Worried

jinty271

OP - I am glad that your mind has now been put at rest

tesuhoha

jinty271 wrote: »

Yes Seriously ! She is a 27 year old who communicates daily by text with her mother, who probably secretly worries about her "baby" girl all alone in that there big city

As a matter of courtesy, if I could not make my routine daily call or text, even if others felt that my routine was bizarre or excessive, I would find a way to call , knowing that the absence of that call would cause worry. It is basic manners, IMHO.

What age are your children, as a matter of interest?

All the same she was perhaps not to know how worried I was getting. I don't want to cause an argument. I am just relieved.

peachyprice

jinty271 wrote: »

Yes Seriously ! She is a 27 year old who communicates daily by text with her mother, who probably secretly worries about her "baby" girl all alone in that there big city

As a matter of courtesy, if I could not make my routine daily call or text, even if others felt that my routine was bizarre or excessive, I would find a way to call , knowing that the absence of that call would cause worry. It is basic manners, IMHO.

What age are your children, as a matter of interest?

She probably hasn't even realised there's a routine to their texting that would distress her mother if it didn't happen.

My eldest are both 19, what does that have to do with anything? I was 27 once you know.

jinty271

tesuhoha wrote: »

All the same she was perhaps not to know how worried I was getting. I don't want to cause an argument. I am just relieved.

Apologies, I should not have responded. Glad all is well that ends well

AcidHouse

tesuhoha wrote: »

:oPHEW! Just got a text. She just got home to her flat late from work and her phone had run out of battery. She's going to be very late as going to see her friend. I said I will wait up. Feel more than a bit foolish. :doh: I think she didn't take charger etc as she was going home to change before seeing friend.

Maybe you are all right and that's a lesson learned for me.:o I must be more laid back in future. :cool: At least I didn't go into total panic mode.

Thanks for all your support and advice. You are a great bunch when times are difficult. :T

Great news - looks like she was trying to finish up at work so she can enjoy her break and her down-time with the family. But I can understand your concern.

Maybe you can cut yourself a piece of that pie now and put your feet up with a cuppa! :coffee:

Have a brill weekend

pollyanna24

I'm thinking I speak far too much to my own mother after this thread.

I'm 32 and she seems to ring me at least three times a day. In the morning to see how my kids slept, later on to see how they got on at school etc. To be fair, she does see them as an extension of her own children as she minds them for me when I'm at work (and admittedly I do ring her a fair few times when she's got them).

If she can't get hold of me, she just keeps ringing and ringing and then maybe texting and thinks nothing of ringing me at work (luckily my boss doesn't mind and like I say, she does have my children, so something might need to be communicated).

Sometimes she even rings my brother if she can't hold of me, she doesn't seem to understand the concept of someone maybe having a shower or going to the loo and not taking their phone with them!

Padstow

tesuhoha wrote: »

I won't be saying anything to her at all. She has nothing to answer to; it was just my worry and that is entirely my problem, no one elses.

Too right. Mine scares the proverbial out of me at times but I pretend to stay calm.

You sound as though you have a wonderful mum and daughter relationship.

tesuhoha

peachyprice wrote: »

She probably hasn't even realised there's a routine to their texting that would distress her mother if it didn't happen.

My eldest are both 19, what does that have to do with anything? I was 27 once you know.

Please don't have a disagreement about this. I don't think anyone is to blame and you have all been very helpful and sympathetic. I can see both points of view. I came on here because my panic might be a little extreme and I needed perspective, which I got.

bagpussbear

Glad all is well :-)

peachyprice

I'm glad she's safe OP.

I do know sometimes we get the horrors, one of those awful feelings that something is wrong. I didn't hear one of my boys come home from college one evening, I was convinced something awful had happened, he wasn't answering his phone so I went out looking for him, couldn't find him, so I came home to wake his brother up to see if he'd heard from him. Then I found out why he wasn't answering his phone, he was in bed fast asleep.:o I've never told him about it.