Hi,
I understand that there was a tread a little while ago covering nuisance calls but this is a little bit different.
My Mom has a friend that calls her, allot. 2/3 times a day plus 3/4 emails a day. The phone calls if mom picks up can last for 3+ hours and if mom doesn't pick up her friend leaves stupid messages talking to the dogs for (no exaggeration) 15 mins. 10mins later she will call again and do the same thing.
Its driving my mom up the wall (and down into the dumps) but shes not sure what to do about it. Shes tried ignoring the calls, controlling the calls etc. To no avail.
The friend in question does have some unfortunate (but self made) circumstances, she has no social life to talk about and is living her life through my moms via phones and emails.
Note my mom has never met this person face to face, they met via some charity work over facebook or something like that, however they have know each other for a number of years.
Needless to say it is driving mom mad. She cant unplug the phone as she leaves messages on BT answer service, she cant let it ring as she talks on the answer phone which is sent to its quietest but is still very loud. She cant block the number as the lady will email and get a new mobile number right away (we tried this).
Mom has tried to talk to her and make her understand how maddening she is being, even having very terse conversations with her but still the 'stalking' continues.
Can anyone think of something we can do to stop this lady calling my mom (pref forever in my eyes) as it is taking over her life and by proxy a part of mine also.
Thanks
Jon
I understand that there was a tread a little while ago covering nuisance calls but this is a little bit different.
My Mom has a friend that calls her, allot. 2/3 times a day plus 3/4 emails a day. The phone calls if mom picks up can last for 3+ hours and if mom doesn't pick up her friend leaves stupid messages talking to the dogs for (no exaggeration) 15 mins. 10mins later she will call again and do the same thing.
Its driving my mom up the wall (and down into the dumps) but shes not sure what to do about it. Shes tried ignoring the calls, controlling the calls etc. To no avail.
The friend in question does have some unfortunate (but self made) circumstances, she has no social life to talk about and is living her life through my moms via phones and emails.
Note my mom has never met this person face to face, they met via some charity work over facebook or something like that, however they have know each other for a number of years.
Needless to say it is driving mom mad. She cant unplug the phone as she leaves messages on BT answer service, she cant let it ring as she talks on the answer phone which is sent to its quietest but is still very loud. She cant block the number as the lady will email and get a new mobile number right away (we tried this).
Mom has tried to talk to her and make her understand how maddening she is being, even having very terse conversations with her but still the 'stalking' continues.
Can anyone think of something we can do to stop this lady calling my mom (pref forever in my eyes) as it is taking over her life and by proxy a part of mine also.
Thanks
Jon