In an emergency, which friends would you feel the freedom to call in the middle of the night?

Joanne's FAVORITE answer:
I would totally call my great friend Joanne Frattaroli - who I know would not only wake-up at 3:00 AM to take my phone call, but would also drive all the way up to SF on a seconds notice...because that is the type of friend she is. Even if she was super bummed out about it, after I called her she would think to herself "Neat!" and get right out of bed.

Joanne's answer:
I suppose that I would call almost any of my friends in the middle of the night if it were really an emergency...but whether they would actually answer or be of any help is another matter! Which actually remind me of a funny story when I was on the job market a couple of years ago. I was interviewing for a job on the East Coast and I had been watching DVDs of the show LOST while I was travelling and while I was in the hotel room. That show is a little bit scary for me for some reason, and the combination of the scary show + having a (scary) interview the next day caused me to have a nightmare. I woke up in the middle of the night from this super scary dream, and cognitively, I know it was just a dream and all, but my autonomic nervous system does not know it was just a dream, meaning that my heart was racing and bascially I was freaked. So I call up my friend Brian - it was 2am where I was but only 11pm where he was - and I start telling him how I had a bad dream and what happened in the dream, etc., and he interrupts me and says, "Wait a minute, you called me at eleven o'clock at night to tell me about something that DIDN'T actually happen?! Dude, I gotta get to bed - goodbye!". And I thought to myself, "Ugh! How rude!" and I proceeded to call my friend Rene. So I'm telling Rene about my scary dream and she appears to be reacting appropriately, letting me talk about it and (seemingly) understanding why it was upsetting...until I say to her, "Can you believe that I just called Brian to tell him about this dream and he totally blew me off and said he didn't know why I was calling to tell him about something that didn't actually happen!?", to which Rene replied, "Oh my God, that's exactly what I was thinking! Why are you calling to tell me about a DREAM?! I need to get to sleep! I'll talk to you later.". Damn those two! =P You would never guess that they don't get along with each other.

And the other answers!

If I had to make that 3am phone call, it would surely be to obama (thank god!):)

The ones that work the night shift ! :)

Does calling [my husband] count? Although hopefully he is already with me in the middle of the night! I would also include my good friend, who is dating my brother (which kind of makes her my sister, right?).

I would call Joanne in the middle of the night even if it wasn't an emergency. Don't say you weren't warned.

The good ones. definitely not the bad ones, those guys suck.

All of them, that's why they are my friends

My friend Doug.


In an emergency where I needed actual immediate physical help - my friends would not be handy. Most of them live at least half an hour away. For that, I would call one of my various in-laws who live reasonably close. For an emotional emergency - I think there are only two friends that would willingly shake off sleep to talk me down. Of course, I could always call you and - between the time difference and your night owl tendencies - you'd probably still be up!

All of them.

Sadly,there are a couple of people i would burden with a 2am phone call...if its something major,i'd want them to call me,so i know i can call them....

Joanne, I actually think I would call you! Unless it required someone come over *immediately*...then....shoot. I don't know! I better figure something out.

Friends in Germany since they would be up anyway (it is 6 hrs later there). Yeahhh!!! My first response EVER to Joanne's question of the day! I am gonna go now and have a glass of champaign by myself.

Until last January, I could have called my childhood friend any time, day or night and she would come to me or talk to me or whatever I wanted. But, alas, I do not have that luxury any more. My friend died suddenly last January and I miss her very much. I have a sister I could call anytime but family is different. So to answer your question, I don't have a "friend" I could call in the middle of the night.

I used to have friends that I would call in the middle of the night on a regular basis - we called that drunk dialing - in all seriuosness one friend actually offered to get on a plane from Ireland immediately to comfort me. Now we need more sleep because we're getting so old. Now I only call family members; they're almost legally required to take my calls.