Yeah, I'm with the group that if it's important enough she could leave in a voicemail or text WHY you needed to call her back.
Yeah, I'm with the group that if it's important enough she could leave in a voicemail or text WHY you needed to call her back.
RealMiniParker wrote: In reply to Beer Baron and Brian: See Huckleberry's post. That's not the kind of info to leave in a message.
I feel bad now because if this were me, and that thought hadn't occurred to me yet... I'd be freaking the berkeley out until I finally had to respond.
Sorry Jerry.
RealMiniParker wrote: In reply to Beer Baron and Brian: See Huckleberry's post. That's not the kind of info to leave in a message.
That's the kind of thing you may not give full details about, but no details? Like, "Do you remember Amy? She's sick, and there are some medical things I need to talk to you about."
Or "Do you remember Amy? We were talking over drinks the other night and she said she has this erotic fantasy..."
For the record, the emoji I used shouldn't have been a smiley. I meant this: 
Beer Baron wrote:RealMiniParker wrote: In reply to Beer Baron and Brian: See Huckleberry's post. That's not the kind of info to leave in a message.That's the kind of thing you may not give full details about, but *no* details? Like, "Do you remember Amy? She's sick, and there are some medical things I need to talk to you about."
What about a singing telegram?
Sky_Render wrote:STM317 wrote: It must have been a pretty nasty divorce to be so upset that you won't return a phone call or a simple text 7 years after the split.LOL wut? Not necessarily. If you have zero shared obligations, there is no reason for her to contact you other than (somehow) for her benefit. Why else would she call after 6 years of no contact?
Exactly. No kids, no shared anything. I have zero reasons to talk to her, and have not had any for a number of years.
I'd call her back just on the off chance that she might have a Miata hard top for sale.
She's calling to let you know that Swank Force is trapped in a well and needs our help!
Not one single message she has left has any mention of the actual subject matter? That maxes out my BS detector. If all her attempts a communicating with you have been simply "I have something to tell you," it's either because she knows you won't give a E36 M3 about what it is and therefore won't call back, or she actually has nothing in particular to "tell you" and she's feeling all Fatal Attraction... which if you knew before you called her back, you still wouldn't call her back. My discernment says she gots nuffin and is trying to bait you into talking to her.
Jerry wrote: And I missed the whole Amy thing, it got taken down before I could join in. (I'd ask for a Cliff Notes version if it didn't get this shut down as well)
I missed it too, and every time it gets mentioned this is what I think of.........
Grtechguy wrote: Is this another Amy thread?
It could also be the start of a murder mystery, or a Jack Reacher novel. How many of those start with some weird out of the blue call from someone you haven't heard from in years that the caller can't discuss in a text message or voice mail because it's too dangerous? The trouble with those is that it's hard to tell in advance if you're supposed to be the amateur detective, or just the murderer's third victim that lets everyone know that they've been on the tail of the wrong killer. So it may be best to pass this one up.
WildScotsRacing wrote: My discernment says she gots nuffin and is trying to bait you into talking to her.
After going 6 years with no contact at all, she suddenly needs to bait him into talking?
In reply to Woody:
It never hurts to ask.
Yes. Otherwise it wouldn't have been 6 years.
Maybe theres no real message left on your phone because after 6 years shes not sure that you still have the same number. She doesn't want to leave a detailed personal message on a strangers phone. I would text back "This is Jerry, whats up?" It sounds like she has no hold on you at all, so if its something dumb it is easy enough to blow her off. But no contact at all for years, then three attempts to contact in one day, I would have to find out whats up.
MadScientistMatt wrote:Grtechguy wrote: Is this another Amy thread?It could also be the start of a murder mystery, or a Jack Reacher novel. How many of those start with some weird out of the blue call from someone you haven't heard from in years that the caller can't discuss in a text message or voice mail because it's too dangerous?
Called you...? Yeah. That's right ... I heard you were working out here ... I wanted you to find her for me, Roger. Take her... out. She did movies, Roger ... Naked movies ... Saw one of them...... my little baby ... my little girl... smiling...... did it ... with a woman. She... on top of a woman, Roger-...!
You owe me. You know you do.
When you find who did it, I want you to kill them. If it's more than one, I want you to kill all of them. Make them squirm first, take your time ... and berkeleying kill them.
Brian wrote: +1 on if it was important, she should leave a more informative message than "I need to tell you something".
This is the gut reaction, but at the same time, some things are just tacky to communicate over text, so I'm a bit torn as to how I'd feel.
gearheadmb wrote: ...It sounds like she has no hold on you at all, so if its something dumb it is easy enough to blow her off. But no contact at all for years, then three attempts to contact in one day, I would have to find out whats up.
As he noted though, she is a bit of an attention whore. Contact could result in weeks of her dragging out whatever drama is going on. Kind of like responding to a phishing email, now they know someone is there.
She might just be bored, or run out of other people to hear her crap, and is looking to hook a new (or in this case old) "fish".
Some people get "better" with age, some get worse....
Sky_Render wrote:STM317 wrote: It must have been a pretty nasty divorce to be so upset that you won't return a phone call or a simple text 7 years after the split.LOL wut? Not necessarily. If you have zero shared obligations, there is no reason for her to contact you other than (somehow) for her benefit. Why else would she call after 6 years of no contact?
I sure as hell wouldn't talk to my ex if we didn't have a kid. Granted, shes gotten progressively worse as time has gone on (Jesus, there's some stories lately) but I have no reason to interact with my past.
pres589 wrote: She's calling to let you know that Swank Force is trapped in a well and needs our help!
He's fine. Talked to him yesterday. Something something 245 section rs4s on 15x10s on a miata.
aircooled wrote:gearheadmb wrote: ...It sounds like she has no hold on you at all, so if its something dumb it is easy enough to blow her off. But no contact at all for years, then three attempts to contact in one day, I would have to find out whats up.As he noted though, she is a bit of an attention whore. Contact could result in weeks of her dragging out whatever drama is going on. Kind of like responding to a phishing email, now they know someone is there. She might just be bored, or run out of other people to hear her crap, and is looking to hook a new (or in this case old) "fish". Some people get "better" with age, some get worse....
I understand your POV, and if she "reached out" every six months then i would definitely tell her to bugger off, but three calls in one day after six years of no contact? I guess i would be afraid that i would learn later that it was a legit cry for help, or It was really important and i turned my back on her. If its pointless drama then its easy enough to shut it down. But then again, its not my life and not my Amy. But i am totally curious whats going on.
gearheadmb wrote: Maybe theres no real message left on your phone because after 6 years shes not sure that you still have the same number. She doesn't want to leave a detailed personal message on a strangers phone.
This.
Honestly, there are some things that are not worth leaving as a message regardless of text, voicemail, carrier pigeon, etc.
You know how many of my friends leave me a "Hey give me a call, I have a question" type of voicemails and texts? Quite a few. Hell, I know I've done it myself. It's not common to not want to give a technical explanation or question without talking to a person in person.
I know a few attention whores and they don't wait 6 years to find attention. Possibly she has something important to say, maybe she doesn't.
That being said, Jerry knows her better than anyone here. If he doesn't want to answer her calls, that's his decision.
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