Hey! (Hey!) You (You!) I'm Really Not Your Girlfriend

[taste_is_sweet]

Does it count as stalking if the idiot in question thinks he's calling someone else?

Last Thursday night, while I was trying to get to sleep early because I had a fever, some moron with the same area code called my cell phone twice. The second time he left a slurring message asking, where are you, Baby? Then he sent a text message saying, 'why dont u pick up?'

I was a little fed up at this point, so I called him back and when he answered I told him he had the wrong number. Our conversation went something very much like this, though I don't remember exactly:

Me: Hi. I'm not your girlfriend. You've called the wrong number three times.

Drunken Idiot: No I didn't.

Me: Yes you did! I'm not your girlfriend! I have no idea who you are! I'm sorry.

Drunken Idiot: ::click::

Yes, he hung up on me. Whether out of embarrassment or misdirected rage I cannot say, but I was comfortably certain I'd never hear from him again.

Not so.

About five minutes ago I just got another text message: 'wat up?' from the same local number.

I called him back, but got voice mail. Interestingly enough, the guy sounds just as drunk in his answering message as he did when I was speaking to him, so maybe I misjudged him and he's genuinely stupid and/or astonishingly unobservant even when sober. The message I left lacked a certain amount of grace or charm I have to admit, but I did tell him in no uncertain terms that I'm not his girlfriend, my number is X and I didn't know what he thought he was dialing but I really am not his girlfriend--I have a husband and a son and everything. And there was no point in sending messages to this number because I wouldn't respond. Because I'm not his girlfriend.

I hope he gets the point. If he does it again, I'm seriously considering either calling him back or texting him that I want to break up. That seems unfair to his actual girlfriend, though, who might actually love him dearly and find his occasional inability to dial endearing.

Or maybe she's pissed off at him because he never calls her anymore. Which would be because he's calling me.

Comments

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

Ah...isn't it wonderful? Wrong numbers. I once got three phone calls in a row from a guy trying to deliver Chinese food to people in NYC. Since my cell is a NYC number, I understood getting one wrong phone call, but by the third time I was yelling at the guy, "I'M IN FLORIDA! I AM NOT UPSTAIRS IN A BUILDING IN NEW YORK, AND I DIDN'T ORDER ANY FOOD!"

WP

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Ha! Poor guy. Maybe he was hoping that this time it would magically turn out to be the right number....

[innana88.livejournal.com]

The whole post is funny, but the last line cracked me up.

Ooh, breaking up with him, don't know about that. If he is the persistent stalker type, that just might encourage more calls and texts. I'm pretty sure you were joking, but in case not, it's a thought.

Could you simply block his number? I think you can arrange that with the phone company.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I wasn't entirely joking about the breaking up thing, but I wouldn't for the girl, not the guy. I actually doubt he's a real stalker, since he's only contacted me four times, and it seems to be in genuine error. But your warning is definite food for thought.

Good idea about blocking his number, too. I'll look into that if this keeps up. Thank you. :)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

For awhile I was getting texts for this poor girl from her work place asking if she was coming in that day and whether she could work tomorrow. Poor girl probably got fired on my behalf because I didn't want to answer because I was afraid I'd get charged for the texts! Geesh!

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Poor girl! And poor you, having to deal with it. I wonder what did happen.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I kinda need you to email me your address. ♥

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Sorry! Shall do. :)

[hibernate.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I had a guy do the exact same thing to me! I always felt a bit guilty that his poor girlfriend must have missed all of the (quite romantic!) dates he set up with me via text. But really, if you tell them they've got the wrong number and they don't get it, they only have their own stupidity to blame.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

This is true. Hopefully he called his girlfriend eventually when she didn't answer him. :)

Love the apropos icon!

[kessie.livejournal.com]

Or maybe she's pissed off at him because he never calls her anymore. Which would be because he's calling me.

*almost spits tea out*

[katden.livejournal.com]

*tea dribbling down chin*

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

:D

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad to make you laugh.

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

ha! one of those funny-but-true things. I'm sorry the guy bothered you while you weren't feeling well, though...

I feel bad for the guy's *actual* girlfriend...

once I had a fax call my landline every day for a year, BREEEEEP! and faxing the originator begging him to STOP, PLEASE STOP did no good whatsoever...

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

For a year? :( I wonder if it was something automatic, with no human to deal with it. I'm glad it stopped eventually.

[katden.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking this is a great premise for a romance/mystery novel......The Wrong Number...The Right Time....
of course wrong number guy couldn't be a drunken idiot. He'd have to be a suave yet pensive gorgeous man of mystery named....Zeke....?

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I had a dog named Zeke, actually. :) It's certainly a good Texas name, anyway, though I think the 'suave' might be pushing it.

That would make a good story, actually. Maybe you should write it. ;->