[bluesky20]

Well, I have a little more info now so I'll update everyone...

I talked again to his buddy today. He said he got a voicemail from my b/f at 7:30 this morning. It was pretty garbled, so all he could understand was "Got new job...working now...call you later."

Let me give you all some background. My b/f's family has a business...he, his dad, and his grandpa do the work, and his mother does the payroll. So he and his dad work together, but their personalities clash a lot.

The b/f's grades were really bad this past semester and his dad came down really hard on him about it (shape up or this is your last semester at this university, you're paying for next semester yourself, you have to get an apt. by yourself instead of living in house, etc.). His dad comes down pretty hard on him about a lot of things. Granted, he does do some jackass things but his dad is kind of an ogre about it.

So, from what me and the buddy can figure, he did something to set his dad off and his dad fired him, so he had to find a new job and there's a lot of turmoil at home. Basically his mom is the mediator and holding everything together by a thread. The buddy said that as soon as he hears anything from him, he'll direct him to me ASAP.

In my opinion, all this does seem like a legitimate reason for the not calling, especially since the stuff between him and his dad has been brewing for some time now. I think he's probably holding off talking to me about it until stuff cools off and/or until he has enough time to tell me the whole story. Also, he may be trying to iron things out at least a little with his dad so that I can still visit (I hope so, it's been a month!) I'm sure he knew that his buddy would pass the info on to me so I'd have some idea of what's up. I also spoke to one of his fraternity brothers who has all the other brothers he could get a hold of on the lookout for him.

Later tonight I hope to be able to reach their fraternity president to see if he has my b/f's parents' number. If it really comes down to it, the prez actually lives in the same town as my b/f and if he knows how worried I am, I'm sure he'd be willing to stop by their house and see what's up. So, that's where everything is now...I'll keep you posted.