editted to clarify:

she should turn off the ringer until she can change her # and/or call the police.

Is there a way of having the phone company block all calls from that number?

That happened to a roommate of mine once. Big PITA not being able to use our phone for anything.

She should call the local women's shelter to get advice. They see this all the time, sadly, and know what the best methods are, and when to really freak out. She should definitely not engage, even to the point of hello, until she's spoken with them.

Maybe she could hang up, immediately make a call herself. If he got a busy signal would it dissuade him.

I agree with do not engage at all, not one bit.

So my sis and her GF and the kids are in town. We started out at the Art Institute. Sadly, the hall of armor, swords, guns, etc. was closed. So the kids were rather bored. My youngest son managed to set off an alarm by touching a display, and received a warning for touching something else he shouldn't have. But they liked Millennium park, especially the Giant Silver Bean and the fountain.

Then we got pizza and watched Alice in Wonderland.

double-post. I blame this not-mine computer.

Restraining order? Believe not difficult to get a preliminary one, though tough to get made permanent or final. But if some crumbs of sanity remain, a restraining order will sometimes be enough to doblerize even if the only the preliminary (or whatever you call it) is awarded and is not granted once the judge does the full thing (very legal term) - actual lawyers on this board can explain this but I think I have the essence right. There is a kind restraining order that is easy to get, but it is really just a temporary thing while the judge decides whether to grant some more permanent. The more permanent/real one is NOT easy to get.

But yeah get advice from woman's shelter. RO may or may not be worth doing.

Msbelle, Owen recorded video with our webcam on FB. You can post video on your own wall and others' as well.

Carolyn Hax (my favorite advice columnist) generally recommends calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799 SAFE -- they'll have advice.

I need to get Loki a halter and a leash. (He bolted again and is now crying as if he's dying. I looked today, but they were out at petsmart.) He really likes being outside, but I want him within 5 ft of me.