Soldato
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OK so I have nobody else to ask about this so why not here?
This will be a long post to add some context, but basically this afternoon I had a dodgy text off my Dad and am wondering how best to deal with it.
I see my Dad maybe 2-3 times a month, he'll either ask me if I want to come over for Sunday lunch or go for a Curry mid week, we aren't particularly close. He's in his early 70s and on his 3rd marriage, current one for about 15 odd years I think, she's not my Mum, we aren't close either but she's married to my Dad so as you can imagine really.
He's that age where he doesn't rely too much on a phone, he'll often leave it in the car or on the stairs where he can't hear it, so it's not uncommon to text him and wait 5 hours for a reply etc. She uses hers even less, in fact she never uses it, she takes it purely for emergency reasons and nobody ever calls or texts her on it, she does everything via landline calls.
The last few times I've been there however his phone never leaves his sight and he's been texting a whole lot more than I've ever known him to previously, so in my mind I have an inkling something is going on.
He text me this afternoon to see if I wanted to go around for Sunday lunch, I replied to say I may be going out but I'll check, then about two minutes later I get a text obviously meant for someone else as it read -"I am the man you trust, the only man you love so why?" - quickly followed by - "ignore that".
I haven't replied since. I'm just wondering what to do about it?
**** taking replies will be treated as such, please don't be offended if I don't acknowledge them.
This will be a long post to add some context, but basically this afternoon I had a dodgy text off my Dad and am wondering how best to deal with it.
I see my Dad maybe 2-3 times a month, he'll either ask me if I want to come over for Sunday lunch or go for a Curry mid week, we aren't particularly close. He's in his early 70s and on his 3rd marriage, current one for about 15 odd years I think, she's not my Mum, we aren't close either but she's married to my Dad so as you can imagine really.
He's that age where he doesn't rely too much on a phone, he'll often leave it in the car or on the stairs where he can't hear it, so it's not uncommon to text him and wait 5 hours for a reply etc. She uses hers even less, in fact she never uses it, she takes it purely for emergency reasons and nobody ever calls or texts her on it, she does everything via landline calls.
The last few times I've been there however his phone never leaves his sight and he's been texting a whole lot more than I've ever known him to previously, so in my mind I have an inkling something is going on.
He text me this afternoon to see if I wanted to go around for Sunday lunch, I replied to say I may be going out but I'll check, then about two minutes later I get a text obviously meant for someone else as it read -"I am the man you trust, the only man you love so why?" - quickly followed by - "ignore that".
I haven't replied since. I'm just wondering what to do about it?
**** taking replies will be treated as such, please don't be offended if I don't acknowledge them.
