My dad got a weird phone call asking for me...

A bit of background: I've had my own place for nearly ten years, haven't lived with my parents since September 1997.

This morning my dad got a phone call on his landline asking for me, allegedly from a person working for a TV company in Manchester. This person asked for me or asked for my contact details and my dad said he never gives out other people's phone numbers without their permission.

This person (a woman) left her number and asked that my dad get me to call back.

So he did, and phoned me on my mobile to ask, "What have you been up to? I've just had someone from a TV company in Manchester asking for you."

I'm completely mystified. Anyone who needs to get in touch with me knows my email address and mobile number (I don't have a landline). I haven't entered any competitions, contacted anyone in Manchester...in fact I don't know anyone from Manchester and even if I did, I certainly wouldn't give them my dad's landline number to get back in touch with me!

The only person I can think of who would know my dad's home number but not how to get in touch with me directly is my whore of a mother.

More background: two and a half, nearly three years ago, she upped and left. Packed her bags, disappeared, emptied the marital bank account, left my dad with a huge pile of bills, thank you and goodnight.

I've since had my landline DC'd (through choice - never used it) and have changed my mobile number. She doesn't know my email address (in fact doesn't know I'm back online now) or any other way to get in touch - besides my snail mail address. But when she sent me a birthday card one year I ripped it up and mailed it back to her, saying I didn't have a mother any more and if she contacted me again I'd go to the police to make her leave me alone.

A friend made a joke this afternoon, "Maybe she wants a family reunion on the Jeremy Kyle show." I said not to even joke about it as there are some TV shows that are made in Manchester, daytime TV talk shows being among the type made there.

Strange though. Someone goes through my dad to get to me, asks for my number and claims to be from a TV company working out of Manchester. And the only person who knows my dad's number but not mine is Bitchtits herself, who cleared out years back.

I'm curious to know what's going on. Will keep you updated.

RumpleTumbler said:

Wouldn't your dad know your mothers voice or are you suggesting she has a cohort?

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No, this was someone calling from a TV company. I wonder if she got in touch with someone there and this was a researcher calling from one of those trashy talk shows...

She MIGHT be behind it because as I said, she's the only person I can think of who would know my dad's landline number, but not my own personal contact details.

The callback number was 0161-something, which my dad tells me is Manchester.

I'm honestly racking my brains trying to figure out who would have my dad's number. A couple of friends do but they also have my mobile, so you'd think they'd call me, or have someone else call me, directly.

Anyway I'm going up to my dad's this evening to puzzle it over. Will keep you all posted!

Put it this way, she abused me 'til I was about 15, 16 and when I asked her if she was sorry, she said she hadn't done anything to be sorry for. I was her daughter and she could do what she liked to me.

She's stolen money from me and my gran (God rest her), lied, sold my clothing behind my back, cheated on my dad, you name it. There was never any bond and I feel better for her being out of my life. Seriously. My blood pressure is a lot easier to deal with these days.

PLUS: The number's genuine. It's the voicemail of someone who works for ITV. No-one picked up though, must be out-of-hours.

You can tell we're writers. We all thought, "Whoa! Material for a story!"