To be worried about my friend going awol?

[HufflepuffPride]

I can’t work out if I’m being ridiculous or not. I haven’t heard from a friend who I usually hear from a couple of times a week for almost a fortnight now. To begin with I just assumed she was busy but her social media hasn’t been updated for nearly a week and whenever I try to call her her phone is switched off. Unfortunately she lives about two hours away from me so it’s not like I can just pop around to see if she is ok.

Im a pretty anxious person and I just can’t shake this feeling that something isn’t right.

Is he in a relationship? How well do you know her? Is she likely to have told you if she was going on holiday or having relationship issues?

Not in a relationship no. I think she’d have said if she was going on holiday.

Have you emailed her?

If you think the area might have been affected by storms then you should be able to check the local/regional news somehow? Look up any small businesses or amenities in the locality and see if their landlines are functioning. Then you could eliminate a lack of power supply as the possible reason for her going quiet.

I don’t think a welfare check is too much. I’m sure she will appreciate it and would do the same for you.

I’m sure there’s a simple explanation but I too would be a bit worried.

Have you tried messaging her on SM?

She could have broken her phone and still having internet issues.

Contact the police local to where she lives. Explain your concerns. They will either give you advice about what to do next or will go and check on her

Can you try her work?

If not, just ring her local police station, they’ll send someone round to knock on the door. Better to be safe.

She has probably just lost / broken her phone!

But agree with previous poster that if you are worried to call her local police station.

I don’t have an email for her and she doesn’t work at the moment. I’m hoping the broken phone or lack of internet signal is the reason, or she could genuinely be busy. I’d feel a right twat if I sent the police around to her house and she’s just sat there watching TV or something.

This happened to me and my friend had died.

I'd go to her home.

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@Letterasaurus

This happened to me and my friend had died.

I'd go to her home.

That’s awful. How did you find out?

Broken phone.

Simple as that.

@HufflepuffPride

I don’t have an email for her and she doesn’t work at the moment. I’m hoping the broken phone or lack of internet signal is the reason, or she could genuinely be busy. I’d feel a right twat if I sent the police around to her house and she’s just sat there watching TV or something.

I've called the police for a welfare check before. They took me completely seriously and there was no judgment at all when the person I was worried about turned out to be fine x

If she lived alone I would be more tempted to ring the police but as she doesn’t then I’d try other things first.

I've called the police for a welfare check before. They took me completely seriously and there was no judgment at all when the person I was worried about turned out to be fine x

That’s good to know.

You mention that you were worried about her safety after the storms. It’s possible that she’s had to move from her home and / or has no internet. Lots of places near me (up north) still have no power or water (water is pumped into houses) or internet. Sadly some lost all of this with Storm Arwen and have only had a week or so with power in total in between storms. Some are now flooded as well!
Can you check with her local council on line - ours updates regularly showing the affected areas and those who have power restored. Hope your friend is ok.

As she lives with her mum, I wouldn’t be so worried. It’s highly unlikely that something terrible has happened to both of them.

If you have her postcode you can check for power and phone service outages (haven't read all comments so apologies if this has already been suggested)

@TestingTestingWonTooFree

As she lives with her mum, I wouldn’t be so worried. It’s highly unlikely that something terrible has happened to both of them.

I’m hoping it’s just a broken phone as other posters have said. I’ll leave it till tomorrow and then try again.

Ok. Still not heard from heard from her. What’s App messages not going through and no social media updates…

Is she likely to have a laptop etc that she would otherwise be getting messages/emails etc on? How techy is she? If I had a broken phone I'd be on my laptop sending WhatsApp messages but that's possibly just me...

(Although actually WhatsApp needs your phone to be on and working even if you're using it on a computer - so not much help, sorry!)