What would you do?

[CurlewKate]

I have 3 adult children. My DS is 23 and lives and works in a town 10 miles away. We all get on and enjoy being together. We have a family WhatsApp, and everyone usually messages every couple of days about pets, Wordle, all sorts of stuff. DP is away doing something quite exciting at the moment and he's posted a few videos. All perfectly usual. Except that DS came back from holiday 2 weeks ago, and bar a "we're home!"message hasn't posted since. It's the longest time he's not posted ever. I've sent a couple of messages just to him about practical things-no reply. I know this is perfectly normal for lots of people-but it's not for us. Obviously I'm not going to ask his siblings whether they've heard from him. What would you do?

Ring him.

Phone him.

Obviously.

Why on earth wouldn't you?

Also ask the siblings. Don't know why you wouldn't.

I have been experiencing something similar except my DD is 46 and married. She would call me a couple of times a week and several WhatsApp messages until she started seeing a counsellor for stress at work. Then all communication stopped. Her husband replied to an email saying she had been told to “ set boundaries” which has been interpreted as “ cut off all contact with your parents”. This has been going on since the beginning of August. I did contact her and was told to stop harassing her.
In your position I would contact his siblings, but not him until you know what the situation is. Good luck!