Mother in Law has been stalking and harassing me

[TheRealHousewifeofCheshire]

Am I being unreasonable?

For months I have had a series of missed calls from a mobile number. I usually block any spam calls or my phone blocks them automatically. I will also Google numbers and if they are obviously spam I will block them. This number was not obviously spam

For reference I work in a building with little to no signal. I have tried to dial this number back when I get out of work as it was not obviously a spam number. It has never answered! I have sent numerous texts after calls asking who it was and threatening to report them.

Today I had a medical appointment and so I was at home but in the shower. The number called and I messaged it. I told.my husband went to my appointment and thought not much further about it today (because I temporarily lost my vision due to medical appointment). Tonight, I realised my husband had messaged me asking for the number so I sent it to him.

He has replied saying it is his mother!

I know she can read texts.
I have a different mobile number saved for her.
Why would she never mention it or have given me her new mobile number?

For months I thought it may have been one of any number of people I have had to take disciplinary action with. Due to the line of work I am in that is a common occurrence.

I cannot believe the number belongs to my mother in law and has effectively made me feel stalked and harassed for an excessive number of months.

AIBU?

I am angry, hurt confused and upset. My husband has brushed it off.

I couldn’t agree more. It’s an open forum, so everyone is entitled to chime in, but that doesn’t mean everyone is helpful or right. Lately people seem think everything is a conspiracy with hidden facts that they want to catch posters out on. People would much rather have the last word than be right than helpful or kind.

Unfortunately it’s a bit of an echo chamber, where the it’s unkind comments that provoke a reaction/response and tend to stick in peoples heads most.

OP I think people would be less frustrated if you gave some context with regard to your relationship with MIL and what she is like. As others have said is she elderly or techphobic or a bit scatty (I'm not suggesting that elderly people are these things)? Is she a drama lama and a stirrer?

Work is obviously stressful if you believe multiple people have a motive to try and unsettle you. You also say that you and your DH are ships that pass in the night so I wonder if general stress is making this all feel more sinister than perhaps it is?

I hope you can have a conversation with MIL which clears everything up.

I get that there are trolls on here, but don’t feel that’s the case in this thread.

Move forward with what concern? There is no legitimate concern. This has all been a simple misunderstanding that could have been nipped in the bud months and months ago if the OP had simply used her words.

Sometimes the best help isn’t for people to sympathise with a false concern, but to point out the illogical and unnecessary interpretation of a situation being proffered in an OP.
If the OP really wants help (rather than validation) she would be saying yes, thank you. I’ve been going crazy over nothing.

I can't bei doing with nonsense like this let alone for 2 years. It would have been blocked after the first month if some was calling, not replying to text messages and generally acting like a twat. - don't care who it is.