Female, 22. Live about ten minutes drive away from my mum’s place. How much we talk varies. Usually we email each other, and every so often if I need something from her or she needs something from me we’ll call each other (we’re both really crap at replying to emails), but I can happily go a few weeks without talking to her at all.
I last spoke to my father… Er… Umm. Christmas last year, IIRC. I saw my stepmother a couple of months after that, but haven’t spoken to her since then either. I feel bad, because I really should spend more time with my half sister, but I’m not overly concerned about the lack of communication with dad. He’s never made much of an effort to get in touch with me, so I’m returning the favour.
Hubby’s 25, and speaks to his parents approximately once every three to five months or so. Usually when one of them calls to tell him they’ve had a bill come in the mail for him, or when his mum calls to bitch about her life.
But then I don’t blame him/them for the lack of communication. Phone calls to/from the UK are expensive
I actually speak to my parents about once a week. As **Sierra Indigo **noted, phone calls to and from the UK cost an arm and a leg. I email them perhaps twice a week (short and to the point; if there’s something serious happening I call). Male, 25.
Like C3, I’m in Australia, my mother is in the US. We talk at a pre-arranged time every two weeks, so I don’t waste the phone call. I call her as its less expensive (and there’s less whinging about how much it cost.)
I call and speak with my dad about once a week. He tends to be a chatty character, so our conversations are at least 15-30 minutes long.
On occasion, he’ll hand the phone over to mom, who is perfectly content saying hello and talking for a couple of minutes. If she doesn’t get that contact, she feels slighted.
They live half a country away, so see them once or twice a year.
Depends.
In the run-up to our wedding, everyday.
Now, in the run-up to buying our own house (my dad is organising our mortgage, he’s a financial advisor), 3 or 4 times a week.
Usually, about once or twice a week, but it can go for 2 weeks without a call, it just depends.
Same for my in-laws, we’re both from close families.
Usually it’s a 10 minute call with a specific purpose (Can I open this letter that came for you? How do I cook a turkey? Your car won’t start, what’s the number of the breakdown service? Can irishfella fix my computer? The bank wants to know how much you would be earning in your new job?) and we deal with that and then catch up briefly (except if my dad calls on Friday night while my mum is at the gym, then he tends to chat on for a bit).
At the end of the month we’re moving up to Belfast, which is where my parents work (they live about 45mins away) and about 1 hour from my husband’s parents and sister- the frequency of calls is likely to increase, although we’ll see everyone more often too.
I talk to my mom at least once every day, in the evenings during the work week. On weekends, she’ll call me two or three times a day, depending on what’s going on. I know this sounds like a lot, but she’s a true gabber. Usually at the end of the third phone call for the night, I’ll hang up the phone and yell, “Don’t call again!” She lives about 2-3 miles from me, but we don’t see each other very often.
Even though my dad has been deceased for going on 4 years, I’ll talk to him once in a blue moon. Sometimes directly to his cremains. :eek: Now that I think about it, I only talk to him when I’m pissed off that he died so young. But in the end, I still tell him that I love him & miss him. He was one of my best friends.
