Who would notice?
Arcticangel
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I've been talking to my friend for a bit now... his roommate has been missing for a month. They aren't close - but obviously he's concerned. She doesn't take his calls but will sporadically text back - all lies. "My dad died." "I'll be home this week." "Yes, I know the police are looking for me." She hasn't talked to her mother either.
I asked him - have you talked to her friends? Have they talked to her? If not, are they concerned? Have you talked to her boyfriend?
His response, "no one really noticed...and her boyfriends phone is disconnected" He talked to the dean - she hasn't been in class for a month.
He figures that either she took too much acid and had a mental breakdown somewhere or that "something bad" happened to her... and her boyfriend has her phone. She's been known to disappear for a while - but never this long.
Point of the story is - this brings up my deepest, darkest fear... that no one would notice if I disappeared. I mean, I've been known not to come back to my own home some nights... so no one would find it out of the ordinary.. and I sometimes don't answer my phone because I'm working, volunteering, or in the library.. I go for days without seeing my roommates because of our different schedules...
How long it would take for someone to notice if you were gone? Who would it be? I guess these are pretty rhetorical... but I'm just musing.
PS: RIP Layne...
I asked him - have you talked to her friends? Have they talked to her? If not, are they concerned? Have you talked to her boyfriend?
His response, "no one really noticed...and her boyfriends phone is disconnected" He talked to the dean - she hasn't been in class for a month.
He figures that either she took too much acid and had a mental breakdown somewhere or that "something bad" happened to her... and her boyfriend has her phone. She's been known to disappear for a while - but never this long.
Point of the story is - this brings up my deepest, darkest fear... that no one would notice if I disappeared. I mean, I've been known not to come back to my own home some nights... so no one would find it out of the ordinary.. and I sometimes don't answer my phone because I'm working, volunteering, or in the library.. I go for days without seeing my roommates because of our different schedules...
How long it would take for someone to notice if you were gone? Who would it be? I guess these are pretty rhetorical... but I'm just musing.
PS: RIP Layne...
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although then again I'm sure you would be surprised at how often people think of you, I don't know.
But yeah, it's sad to think of someone like Layne being gone for so long.
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
Not because i'm vain or egotistical but for several reasons - I live with my boyfriend who picks me up from work everyday, we also text each other like there's no tomorrow. I'm close friends with the people I work with (the woman who sits next to me is like a second Mum), I call my parents every couple of days and I'm constantly with different friends or relatives... I should think that someone would notice pretty quickly if I wasn't about...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
As for your friend, ever meet any tweekers, maybe she's gotten into some drugs.
That's true, I guess my gf would catch on since we talk every day wile she's at work on gchat. But back when I was single, I bet I could have gone a month without anyone noticing.
seriously, it seems as if you have alot of people expecting you to be certain places at certain times such as in class or volunteering obligations
so if you didnt show up they'd notice pretty quickly
as for me...
if I were missing
someone would notice within 5 minutes (maybe not that fast but pretty damn fast)
and i'm not arrogant, i've just got THAT much going on and so many people (family,students, friends, etc) depend on me to be where i'm supposed to be at any given time doing what i'm scheduled to do.
my mother, even at my age, freaks out if i'm late getting home from work and i don't call her to let her know i'm running late.
Get it now, get enough, before its gone, let's everybody carry on, carry on....
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we have different schedules and might not see each other sometimes for more than a few minutes in 2 or more days
Get it now, get enough, before its gone, let's everybody carry on, carry on....
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Thats true...maybe the dogs would miss me
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He may also think I left him, without realizing all my stufff is there!
He has a B.A. in Arts/ Sociology! ROFLMFAO!
He might not even notice at all until someone ask him where I'm at.
I am so hoping I am wrong!
My girlfriend and I are not even married and I can totally relate to that.... :?
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That's so true.
I'd get a call if I was an hour late getting home. :? :shock:
That's so true.
I'd get a call if I was an hour late getting home. :? :shock: