anyone else find knowing if someone blocked your number more awkward than it should be?

In the US you can try calling with *67 in front of the number, which hides your caller ID. If that rings normally and your usual calls go straight to voicemail every time, that's a pretty strong hint. On Android with normal texts there's no delivered tick to go on, so it's calls only.

There's no way to know for certain, phones deliberately don't tell you. You can only go on signs: - calls go straight to voicemail every single time, often after one ring or none - on iMessage, your texts used to say Delivered and now never do - this keeps happening over a few days, not just one evening Any one of those on its own can just be a dead battery, no signal or do not disturb. It's the pattern over time that tells you anything. Honestly if it's someone you know, asking a mutual friend is less stressful than playing detective.