How old is your oldest voicemail message?

Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
#1

If it has been more than a month since I’ve last checked my cell phone’s voicemail, the phone will force me to go through all of my saved messages before I can get to new voicemail. It’s a really annoying feature, but it does get me to make sure that my saved messages are really worth keeping since I have to reaffirm the save or delete the message.

As I was going through this process this morning, I realized that the oldest message I’ve kept – a message from a friend that makes me laugh every time I hear it – is from December 2007. This struck me as being really old for voicemail, but maybe other people have kept their gems, too, so I figured I’d ask.

For the record, I’ve also got several messages from 2010 when my now-wife and I first started dating. Generally some combination of funny and “aww!” Good stuff!

#2

Whenever the last time was that someone left me a message. I listen to them right away and delete them immediately.

#3

Same, though I am always tempted to keep my dad’s around for a while, since I worry about him. Not because of his messages, he’s just…feeling his age.

#4

Mine’s is from early March 2010. My dad had just returned from vacation and called to say he was back and had a great time and asked if I could stop by the house the following weekend to pick up a souvenir he got me. He dropped dead of a massive heart attack the next day. I don’t listen to it very often anymore, but the fact that I can still hear him say “Love you. Take care.” anytime I choose is a great comfort.

#5

There are no messages on my voice mail at the moment.

#6

One from Spring 2006, from my mom, thanking me for helping her with Medicare Part D. She died a few months later.

#7

Just a few days old. I clear them pretty regularly.

#8

I can relate.
I keep two voice-mail mail messages. The oldest is 9 months old, from my dad just before he died, the other is a month old, from my mom just before she died. They were the best parents I could have hoped for, the best grandparents my kids could have hoped for, my next door neighbors and my best friends. I can’t erase them.

#9

I delete all of mine right after listening to them. Unless I know someone has died before I listen to a message, I’ll have deleted any message before I heard the news. I still don’t think I’d save it, though. Not sure why or why not.

#10

SeaDragonTattoo’s answer is also mine. I doubt that I could save a message if I wanted to since force of habit has me hitting 3 or 7 (land line or cell) to delete the message as soon as I listen to it.

#11

I have saved a series of texts from my daughter when she was traveling in NYC. I ussually don’t even listen to v oice mail…

#12

I have an old answering machine that I replaced several years ago. I had saved several messages on it. The oldest was from a friend back in my hometown in West Virginia, on September 11, 2001. He said he was just calling to see if I was OK (I sometimes go to the Pentagon for work).