To think my mother is being very odd about this

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Mother has been texting me and when I texted back she never got my texts.

It was causing much head scratching between me and Dad that he could get my texts and mum couldn't

Anyway went over yesterday, much to-ing and fro-ing between me and Dad with mum playing dumb.

She couldn't get my texts and if i phoned her i couldn't get through.

She had, as if you haven't guessed yet, blocked my number.

She did the fake laugh she does and said I could always get my Dad on the phone since I was a Daddies girl when I said what if I needed to get you on the phone.

She claims to have done it by mistake.

so, AIBU to be upset with her?

(There is a history, DB1 is goldenboy she was in tears that he was spending christmas with only his wife and DD's not DB2 or them - I had a thread on it)

Well if she deliberately blocked your number, she must have realised that it would soon become apparent, and she would have to either confess or unblock you (which would defeat the purpose surely).

So I would give her the benefit of the doubt and assume mistake. - however I haven't read your other thread so don't know all the history.

It's your mum who's as mad as a box of frogs, not you.

I did this to DD2 earlier this month had to take my phone to shop for them to unblock her as I didn't know how I'd done it.
But if there's a history could of been deliberate, I think I remember your thread.

I had told her to stop being soft when she was sat crying on Christmas Day over the fact that DB1 didn't have any "family" there.

She was most annoyed at me

Never mind the fact that I spent years and years on my own at christmas.

She claims to have done it by mistake when challenged by my Dad

Phones can be weird though! I can text and phone my sister's mobile, but for some reason, she can text but not call me. It's rather weird.

I've been on the phone to Orange today with the same problem. My texts and calls weren't getting to my son's mobile. Apparently it's a fairly common problem with calls going to newer models of some Samsung phones. If they get 2 texts at the same time they can automatically block one of the numbers, unbeknown to either the caller or the phone owner.
Your mum should be able to go through the menu, then settings to look for the blocked numbers list then remove your blocked number.

At least that's what Orange have told me. Hope this helps.

Her phone is a nokia and its ancient.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1112040-Is-this-a-good-idea-or-am-I-an-interfering-old-busybody-LONG

original thread linked above (I think!)

she was very cross that I'd challenged her on being upset over DB1

She is a total luddite when it comes to technology though

Oh. Orange customer service told me that the blocking numbers service wasn't done through the networks, only on specific models of phone, which was developed to tackle nuisance callers (not that I am suggesting that this is the case here).

Currently if I try to text after a few minutes I get a message to say that the text failed and the text sits in my outbox then. Is this what you get?

NO the text left - I had no indication that she hadn't got it.

She admitted to Dad that she had blocked my number "by accident" and laughed.

That's different than my problem then. If she has blocked your number maybe your Dad could help her unblock it.

Oh he unblocked it yesterday

But it was most amusing to watch her being backed into a corner where she had to hand over her phone so he could look at it.......

I think from the way your mother reacted she knew you were blocked because twas she who blocked you.

Fabby- I think so too

Thing is, she'd had a go at me in front of Dad for not answering her texts and I showed him my phone where I had replied and neither of us could understand it

Oh how she squirmed lol

when you say you couldnt get through do you mean it went to voice mail?