Work friend blocked me on WhatsApp. Would you ask why?

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I messaged a work friend yesterday with a question. She messaged back. All fine.

Today I noticed she's blocked me.

Do I ask why when I see her on Tuesday? Or just assume she has her reasons and go on as normal?

I'm baffled!

You say she is a friend.

But you also say you haven't worked there very long. Perhaps she doesn't consider you a friend yet just a colleague?

Oh gosh now that's a whole new set of worries for me that she's not ok!

I agree with other posters you are reading too much into it at this point, maybe her WhatsApp is just not working. Wait and see what she is like with you at work.

I've worked there part time since May 2024 and full time since December. We swapped numbers in November. We work in the kind of industry where it's common to become friends with colleagues. So yes I'm 99.9% sure she'd consider us friends. Not super close best friends, but still friends

I must be the only one on MN who’s never used WhatsApp ! Sorry I’m not much help OP as I don’t know the politics of it all

Are you serious?

No, I haven't either!

I wouldn't ask why someone had blocked me on any communication platform. It's their prerogative.

I don't have a work Whatsapp. The one place I did, it felt like you could never switch off so.I didn't make that mistake again. Occasionally my boss sends me an email at the weekend. I make a point of never answering it until Monday. I have a dual sim phone and the work one is switched off at weekends, and on weekdays between 5pm and 9am.

Does She have kids? My three year old archived my best friend when she was playing a game on my phone, didn’t realise until we spoke!!

She could have anything going on, Just forget it for now I say.

It’s probably something completely innocent but I wouldn’t ask her about it just in case.

So that’s 9 months you have worked there (and a huge chunk of that part time). I probably wouldn’t class someone who’d been in my work place 9 months as a friend unless I was literally working almost every shift with them and had got to know them really well during that 9 months.

I’m sure it is common to become friends in your industry however, not every person is the same. You will get people in all industries who want to be friends and some who don’t. Unless there’s a genuine reason like her swapping over WhatsApp, issue with her phone or just changed her privacy settings/ removed her profile picture then id say she’s blocked you because she just sees you as a colleague and not a friend and that she was probably just being friendly and welcoming to a newcomer by exchanging numbers But that she feels the messaging outside of work is too much.

Yes, one small child.

I would not worry for now and just get the lay of the land back in work.

I would guess it’s a mistake. So I’d ask her about when you next see her - or send her a text?

She may consider checking something for her benefit as interference? Maybe she doesn't want your help or advice?

That wouldn’t make their profile picture disappear though and the messages would go through as normal with 2 grey ticks. The only difference with archive is that when someone messages you, you won’t get a notification that you have a message and it will just show that you have a message in the archived folder when you open the app. I archive conversations all the time.

I'm not sure there is a time limit on being friends. I've definitely become friends with people within a shorter space of time than 9 months.

We are definitely friends. She messages me too. And the thing I messaged about was something specific.

You messaged her on her personal number to ask about work stuff? Is that right? I'd block you too.

You can’t win can you 😂

Oh gosh.

Her mum rang work looking for her. She obviously thought she was working. I am unable to use my phone at work so I couldn't let her know. I messaged to say her mum had called and to check she managed to get hold of her. She said yes, thanked me, asked if work had been OK. I said it was. That was it.

I don't think that's interference!

It has happened that people are blocked by accident. My SIL did, way longer user on whatsapp than I was. I asked when we were all together. She didn't realise, didn't know you could, even.. I could still see her msgs jn the familie chat.

I've said several times now that it wasn't work related.

Well it seems random if you just had a totally normal exchange. Therefore I'd assume it's something unrelated to you. Maybe she had a stressful weekend and deleted WhatsApp, new phone, could be anything

You really can't!