How on earth do I stop mil ringing at this time of the morning?

[janejon]

My mil keeps rings us at 6 am whenever she wants to talk to my dh (sometimes earlier!). She does this because she thinks my husband gets up early- he used to, but does not have to get up this early anymore (fortunately). I mean bs to my still being asleep and everything but that's another story...

Anyway, I'm absolutely sick of this- dh won't confront her (again another story, she won't 'remember' apparently ) but I have really, really got to stop this cap. I mean who in their right mind rings at this time anyway? (unless really, really important and not just for a 'chat'?) Please, folks, how can I stop this. Sneaky tricks accepted as long as not illegal!!

People are either running around like anything getting ready for work or, if not, asleep. So why do this anyway?! At end of tether regarding this particular issue. Help.

[StayingDavidTennantsGirl]

In fairness, call-forwarding was not suggested until quite some way into the thread. I know I didn't think about it straight away.

[RedHeels]

Tell your Mil "of course we should we up and indeed are for the morning sex!".

[manticlimactic]

I hope you put her mobile number on the divert list if she has one.
Would be infuriating if she realises her landline is on divert then she rings from her mobile.

[horriblemotheragain]

Can you put the phone under a beanbag or something? That would drive me mad. My mum rang me the other day at 6.40am, woke me up from a lovely dream, and also woke my daughter who was in my bed, so we were all up! Gggrr. But she's my mum so I can tell her that it really pissed me off!!!

[janejon]

Euphemia. I have to leave the thread for now simply because I've nothing else to say. If anything interesting happens regarding this issue, I shall post- but I have found the solution and will divert her calls to my mobile which I shall put out of earshot (or just simply switch ringer off) between hours of 10pm and 9am (I always give landline number out but not always mobile number to people so if there is an emergency of sorts the landline will still be accessible).
Hopefully, she'll give up when nobody ever answers her early morning calls anymore.
She does, however, get her grandson to e-mail us occasionally for when she can't get through but I can't see him being happy to e-mail us at 6am for no good f**king reason!

[StayingDavidTennantsGirl]

You see, this is where Mumsnet could do with tickers. We could have one running on this thread - "Number of days since janejon's MIL has called at 6am!"

[LifeOfKate]

:o

[gapants]

Flip me sideways..I read all of this thread and janejon you sound as mad as a brush! I can see this thread really riled you, and me.

Your DH handled his mum brilliantly... no wait that didn't happen.

[janejon]

gapants, What are you talking about? For the millionth time, my dh-quite rightly as it turns out!- realised that asking her would not work- which-guess what?- it has not. She rang at 5.50am this morning. As I earlier said, her phone has NOW been put on divert- did it straight after I told her we were in bed and put phone down on her. I agreed in that there was no harm in telling her, but in spite of this she continues to ring so she has now been diverted and I won't have to put up with her early calls anymore.

[StayingDavidTennantsGirl]

Well done janejon!! I actually didn't doubt that you were right about your MIL - that asking her to stop wouldn't work - but felt that by asking, giving her one last chance and then taking action, you'd feel like you'd got control of the situation - and I hope that's the case.

I think she's got off fairly lightly, actually. It's well known in this family how much I do NOT do mornings, and there has to be some sort of major emergency before the dses will contemplate disturbing my slumbers! If any relative of mine was routinely ringing me at 6am (which, by the way, is not morning - it's still night time), I would have been cross enough to bite lumps out of them!