Not heard from mum or sister all day - someone talk me down?

[spiralingworry]

I’m getting really worried and not sure what I can do. I speak to my mum several times a day, FaceTimed this morning. I’ve been trying to call her hourly since 2pm today and haven’t heard a peep. She was last on WhatsApp just before 2pm. She’s on her phone regularly so this is v out of character. Equally my sister is surgically attached to her phone and I can’t get hold of her either. I’ve spoken to an auntie who said she spoke to her at lunch and hasn’t heard from her since, and agrees it’s unusual for her not to be online.

for info, mum isn’t elderly or unwell or anything that would make her vulnerable. They live over an hour away and I’m home alone with a toddler. Is there anything else I can do? I’m starting to get to panic stations a bit and I know there will probably be a daft explanation… if something bad had happened, surely someone would know?

For the “why didn’t you go there” brigade, I guarantee that if OP had posted at any point that she was worried about her mum not answering her phone so had driven the hour to turn up on her doorstep, the same posters would be telling she was controlling and obsessive.

She wasn't worried after only three hours though. She has said as much. By the time she was, she felt it was too late to drive anywhere.

Can you fathom that?

“very worried at 8”
no contact since 2
usually multiple times a day

🤷‍♀️ just saying what i’d do if i was “very worried” about my mother, and knowing i was in sole charge of my toddler for the night… it wouldn’t be to wait until definitely late enough that it would disrupt him.

Each to their own 🤷‍♀️

She was phoning every hour from 2.

i do feel the mum couldn’t go out for lunch without being bombarded with messages.