Assuming that you’re not suggesting she politely ask the stalker to please begin calling her Google Voice number instead, that might present some minor problems… she could either use her existing cell number with Google Voice (which would remove some of the expanded features, such as call screening) or forward her cell number to a separate Google Voice number (in which case she wouldn’t then be able to *answer the screened *calls on the same cell). I think.
Plus, recording phone calls without the consent of the other party is illegal in several states.
I believe she can answer the screened forwarded phone calls, same as any other GVoice call. It’s a little convoluted, but it’s free and available.
True, but so is holding your ex in a dry well until she’s moisturized enough for your skin suit.
Cite?
I’ve been through this sort of thing. The main thing is to tell your girlfriend never to communicate with him. Any communication will encourage the ex and start they cycle all over again.
Recording the new voice mail message with a deep man voice would be a good non-agressive way to convey she’s no longer available or interested.
I knew someone who had Call Block and we tested it. (No really, we were just testing it. I am not a stalker! Stop looking at me that way!)
This was over ten years ago, but at the time when I called her number from my cellphone I got a recording that said the recipient was “not accepting phone calls at this time” or some similar recording. My call did not go to voice mail. I think I was instructed to hang up, but I don’t remember.
We also tested it to see what would happen if I blocked Call Display. Even if the person’s number is hidden and you don’t know it, you can hit some kind of *6X sequence (I don’t remember the last number) and it would block the last number that called whether or not it was unlisted or hidden from Call Display.
I don’t know if any of the above has changed, since we did that little test.
Great username/post combo.
If your gf has a Verizon cell phone, you can block the number yourself on the Verizon Wireless web site. Here are some instructions, although their site might have changed since they were made:
When my psycho ex started calling me 100 times a day, I called ATT (cell provider) and they immediately blocked his number with no charge to me. That was four years ago.
A month ago, someone’s security system in Florida was somehow misdialing my cellphone every 5 minutes, so I called ATT and they immediately blocked that as well.
It is not safe to assume that this will happen. A normal person will get bored and give up if there’s no reward. The ex’s behavior suggests that he already isn’t thinking like a normal person. He could just as easily decide that she’s ignoring him because he’s not being pushy enough, and then escalate his efforts to contact her.
Answer the phone and say your girlfriend’s dead.
Possible, but the advice remains the same. Do not pick up, do not respond, do not communicate, not even once.
Having dealt with a similar situation very recently (50+ calls/emails/texts on random days months after contact was severed, not a single response on my part) I can say that the ignore strategy can pay off even if the person is “not normal”. It can take months, sometimes.
If the situation does escalate, contacting a lawyer ensures your ducks are in a row if legal action is necessary.