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To want to change my whatsapp settings to remove my last seen?

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Ponystories · 21/10/2024 08:24

My friend stalks me on whatsapp. She stalks everyone. She will send a message and then:
If you have been last seen but either not read or replied to her message she will get arsey. She will then regularly check your last seen. She will get arsey in that you'll either get a short reply or she will purposely wait ages to reply, like you did to her (her words).

She will comment that I was up late ie she saw my last seen at eg 1/2am

If I turn off my last seen she will get the arse. But I'm tired of her games and feeling like I'm being watched. I feel like I need an excuse to turn off my last seen. She will 100% ask me why I did it.

OP posts:
deadlift72 · 25/10/2024 10:12

somebody has to be the last to reply or you will be up all night. Say 'good night' and then ignore all future messages. Or block her. I could not be bothered with it

Sarah2891 · 25/10/2024 10:30

I couldn't be dealing with someone like that. I'd have to just cut contact completely.

Thelnebriati · 25/10/2024 10:44

Google ''Out of the FOG'' (Fear, Obligation, Guilt) and ask yourself why you are so afraid of making her angry, when she is the one being unreasonable.

Errors · 25/10/2024 10:47

Ponystories · 21/10/2024 21:10

Update- last seen is OFF !

Good! This post made me so angry, who the fuck does she think she is?!
I turned off my blue ticks and last seen ages ago. I don’t want people stalking me thank you very much!

Jimbobwimbob · 25/10/2024 11:04

Do it, I did it years ago. Why should everybody know when I last went on WhatsApp, invasion of my personal privacy 😂

Imisssleep2 · 25/10/2024 15:04

When you switch off last seen, it switches ofd your view of it too for other people, least it used to, but if you don't need it then switch it off. I like having it so I can check some people are still active, like my dad recently split after 30 years and I was worried about him but was reassuring to see him regularly online without having to actually message and get on his nerves.

LoveWine123 · 25/10/2024 16:23

Ponystories · 21/10/2024 09:10

Thanks all. I've purposely not been going on whatsapp as much, just because she will see I've been online and that I'm around etc and she will message galore. But this means I am missing out on other friends/family messages. As soon as I am seen online on a weekend morning i.e. I am up/awake, then she is messaging. FFS I am still in bed sometimes.
If I go abroad I leave my phone in aeroplane mode for a few extra hours even when I have landed back in the UK. Otherwise she will see my last seen/anything she has sent me in flight will then be shown as delivered and it will be 'you're back' type of thing.

Why are you altering your behaviour and use of WhatsApp because if her. Block her on it and tell her why. Better yet remove her from your life.

RMNandthensome · 25/10/2024 17:52

Radiatar · 21/10/2024 09:11

I turned mine of years ago and wouldn’t turn it back on. It gave me anxiety!

Same, i think just turn it off and if she asks you, so you dont have to deal with her nonsense, just say you turned it off for another reason, me and my sister use each other to blame for things like this. Best thing i ever did was turn off my last time and online status.

cockadoodledandy · 25/10/2024 19:20

I’ve been your friend in the past, when my mental health was low, and YANBU. In fact you should turn it off and don’t give in to her sulks. If she’s in the same frame of mind I was, she needs the reality check. If she questions it tell her you’ve done it because it makes you uncomfortable that she follows your movements.

FrogsLoveRain · 25/10/2024 20:01

Ponystories · 21/10/2024 09:10

Thanks all. I've purposely not been going on whatsapp as much, just because she will see I've been online and that I'm around etc and she will message galore. But this means I am missing out on other friends/family messages. As soon as I am seen online on a weekend morning i.e. I am up/awake, then she is messaging. FFS I am still in bed sometimes.
If I go abroad I leave my phone in aeroplane mode for a few extra hours even when I have landed back in the UK. Otherwise she will see my last seen/anything she has sent me in flight will then be shown as delivered and it will be 'you're back' type of thing.

She sounds unhinged. Really not normal behaviour.

1989whome · 25/10/2024 22:48

I wouldn't even give this headspace op. Turn it off. You owe her no explanation. Let her get arsey. She sounds hard work.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 26/10/2024 08:00

Say
'I don't like you commenting on when I've been last on the WhatsApp if makes me uncomfortable please stop 😊'

TwinklyAmberOrca · 26/10/2024 08:03

Ponystories · 21/10/2024 08:24

My friend stalks me on whatsapp. She stalks everyone. She will send a message and then:
If you have been last seen but either not read or replied to her message she will get arsey. She will then regularly check your last seen. She will get arsey in that you'll either get a short reply or she will purposely wait ages to reply, like you did to her (her words).

She will comment that I was up late ie she saw my last seen at eg 1/2am

If I turn off my last seen she will get the arse. But I'm tired of her games and feeling like I'm being watched. I feel like I need an excuse to turn off my last seen. She will 100% ask me why I did it.

Any friend who gets the arse over a friend turning off the last seen function on WhatsApp isn't a friend.

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