting you at 9pm?"

But thankfully the screens are unreadable to anyone out of direct line of sight, and there is a long list of other industries that "market" in this manner. Verbally dismissing the offending interruption too others as "just another damn telemarketer" is easy enough!

  Me thinks it may be decades until we properly sort out EDE “Electronic Device Etiquette”; but as long as humans have secrets to keep; untimely telecommunication notifications will happen