Receiving Disturbing Cards

[Circularspandex]

Name changed because it's outing.

DH and I have been together for twenty three years and have two teenage children.

Last year, about a week before mother's day, I received a mother's day card with my name written inside and then a heart. Nothing else. I didn't recognise the handwriting. It was posted from a city which is at the other end of the country (NE and I live in the SW). My street name was misspelled on the envelope.

I was freaked out by it, but ignored it after a while.

We've been away this weekend, but have just found another one in our letterbox. Similar To My Mother card, with my name and heart. Written in the same green pen, it seems.

This time there's no address, stamp or postmark on it, which is really worrying. It just has my name on her front. Unfortunately our Ring doorbell has run out of battery and we haven't charged it.

Do you think I should contact the police? DH thinks I should, but I don't want them to think I'm wasting their time.

I definitely do not have any other children.

That’s bizarre, any dc or friends of dc who have twisted sense of humour and would think this funny?

Honestly, I'd probably say 'Weird', and not give it another thought.

Charge your Ring doorbell and keep it charged so you can see if someone hand-delivers another one?

I've wracked my brain trying to work out who would do it as a prank and I can't think of anyone who would do this. It's really weird.

The doorbell is currently charging

How long have you lived at your current address? Could it be someone who thinks they have traced their birth mother and it was a previous occupant?

I have to ask the obvious question. Did you once have a secret affair but blocked it from your mind?

Does anyone opposite have a ring doorbell that might have captured your door/letterbox? Could ask them?

We've lived here for 15 years.

No, I have definitely never had an affair.

It's weird that it says my name inside the card and not "Mum". The outside says "To my mother", and there's a soppy poem inside, but the sender has just written my first name and then drawn a heart. Exactly the same as last year's, but a different design of card.

But @ShakyBake a woman would know if she had birthed other kids!!

Could it be you have the same name as the senders birth mother and they think it's you iyswim?

There's nobody opposite and I've messaged my two neighbours to ask if they doorbell footage. I'm in the first house in the row on a cul-de-sac though, so they might not have walked past the other houses. We live rurally and don't have many neighbours

Yes, it could be mistaken identity, but why don't they write their name in the card?

Perhaps you have a secret admirer who wishes you were their mother?

That's what I was wondering.

You think she might remember giving birth to a baby. Goodness me.

I won't contact the police. I'm being too dramatic, aren't I?

Yes. Just keep your ring charged.

I wouldnt call you dramatic. I would certainly be unnerved by this. Its very bizarre!!

Yes I can see that, I didn't actually read the first post fully but I wasn't referring to a forgotten birth more implying it could be a disgruntled ex or someone she pushed in front of in a queue.

Maybe you’ve been exceptionally kind to one of your kids’ friends, and they are trying to thank you?

Could be what @LoserWinnersaid, have you recently helped any friends of dc out?

I haven't helped any DC out particularly. I really don't think that this is one of the DCs' friends.

My guess is that this is a case of mistaken identity. Have you kept both cards and envelopes? You need to hang on to this one, including the envelope (and the other if you still have it). I wouldn't contact the police, at this stage. Am I correct in thinking that last year the card was sent via the post but this year it's been hand delivered, as there's no stamp or postmark?

Did the envelope say, for example - Mrs Jane Doe or Mrs Doe on the front? Or was it addressed to 'Jane' with no surname and just your address?

Do you remember who lived at your property prior to you? Did they share the same name as you?

Mother's Day isn't until 15 March, so the card is early, but may be that's because the person could only hand deliver it now, rather than in 2 weeks time. Odd question, but is the writing, adult writing or child like?? I find it odd that a grown adult wouldn't sign the card, even with just a first name.

Gosh, I wouldn't like that one bit either. If if were mistaken identity, why send it anonymously. So strange that they put your name inside but 'to my mother' on the outside, would have made more sense the other way round.

Also, delivering by hand risks being seen on your Ring doorbell, unless someone you know,. knows it's not charged AND knew you were away for the weekend, so they wouldn't be spotted. Do you know anyone who could have travelled up to the NE last year, who may have deliberately misspelled the name of your road.

I would think a prank but not a very nice one.

I binned last year's card, unfortunately.

Yes, last year's was about a week before, from NE England (an area unfamiliar to me). I live in SW.

It was addressed to Mrs J Doe, with a misspelled street name. Inside said "Jane" and then a drawn heart. This year's had Mrs J Doe and no address on the envelope. The inside was the same. My name is slightly unusual; particularly my last name. The people who lived here before us were called something very different.

It looks like an adult's writing. Both years it's written in green pen.