jdd, yes, I think you are right. Just let the answer machine get it for a while, but i'm not really sure if I can sound that cheerful just yet. Maybe by Friday I will. Also, by letting the machine get it, I will have messages and/or his number on the cid to know how many x's he is calling.

I did tell him once that i had another call coming in just to be mysterious. I even stayed on that 'call' for 1/2 hour and he tried calling back 3x.

And my oldest son said that if he answers and it happens to be ex, he will just say that 'Mom's unavailable'. But I really don't want to put him in the middle like that.