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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:11 PM Aug 2018

Last night I freaked out...

I got this phone call from our best friend. He started yelling at me and let loose a string of obscenities. AND his call came from a phone whose caller ID was in his ex-wife's name.

So I let my imagination get the better of me. I thought he had had a psychotic break. Furthermore, I thought ominously about the name of his ex-wife and immediately thought his daughters were using her phone to call about something bad happening to their father.

So I told my husband that Bill had obviously had a psychotic episode and his daughters took him to the hospital.

I reached him today. His phone had been not working properly and was cursing because of his phone malfunction. And he's never been successful in getting the caller ID straightened out and he's been divorced from her for 10 years.

Anyway, I was worried sick and didn't sleep well at all. Today I am super exhausted but my husband and I are relieved. He's recovering from spinal stenosis surgery which my husband had about a year and a half ago. We constantly worry about his condition because he is alone in his condo. If he fell and didn't have his phone handy...

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Last night I freaked out... (Original Post) CTyankee Aug 2018 OP
Sorry, but i did get a chuckle out of this mercuryblues Aug 2018 #1
Yep, something like that...I'm glad it's funny, not bad. CTyankee Aug 2018 #2

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
1. Sorry, but i did get a chuckle out of this
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:59 PM
Aug 2018

He "pocket dialed" you while he was cussing at his phone. But yes, it would have freaked me out in the same scenario.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
2. Yep, something like that...I'm glad it's funny, not bad.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 01:19 PM
Aug 2018

I also freaked out my husband and a mutual friend, getting him upset. So I called him also to correct my earlier call about Bill.

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