cant get hold of my boyfriend - really worried

[milliemol6]

he has a lot going on at the moment and he said he would ring me this morning, we were up until late texting last night but we need to speak on the phone. anyway, he hasn't rung me today, he hasn't ready any whatsapp messages so hes not been online and his phone is only going to answer machine.

im worried sick. i dont want to contact his mum or go to his house in case he doesn't want his mum involved...im really worried though because its not like him to not have his phone with him/use it.

what do i do? im waiting for him to get in touch, ive sent a few texts which is daft cos he hasnt read them, but do i give it until tomorrow and then contact a friend or something? x

I was the OP once. Boyfriend said he would text me in the morning about something important. Turns out he got pulled over in the night for a broken light, the police said they could smell something and he was in a cell. I was worried thinking the worst had happened. I went from worried to angry in 2 seconds.

He's probably fine. Not saying he's in a police cell but there's loads of reasons he might not be answering. Phone's out of battery, left it at home, phone company is doing work in his area, he's lost it, Internet has broken if you're relying on WhatsApp and Facebook, dropped it down the toilet, family emergency etc

Oh noes !

The OP hasn't been back in a few hours ! Something must have happened to her, call the hospitals ! < ahem >

All you need to do is phone his house or work landline and ask to speak to him. Do it now.

do what we did in the 70s.....go to a phone box or get on a bus and go see him.....i hate bloody mobile phones.....just hate that people cant leave people alone for a minute....text text text......'what you doing'....'where are you'...'whats up, why arent you answering?'.......doh......MAYBE HE WANTS SOME TIME ALONE!

Is he my ex?

If so he is fine and will do this a million more times before you dump him say hi to his mum though, she was nice.

Sorry - in seriousness I hope he turns up soon because it is a horrid feeling not knowing.

People are not allowed to go offline or be unreachable even for a few hours these days.

Is he the attention seeking type?

I know mugged it's ridiculous isn't it? Years ago, someone rang you, if you were in you answered (but it was not obligatory) and if you were out you didn't.

These days people seem to think it's their god-given right to track you 24/7 and everyone panics and assumes you are either dead or annoyed with them if you don't. Sometimes unless there is anything urgent to be said, people just want some peace for a day.

OP are you my mother?

If I don't answer my home phone to her (yes I have caller display..) she immediately calls my mobile, constantly. If I don't then answer that i know she will be on my front door within 20 minutes.

DH and I once had a sneaky shag day day off together. I switched my phones off, left a key in the door and the car was in the garage. When she (inevitably) turned up on the front door I was determined to ignore and did so...

My mother completely freaked out and afterwards said she 'nearly called 999'

So... What happened?

If it's not one thing, it's a mother!

OP have you heard from your BF yet??

Zombie got really, really worried once when her late DH was tardy in calling her when he'd driven from DDS to our flat in London. Very tardy. (To be fair he suffered from serious congestive heart failure so not being in touch was worrying.)

He did eventually ring. Turns out he'd had a really clear drive to London and decided to go for a walk before ringing me. He'd only gone and got himself locked in a local cemetary...