Got it fixed!

Somehow my sister had gotten blocked in gmail.  No idea why.  Contrary to
the instructions on the gmail help pages online, this cannot be undone from
the list of options within gmail chat - however it can be undone if you go
to contacts.  There it shows that the person is blocked, and if you click
on blocked, it gives you the option to unblock.

Whew!  Back to endless gossip with my sister about our aging mother...

Joy

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I used to chat with my sister on gmail chat all the time.  Then she
> noticed that we never see each other any  more on the list of people we
> could chat with who are on line.  Neither of us is marked as invisible to
> chat, and both of us have no trouble chatting with other people just as we
> always did.  I sent her an invitation to chat with me, and she didn't get
> it.  I can see a list of all the other possible contacts whom I could chat
> with if they were on line at the moment, and she's not there.
>
> Does anyone know why this would happen, and how to fix it?  I don't see
> why it should have to do with google hangouts or all this other new google
> stuff, since I can still chat with everyone else.
>
> I'd appreciate any ideas you might have!
>
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>
> Joy
>
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