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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Oldladyhater1268 on 2025-12-23 12:55:34+00:00.
I'm widowed, but its been long enough that I've started dating again in the last year. However, I'm not someone who really deletes or updates my contacts often. This is important for later.
My boyfriend and I dont talk on the phone often, we just text and see each other in person. However I had to call him about something recently and realized it went straight to voicemail every time. It also said there wasnt a voicemail set up. Which I know isnt true. I’ve also seen other people call him just fine.
So I started wondering if he had maybe blocked me at some point recently and forgot to unblock me. Which made me a little bit suspicious to be honest. What good reason is there to block your girlfriend? I asked him about it and he seemed puzzled. I asked him multiple times if he had ever blocked my number and he kept saying no, but to be honest it felt a little fishy to me.
We ended up troubleshooting our phones on and off most of the afternoon. Turning both our phones on and off again. Resetting them. Fiddling with contact settings. The whole nine yards.
Finally, I got a little frustrated and was like "okay just to be safe, this is your number right?" I pulled up the favorited contact with "baby" as the name, and read out the number.
This poor man. He said, "no baby, thats not my number. Whose number is that?" I realized too late it was my late husband's number.
What made it even worse is I was so apologetic and kept trying to explain myself, which only made me look suspicious. I'm over here sweating, trying to be like I swear I'm not cheating on you! I just have a man that died multiple years ago also listed as baby in my contacts. Who doesnt, you know?!?
Im still worried he secretly thinks I'm cheating on him. Take this as a reminder to go through and update your contacts if you havent recently.
TL;DR I never changed my late husband's contact name from baby, thought I was calling my boyfriend, and also thought he blocked me at some point because it kept going to voicemail. Wondered if he was cheating on me, then ended up looking like I was cheating on him.