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how often do you talk to your parents?
I am wondering how often (on average) most people speak with their
parent(s). I maybe speak to my parents a couple times a month, often I
will reach out to them and they will never call me back. When I was
younger (17) and I first moved out of the house they would maybe call me
once a month, or every other month. [Poll]
Re: how often do you talk to your parents?
My communication with my parents varies....sometimes I talk to them a few times a week, sometimes I will go for a few weeks without talking to them. We all just get busy with life and that's ok. I actually talk to my mom more via email than over the phone - just shoot her a quick one to see how things are or how their weekend was....if H & I go away on vacation, I just let my parents know in case, god forbid, something happened while we were away and at least family knows how to get in contact. For my family this works....
We live closer to my IL's so H talks to his parents probably more often than I talk to mine, but even that varies too, depending on how busy everyone is. We see his family more often than we see mine , which bothers me a bit, but I?m sure we'd see my family more often if we lived closer too. I?m actually glad we live close to at least one set of parents because when the hurricane hit NY, H & I were away and had no way of knowing if our house was ok....his parents were able to come by and check up on the house for us....
"Don't marry a man unless you would be PROUD to have a son exactly like him." ~ Unknown
Both of my parents are deceased but when my mother was living, one day couldn't go by without her calling and talking with my mother was like talking with my father. Miss them both so dearly.
My MIL calls my DH every single day! Sometimes 2-3 times a day and she even texts him on top of that. It's so annoying, but I never say anything.
TTC since September 2012
we are just not phone people. Even before the internet, we never really talked by phone, and my dad HATES talking on the phone with people so I guess I got that from him ha ha. My mom is on Facebook so we communicate that way just about daily. We also have Sunday dinner at their house every other week or so.
DH maybe talks with his Dad every other week or so, his mom once a month unless it's around the holidays and then it's more because of planning.
Ok, this is a really moot question/point. Because the amount of time one communicates with ANYONE (parental/familial relationships to marital to friendships) all depends on the individuals involved.
THERE IS NO CORRECT ANSWER when it comes to the amount/time.
The issues revolve around:
Now, I talk to my Mother and BFF every other day or so. I would probably look at a seperation if my DH even IMPLIED that HE did not approve of the amount of time I spent talking to people when my coversations never break the above two rules.
That is a classic example of an Abusive Partner.
TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
~Started acupuncture in May 2014~
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since mine are divorced i need 2 answers.
mom-daily. we're extremely close.
dad-biweekly.
I hate talking on the phone so my speaking to my parents once a week is actually a compromise. I also generally email them once or twice throughout the week about random stuff and they respond about once a week. They hate to email, so that's their compromise. Fortunately, we're all motivated to figure it out.
Soon we'll be discussing adding texting (for my benefit) and skyping (for theirs), but I'm still going to be limiting "voice" contact to once a week. I just can't stand getting tied up in long, rambling phone conversations. Even visiting, you chat for 15 minutes or so before you get up and do something or something comes on TV. Or you're doing something and it inspires conversation...but on the phone, they just want to exhaust every topic whether we've talked about a million times before or not, whether there's anything new on that topic or not... Ugh.
My mom comes every week to hang out with my kid for the afternoon. I probably talk to her at least once more a week aside from that.
My dad? Once a month maybe?
I talk to my dad usually a couple of times a week, and see him at least once most weeks. I talk to his girlfriend about once and week and see her once. We do a Sunday supper thing most weeks- have since I was a kid. My FI really enjoys going as well since his family is more complicated and it's stressful at times being with them.
My mother I talk to every few weeks. She lives across the country. I didn't grow up with her and she is bipolar, so it can be really challenging talking to her.
I wasn't raised by my mom and we arent very close. I normally only talk to her when she initiates it. She normally calls once a month or so, unless there is a holiday or something special going on.
I used to talk to my dad several times a week until he got remarried. She doesnt like me so we only talk once a month at most....sometimes its longer.