# How often do you talk with/call your parents?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205 "2005-04-20T09:04:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205/61 "2005-04-21T16:10:17Z")

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I talk to my mom almost every day. Calling on the cell phone means no long distance charges. DeHusband talks to his mother every week on Sunday afternoon.

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**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205/62 "2005-04-21T16:32:12Z")

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Once a week, whether I want to or not. My wife talks to her mom nearly every day, though. Of course, my folks live roughly 1200 miles away, where hers live about 30 minutes away.

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**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205/63 "2005-04-21T18:40:35Z")

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My mom lives 2500km South from here so I see her about twice a year, and we’re on the phone about once a month, usually for an hour or more. Then we MSN about once a week, and she sends out emails to the family occassionally with news and updates and pictures of the new home in Spain and stuff like that. I only sometimes mail back. 😉

My dad and I chat fairly regularly but briefly on MSN, and we see each other about 6-10 times a year, and we rarely call - we’re fine with chatting over the internet.

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**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205/64 "2005-04-21T18:50:52Z")

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I talk to my mom almost every day, and my dad about half that much. Then we all have dinner every Sunday, my two brothers, my sis, my grandma, and my kiddo. And sometimes I bring my fiance and one of my brothers brings his girlfriend.

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**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-talk-with-call-your-parents/300205/65 "2005-04-22T00:19:00Z")

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I’m a female college freshman, age 18, a little over an hour away from home. I call my mom three to six times a week, depending on my schedule and whether or not she’s home when I try to call. I’ll talk to my dad if he picks up the phone, but he works a lot, so mostly we e-mail each other.

I generally hate the phone; my mom is the only person I like calling.

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