Being convinced to buy a phone

Listen buy a phone.

Why? I don't see the point.

What if there's an emergency?

Then I'll use my friend's phone.

What if he isn't around?

He's always around.

Moment's silence while I process what I just said and withdraw my answer. She knows that I talk and later think about what I said and I will want to change my answer so that she doesn't start on the tangent of why this friend might always be around.
I withdraw my statement.

So buy a phone.

No I still don't really see why I need a phone. 

What if you get mugged? Stranded without money.

Why would a mugger leave me with a phone and no wallet?

There is silence at the other end. 

Sometimes it is hard to have a five hour time difference with your family.

Sometimes this is because you cannot call them when they are not asleep but also not at work and therefore you cannot find out how your hospitalized grandparent is.

But sometimes it's simply because after you drag yourself out of bed after a night of partying just to skype them at a time which suits them, the first thing they say when they look at your sleepy face is "You look even stupider than usual."