Today, I ignored my phone, as my mother has dementia and calls me 15 or so times a day, thinking each time is the first. I braved horrendous rain and gale-force winds to go to work. Turns out it was work calling to tell me not to bother coming in. FML
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ok, my mother lives with my brother, she is in the early stages of demetia, she's never left alone, i do everything for her, except answer the phone 15 or more times a day to answer the same questions. i do love her, more than anything, but the phone thing, between her and the nusiance sales calls, I feel a little demented myself! And I could have done with the day off, I would have spent it with her.
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sonnyli 0
Caller id???
picklemonger 13
Time to invest in caller ID!
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sadistmonkey 19
FML apparently is the land of the perfect people. I'm sure everyone here who is judging the OP would do exactly as they say the OP should, if they were in the OP's shoes. Surely no one here is a hypocrite.
iwadasn 33
Shouldn't you have at least checked to see if it was actually your mother calling before deciding to ignore it?
J9ssica 13
oh god something similar happened to me lol
McDonaldsworker 4
Opps I meant it the person calling, is it possible to edit comments?
j1206 4
Idiot I live in London and it was not 'horrendous rain and gale-force winds', it was a light shower and nothing else. Stop playing for sympathy whiny ****.
GenaALazer 22
says the guy, with a picture of an arm.
docscientist 10
Who said op doesn't answer any of the calls? For calling someone a moron, you didn't exactly think it out, did you.
NullPointer 20
Get your mom a notepad and a clock (that shows the day too) to write down when she calls you. Set it up so she can't get to the phone without seeing the notepad.
CeeCee_fml 16
Do you not have Caller I.D? And some phones it is possible to have special ringers for certain people. Maybe you should look into that.
shoopd 19
70 - What does that have to do with....well, anything?