Today, my mother-in-law called me every 2 hours, starting at 8pm and stopping at 10am the following morning. She says that since my wife and I are expecting our first child, I should "get used to waking up at all hours." She calls my work phone, which I'm not allowed to switch off. FML
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Hey, OP here. I would have mentioned in the FML that my work phone is one of those "dumb phones" and does not have any option to block numbers. After she did that for two nights in a row, I wound up setting one of the fax machine at my office to auto-dial her mobile and house phones every 15 minutes. Now, the only thing that wakes me up is the occasional user who forgot their login info, and my wife's odd food cravings.
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reneetlovesyou 30
She should be letting you enjoy your rest while you can instead..
ActionFearo 39
Block her. Problem solved
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cchuckcloninger 5
Hang up immediately without a word.
skyeyez9 24
That is incredibly rude of her. Start calling her back every 30 mins just to piss her off.
Sigilwen 24
Can you block her number?
mario2012 18
Can you read op's comment?
BoredDownUnder 11
If you have an iPhone as your work phone and can save all work-related numbers as favourites, then you can use the do not disturb function to block everyone else between whatever times you want. Or just block her numbers on your work phone. Either will work.
crackpotL 33
Give her number a specific ring tone, silent.
enderless 6
just block her number. tell the technician that she's harassing you and that they can check the call logs to verify it. most companies will waive any fee if someone is legitimately harassing you.
Ben009 13
Wait until she is sleeping and call her off the hook see how she likes it.
scice03 8
Block her number or get a new work number. Your wife should really be defending you against her psychotic mother.
Omniprism 14
You should also tell her that now should also be the time to get as much sleep as possible while you can.
lvg_fml 10
Have your wife tell her that she's interfering with the sleep she needs as a pregnant woman