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
sparkx555 tells us more.
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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ktchem 0
if she doesn't remember calling, she won't remember being ignored. problem solved. I'm sure OP doesn't mean to ignore her, but 15 times a day is a lot.. let's just say each it literally is 15 times a day. and each convo is about 10 minutes.. that's 150 minutes.. 2 1/2 hours. I love my mom, but if she got like that there would be times I'd have to ignore her too.
RoseTintMyWorld 8
I would have definitely picked up if there was a chance it was my mother who has a mental disability. What a dick.
nabila21 0
Ooooooh... Burn
Ancients 8
You should answer the pone if it's your mother. One day she'll be gone and you'll wish you would have answered.
oneuppitynegress 0
No caller id ma'am or sir?
Rabidkid 14
It's only important if they leave a voicemail
wriptidez 0
can u get outside help for ur mom...
scalderon 0
Dont you have caller Id?!
cetlawizard 15
Caller ID & voicemail! Nuff said.
sparkx555 7
oh I tried this, she just calls me more to see what the message on the notepad is about ...