UNKNOWN CALLER

[Guest guest]

Hey gang,

Father's Day events have me thinking about this topic, and I wanted

to see if this happens to you guys (I'm guessing probably so).

Here's some background.

About a year ago, my mom sent a nasty BPD-fueled email to my younger

sister. One of the things she said was that she noticed that my

sister always carries her phone with her and answers it whenever it

rings, but that whenever my mom tries to call her, my sister doesn't

answer 95% of the time. (Gee, Mom, get a clue!) She went on to give

my sister her interpretation of what that means (i.e., that my sister

is ungrateful and rude and needs a change in attitude).

So with that as background, a few months ago, my sister warned me

that Mom had blocked her number from Caller ID when she called my

sister's cell phone. Sis had the phone turned off, but she figured

out what Mom did because she LEFT A MESSAGE (that was dumb!).

Comparing her missed call list to her voicemail stamp, it was pretty

obvious. We laughed about it, and I didn't think of it much after

that.

Then, a couple of weeks ago, my husband was expecting a phone call.

So when it rang, he picked it up, even though the Caller ID

said " UNKNOWN CALLER " . Usually we screen all our calls so we don't

have to talk to salesmen. When he realized it was my mother, he

looked completely taken aback. She engaged him in small talk for a

couple of minutes, then he gave the phone to me. " That's weird--it's

your mom, " he said. She had a relevant question for me, I answered

it, and we hung up.

Then today I called my dad on his cell phone to wish him a happy

Father's Day. We made nice small talk, and my kids said hi (my

daughter LOVES the phone and talked his ear off for probably 15

minutes). The whole call lasted about half an hour--much longer than

my usual, but it was a nice conversation and the kids were having

fun. Anyway, not 10 minutes after we hung up, the phone

rings...with " UNKNOWN CALLER " on the screen. I didn't answer this

time, but had we not been in the middle of dinner I might have, just

so I could confront her about it.

So sad and so obvious that she was jealous we talked to him and not

her. Of course, without having answered I guess I'll never be 100%

sure...she didn't leave a message this time, lol!

[Guest guest]

There's this thing I got on my AT & T cell phone that blocks all

callers that don't allow their number to be displayed. When they call

they get this " I'm sorry, this subscriber does not accept calls from

unknown numbers " or something like that.

Before the FCC had the Do Not Call List, I had this thing called a

Phone . It was a small box you hooked up between your phone and

the phone line. When a telemarketer (or anyone I didn't want to talk

to) called, you just press the pound (#) key and it says in this

British accent " I'm sorry, but the person you have called does not

wish to accept your calls. Kindly remove this number from your files,

and please place this number on your Do Not Call list. "

Yes, I used it several times for nada.

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> My mom is also an " unknown caller " for the exact same reason. We

are totally on to her and unknown caller is pretty much the same as

her name popping up. Every time I get one of those calls and I answer

thinking it's a client and it turns out to be her, I find myself

doing the silent mouthing of cuss words.

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