I am not able to link/thread a text to another existing, empty textbox, instead it creates a completely new block with the width of the grid layout i set up.

Hello,
i can not link/thread two existing textboxes together when they are placed on my document. As soon as I move them to the side around the bleeding area, i get the normal chain-like link symbol. I tried to set the grid to the background, lock the guides and these things, but nothing helps. What am i overlooking here?
Thanks for the help.

Thank you for your detailed answer.
However, this is sadly not the solution in my Case. I just tried again and deleted not only the guidelines, i even set the created columns to 0. That way there is just my margin left, and i still cannot select the text box. I don't understand this behavior.
I'm also pretty sure, that in the beginning this was still possible. I work with the guides showing and set up text frame the way before. But at some point, it was no longer possible. I already reset the indesign defaults, deleted all pages/content and saved it as a new file – still the same behaviour.
And I just found out, what was causing the Problem myself! I made a rectangle on a separate Layer (above all), which hat an inwards stroke (see image below, it was white, but sometimes used as a coloured border around the page). This Object is causing the problem, but I am not exactly sure why. If the Object itself was the problem (but its on a master page, therefore locked) and thus recognized as clicked, the text should be inserted into its shape, i would suppose? Anyway, this is what is causing the problem.
Once this Object is removed, it works as usual.
Nonetheless, thank you for the kind help!
Best regards

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