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How often do y'all normally talk to your parents?
I live in the same city as my parents, and I *try* to call them once a week. Of course, sometimes that doesn't happen, and when I do call I get the "Oh, we have a daughter?" comment. No matter how often I point out that THEY could call ME. The last time I pointed this out to my mom, she said "Well, you have time to update your LJ ..."
I don't get on the phone with my folks very often, but they are on the east coast and I am on the west. timing is tricky. But we email all the time. life stuff, stupid stuff, jokes , and comments about their politicians ( my folks are in SC) Plus they read my blog -- so comments show up there , too.
DH talks to his folks once a week, but they don't email.
I talk to my parents a couple times a week, usually a result of Dylan wanting to call them.
Several times a year? More often, email/chat.
About once a week. Longer than that, my mom is convinced I am dead and being devoured. Y my cats.
I am sick today, with a nasty cold I've passed on to my bf. Also, my dad went in for a catheterization (which he didn't tell me because he didn't "want me to worry"!) and the blockage was so bad they put in FOUR stents.
He's at KU Med, and fine -- goes home tomorrow morning. But I couln't even go see him because I'm sick, and it sucks.
I call my mom once a week. She believes daughters ought to talk to their mothers every DAY. I'm more of a "momentous occasions" kinda communicator. We have an excellent compromise: she pays my cell phone bill, and i return all her calls (with a "grouping" clause: when she calls seven times i rapid sucession with all the little tidbits she forgot, i only have to make one return phone call) and make a valiant effort to call her once a week for no reason other than to "chat."
Regularly, once a week for an hour or two, sometimes more often. Try to talk to my brother that often, but his schedule is crazy and with kids, so a lot more IM these days.
and when I do call I get the "Oh, we have a daughter?" comment. No matter how often I point out that THEY could call ME.
They must have that special phone my parents have. Only works to call me on my birthday and when someone is in the hospital.
Which, drat, I have to call them.
Talked to my mom, she called my bro and woke him up. He's fine and had been trying to reach her AS I TOLD HER. However, I also found out why my mother has been so freaked out--my aunt just found out that my cousin B is going into rehab and I think that brought up all the old worry for her.
As for calling, I used to call once a week. A decade ago when my dad had his second heart attack and my mom had her first bout with cancer, I started calling a few times a week. Now I talk to my mom almost every day. Short talks though--she's 82 and lives alone, so I just check in and make sure she's okay.
They must have that special phone my parents have. Only works to call me on my birthday and when someone is in the hospital.
Their special phone doesn't work to call when someone is in the hospital. Tho' mom did call me every day while I was sick, to make sure I was okay and to see if I needed anything.