Being told someone is dead on the telephone.

I was living in Thailand when my mother died and my brother-in-law rang me. I knew from his tone what was coming and I nearly collapsed.

Yep had 3 of those calls the first one was the worst as she died very young, it was the only time in my life I have collapsed with shock

Yep, Received a call saying my step dad had died, but they used his first name, which is the same as my sons...I collapsed to the ground in shock, then felt awful for being relieved when I was told it was my step dad and not my son.

foxyboxer wrote: »

I worked in the UK for a while about 6 years ago.
I would usually go home every week or two.

I left my phone in the bedroom one night, and when I went to bed, I noticed 13 missed calls from my younger brother. So yes got the stomach churn going pretty good.

I rang him back with pure dread.

"Are you coming home this weekend?"

:mad::mad::mad:

Eejit. F*cked him out of it.

Ya cheered me up there, good stuff. No offence to anyone else, its quite a sombre thread and I feel for everyone of you out there, I've had my fair share of this too.

Its worse walking up and checking facebook on the bus finding out your aunt or cousin has died.

Was also told through a forum that a good mate was killed. That was really **** to be honest.

Yup, my sister phoned me last weekend to tell me her husband(marriage was on the rocks) had hung himself. They have a 2 year old son.

I was so stunned I didn't know what to say.

3 days later I still don't. It's something I hope I, or anyone else never has to experience again.

Made the call from the hospice to my aunt. My dad had passed. Telling her to collect my mum. Then I rang my mother.
The organisational stuff kicks in and you go cold when you're on a deathwatch. Now ten years on, its my mum in the hospice.

Yes,during the summer.my mother rang me of a Friday the June bank holiday weekend as I was leaving work. Her younger sister,my aunt had just killed herself and my mother was asking me to come home.there was a calmness in her voice and the sun was splitting the stones,everything about it contrasted horrifically with the news I was after being told.I didn't know what to do with myself.

Got a phone call earlier this year at about 1am. Saw it was a girl I worked with and thought it was strange her ringing at that hour. Anyway I answer the phone and she breathlessly goes on to tell me that she just had a baby. I congratulate her, still scratching my head as to why I needed a call to share this news as I barely knew her.

Turns out her brother has the same name as me and I was the 2nd person after her mother to be informed of her new arrival!

I'd gotten a few missed calls late one night from a friend i hadn't seen in a while and just ignored as i thought it probably wasn't anything serious. Was in work for 11 hours the next day, when i got back out to the car i had a good few more missed calls from another friends house number. i sent that friend a text to ask was it them that was looking for me and by the time that i had driven home, my friend's mother had rang and left a voice mail message saying that a good friend of mine had died.

I definitely look at missed calls in a different way since then.