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Odd phone call by woman to DH mobile -what could this be?

186 replies

balanceact · 08/02/2020 21:13

Got a call this week on DH mobile. I rang the number back. Woman answered, sounded surprised. Said sorry wrong number.
I asked who she was trying to get in touch with and she started to sound a little nervous and said she was trying to get hold of her partner and had got hold of him now.
I replied that I find it unusual that she would dial an incorrect number for her partner as surely it would be in contacts?
She then hung up.
I copied the phone number down and I rang it back again only to be told I have dialled an incorrect number and to consult my directory.
How can this be??

OP posts:
SallySun123 · 08/02/2020 23:47

DH could have been pocket called by the woman (hence the confused conversation when you called her back). Doesn’t explain the rest...you need a word with your husband. There isn’t enough evidence or info to piece together the answer to all this.

minipie · 08/02/2020 23:47

Oh I’m sure I’m in the minority puds! Just saying it’s not impossible

Evilspiritgin · 08/02/2020 23:47

Thing is though even if you misdialled and the “wife” rang you and asked surely you would say (at least I would) sorry I must have dialled the number wrong

Monty27 · 08/02/2020 23:50

She could be stalking him. The rest you'll find out very soon. Something's bubbling but don't make any assumptions. Hmm

altiara · 08/02/2020 23:55

Have had strange things happen with my line reports work mobile phone. Someone would call and get through to someone else.
So could just be some random glitch that’s now resolved and that’s why you can’t get through.

starfishmummy · 08/02/2020 23:57

I dial my DH’s number sometimes rather than using contacts

I do this sometimes with various numbers, but as soon as I have input a few digits it comes up with someone from my contacts as suggestions. So if I misdiallled there would be no suggestion and ai would realise

managedmis · 09/02/2020 00:32

Have you googled the number? Put it in WhatsApp?

DowntownAbby · 09/02/2020 00:35

YABU

katewhinesalot · 09/02/2020 00:39

It does sound worrying. Is he always accountable or would he have opportunity for an affair?

dwum · 09/02/2020 00:45

Weird

albertcamus · 09/02/2020 01:06

If she cut up her SIM, what message would a caller to that number get?

TheNestedIf · 09/02/2020 01:07

It might be an idea to put "how does a mobile phone call get misrouted" into google books before confronting the husband.

Because, honestly, if this happened with my phone and the first explanation DP sprang to was that I was having an affair, I'd leave him over the lack of trust.

VenusTiger · 09/02/2020 01:17

Maybe she does have a partner and so is using a different SIM to get up to no good (phones that can have 2 SIM cards in them) - now she's been busted, she's removed the other SIM. Not to say that your DH is misbehaving too - although I still think her hanging up is weird and also your DH's response to you.

When she answered the phone (when you called her on DH's phone), did she say "hello/hi" in a tone that meant she recognised the number, before you spoke?

VenusTiger · 09/02/2020 01:26

@MarnsI would hang up and block if i had called a wrong number had called me by accident and then the wife called back accusing me of some sort of affair!

But the OP didn't accuse her of having an affair, she asked how she can get a number for her partner wrong - her answer was to hang up. That's weird. Also removing SIM card is just plain weird.

BuddingBaker · 09/02/2020 01:31

It does seem bizarre not to just say 'sorry, dialed the wrong number' if you get someone else when you intend to call your partner, even if you're certain you dialed the correct number.

As for the message when you try and call her, maybe she blocked calls from unknown numbers? I have my phone set to block numbers that aren't in my contacts or private numbers because I used to get a fair few cold calls and as far as I know, most phones have the ability to do it.

SucculentCandle · 09/02/2020 01:40

Maybe it wasn't her normal phone she dialed from?

Was it a landline or a mobile?

If I were to call DH from our landline I'd dial the numbers as his number isn't stored on the landline. That may be what happened. If I'd misdialed his number then got questioned by number I'd misdialed you bet I'd back the number.

SucculentCandle · 09/02/2020 01:41

block then number, not back.

SucculentCandle · 09/02/2020 01:41

the FFS.

I give up.

Number3or4 · 09/02/2020 02:03

I accidentally called a wrong number few months ago and a man answered with the wrong accent (I wanted to call my female cousin new number). I just said sorry I’m have dialled the wrong number, he got very angry with me for making that mistake and I ended up hanging up on him and calling my aunt back to double check the number she had given me was correct. It was wrong by one digit and later on in day the man called me back asking who I was. I told him the truth and apologised which he didn’t want to accept so I hanged up again and blocked his number.

If you don’t pay your phone bill they will disconnect your number. Maybe the lady in question hadn’t paid her phone bill and has bigger worries than accidentally calling a stranger.

CurrynChips · 09/02/2020 02:07

Surely the fact that the number suddenly doesn't work from any phone makes it sound more like a glitch than anything else

TimeForPlentyIn2020 · 09/02/2020 02:15

Do you think he’s having an affair?

Oldfail · 09/02/2020 03:58

Is it a mobile number you are calling or a landline?

If a mobile does it start with the standards, 0777, 07789, 07855, 07980 etc etc

HarryElephante · 09/02/2020 04:06

Why did you write the number down? It was already in the phone.

Ponoka7 · 09/02/2020 04:34

@HarryElephante, so she could phone it from other phones.

OP, the 'being all over you' later on after you say, there hadn't been much activity lately, is also incriminating.

I think you need to start keeping a close eye on things.

HulksPurplePanties · 09/02/2020 04:59

Scammer? They always act cagey when I call them back, usually because they are expecting me to be a man and act weird when I'm a woman.