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I feel alone

29 replies

Airbuss · 05/11/2023 09:21

Something quite serious has happened in my life - quite life changing
I’ve told three of my best friends and my sister
None of them have bothered to pick up the phone once
Plenty of WhatsApp msgs all weekend but no call

I have never felt so alone or uncared for

OP posts:
perfectcolourfound · 06/11/2023 18:30

Hi Op. I'm really sorry you're going through a tough time.

You've had Whatsapp messages from 3 friends and your sister. You've had a 10 minute call with one of them. I think that's pretty good going!

As others have said, if you want to talk, then you should call them.

It's possible they all think that you've got 3 other people talking to you, and they don't realise that their call is important to you.

It's possible they have stuff going off in their own lives too, and just haven't mentioned it to you.

It's possible they plan to call when they have some time to give to you.

If they are decent people, then it's unlikely they don't care and more likely they are distracted / busy / have their own problems / don't realise how important this is to you. So tell them.

It's horrible feeling alone. But you have 4 people there who you're able to message or call. That's not alone.

GreekDogRescue · 06/11/2023 18:52

Some people are really weird about making phone calls these days. No idea why.

Holly60 · 06/11/2023 19:11

Airbuss · 05/11/2023 10:01

Thanks HattieBrown I asked two of my friends and my sister to call me. None have.

If you explicitly asked them to call you and they haven't then of course that's terrible.

I think if someone text me and didn't ask me to call, I wouldn't, but if they asked me to call, I'd do it within 5 minutes no question.

I'm so sorry they've not been there for you - really poor of them

Holly60 · 06/11/2023 19:12

Eve223 · 05/11/2023 15:10

You aren't alone. You have friends - 3 best friends no less - and a sister.

Some people have no friends at all and no family.

I'm with the OP. It's no use having people who call themselves best friends if they aren't there when you need them.

OP clearly wanted to talk. Best friends should know to call when asked in a crisis

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