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Post by dara1012 on Mar 31, 2012 18:31:26 GMT -6
This should actually be under a category "What makes you worried" but there isn't one so I guess it fits best here.
My younger brother lives in Portland OR. He moved there about 1 1/2 years ago from MN. typically we connect on the phone or via skype 2-3 times per month. I realized this past week that I haven't heard from him in a while. I called him about 10:30p on Monday since it is 8:30p there. I left a message and got no return call. I called him again at 10:30p on Thurs and got no answer. I asked my mom and dad when I talked to them today if they have heard from him and they said they haven't in about 2-3 weeks. I left him another message today.
He also didn't reply to the email I sent about DS's birthday party. I know he isn't going to come, but sent him an invite anyway so he didn't feel left out.
He has been known to "go off the grid" before, but not usually this long. We have no "emergency contacts" for him in Portland. I assume that he is fine b/c I would think his employer would call my parents if he wasn't showing up to work, but it just makes me nervous that none of us (my parents, brother or I) have gotten an email, text or phone call in 3 weeks. I am just starting to get a little worried and wish he would just call! Ugh...thanks for letting me vent.
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Post by jlschlangen on Mar 31, 2012 19:18:21 GMT -6
I would be worried too. Hope you or someone else hears from him soon.
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Post by sharon on Mar 31, 2012 20:16:39 GMT -6
That is worrisome - I'm so sorry. I hope he contacts you and eases your mind very soon!
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Post by irish on Apr 1, 2012 8:06:12 GMT -6
I'd be worried too! I'm sure you've already done this, but maybe shoot him a text or email that says something along the lines of "just email me or text me "I'm ok" so I know you're ok, and we can talk later!" Good luck, I hope you hear from him soon!
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Post by ReneeW on Apr 1, 2012 10:29:07 GMT -6
I would be worried, too. But the good news is, if this isn't terribly uncommon for him, maybe he is just remotely off somewhere. My BIL goes deep-woods hiking/camping sometimes and is completely out of communication for 2+ weeks at a time ... so hopefully that's the case with your brother. Could you contact his landlord, or a neighbor, or his boss, just to be reassured? When he gets back you can tell him that he really, REALLY must tell family when he's going off the grid. That's what my BIL does.
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Post by dara1012 on Apr 1, 2012 11:26:06 GMT -6
The problem is we don't have a contact for his landlord. The good news is he does have roommates (which he didn't for the first year in Portland - but no one has their phone numbers) so we are operating under the assumption that he is okay and if he had gone hiking and not returned (he hikes alone often) that his roommates would have figured out some way to contact us.
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Post by dara1012 on Apr 1, 2012 12:16:09 GMT -6
Yay! He just called.....we made plans to skype later when he is done with ultimate frisbee practice. When I answered I said "Oh good, you are alive" he kind of laughed and I said that we were getting worried b/c no one had heard from him. He just said he'd been busy.... glad he's okay and we'll catch up in few hours.
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Post by sharon on Apr 1, 2012 12:18:47 GMT -6
Oh Phew! So glad!!!
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Post by bumblebee23 on Apr 2, 2012 7:53:05 GMT -6
My first thought was it was just three weeks. I don't hear from my family for weeks/months at a time then I'm sure you and your brother seem closer then we do. Glad to hear he is ok. I know how worriesome stuff like that can be.
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Post by jlschlangen on Apr 2, 2012 7:56:35 GMT -6
So glad you heard from him. Yay. That is a relief I am sure for you. Maybe you should ask him for some contacts for when something like that happens again.
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Post by dara1012 on Apr 2, 2012 9:20:28 GMT -6
My first thought was it was just three weeks. I don't hear from my family for weeks/months at a time then I'm sure you and your brother seem closer then we do. Glad to hear he is ok. I know how worriesome stuff like that can be. 3 weeks is a long time for us, he used to live in Mpls and we would hang out weekly. Ever since going to college my parents have made Sunday nights when we would call and connect with them. I wouldn't have been worried if my parents had heard from him. What was concerning me was that we had left messages and texts and he had not returned any of them, especially when some of the messages were my parents trying to book a flight to see him, seemed odd he didn't return that message. Oh, well, glad we connected yesterday. |
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Post by nevaehsmom327 on Apr 2, 2012 10:52:46 GMT -6
Glad to hear that he called! WHEW!
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Post by ReneeW on Apr 2, 2012 10:56:20 GMT -6
Oh, good news!!! Yay!
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Post by fungirls on Apr 2, 2012 12:05:01 GMT -6
Glad to hear he is ok!
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Post by irish on Apr 2, 2012 13:15:07 GMT -6
Yay!
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