Today I am realizing that the stalking isn't quite over and that I have to relocate.
I've been getting a lot of hang-up calls on the landline. Typically they are robocalls or calls from my ex-husband's bill collectors.
There have been a few over the past couple of days that scare me.
The phone will ring twice before I'll answer. I will say "hello" and there will silence on the line before the call disconnects.
I don't accept blocked calls anymore. I can see the numbers that call.
I'll call them back.
When you call a robocall back, you tend to reach a non-working number.
When you call a bill collecter back, you'll speak to someone on staff trying to extort information out of you.
When you call back a hang-up call and get a personal answering machine that does not divulge any information, it can be a little bit scary. When this happens several times a day, it can be unnerving.
I used to get hang up calls right before I'd catch my ex-husband's sister breaking into the house.
The police said that she would call to see if I were home.
If I didn't answer, she'd be on the doorstep with a bump key in the lock within minutes.
This is happening far too much.
If I Google the number, I don't find anything.
Things are going to escalate, aren't they?
Sigh.....
I wonder if things would improve if I changed the landline number. I'd hate to do that because I don't want to be accused of making it hard for the ex to contact the kids (even though he still has their mobile numbers).
Perhaps if I disconnect the landline, then there will be no further calls to see if someone is home. There would be no way to track us using the phone.
I know the hang-up calls are not someone trying to get ahold of the kids as they each have their own personal phone number.
The only thing I can imagine is that the former in-laws or my ex-are up to the same game. No one hangs up if they have business with you. If they have a wrong number, they won't keep calling.
This is bizarre.
It could simply be time for me to get a real job so I can afford a better security system.
In the end, that's probably the best thing I can do.
Stay safe out there,
S.