[abowers]

My boyfriend and I are using our cell phones as our primary phones. We moved to Princeton from Rochester NY, and kept our cell phones so that we could talk to friends and family without paying long distance. Not to mention, we will probably be changing apartments every year or so for the next 5 years of my boyfriend's PhD program, so it's easier to keep the same cell number than to change land line numbers every year.

Also, in college I did lots of driving by myself (for work, and to visit boyfriend at his college) and so it was good security thing for me to have.

Having an older car while in college meant a couple break downs where I needed AAA, plus a flat tire on the expressway. I was very glad to have the cell phone.

Once we settle down in one spot, I think we'll swap in the $70/month 2 cell phones for pay as you go phones just to keep on hand for emergencies, and get a land line.