How often do you call/talk to your parents and/or adult children?

posted by CenterBHSFan

At the risk of sounding extremely trite and preachy, making the effort "now" is worth the while later in life. Don't convince yourself that "they know I love them" is equal to time spent. It's not.

 

This right here--I lost my dad when I was 30 (he was 55), and I still beat myself up at times because I took him being here for granted, never in my wildest dreams thinking he'd be gone so young. I think this is why I make it a point to see/talk to my kids and grand kids often...that, and I really enjoy them.

posted by Belly35

My daughter's call me everyday or my wife everyday. my two daughters usually call me before 8 in the morning and my other daughter calls me usually around 6 or 7 at night.... 

My wife calls her mom every night. But she calls her dad every morning, right after lunch, and as soon as the kids get home from school. It's crazy how close she is to her dad. It just got to where she'd call him like that since he retired back in March, but even while he was working they would talk on his lunch break everyday and on his way home from work.

Talk to my son every Sunday night.  It's the only day of the week he's got a few minutes to spare.  I talk to my daughter 1-2 times per week.

Back in my younger youth, my father wrote letters to his parents a couple times a month, like clockwork.  That's the U.S. Mail, to you whippersnappers.

Dad's 85 now, still lives one street over from me (where I grew up).  I visit 2x/week to sit and watch TV and chat.  I see him at football and basketball games, and track meets.  And I see him at church each Sunday.

No matter how much time I do spend with him, when he dies I'll regret it wasn't more.  So I savor the time now.  And he's telling stories about him and Mom that he never told us before - how they met at work, how some co-workers set them up on a date, details of their courtship and wedding, being newlyweds living with relatives and no money or job, etc.

My sons are 22 and 24, they see us as little as possible - but they'll text us in a heartbeat when they need something, lol.  Kinda like I was back then, except for the texting.

posted by justincredible

I realized on Sunday that it had been over a month or so since the last time I talked to my mom. I felt pretty crappy about that so I gave her a call. Typically it's every other week or so. We're 2.5 hours away from each other so we don't get to see each other as often as we would like. For those of you that aren't close, distance wise, how often do you call your parents/kids? 

i operate in a similar manner with my parents. 

we pretty much stay out of each others way unless we need something or have news to share. 

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