Calling Home

@Sawsen (793)
United States
February 13, 2007 12:34pm CST
How often do you call your family. My mom and I have a daily ritual of calling one another when we wake up in the morning. And usually before I sleep at night. I think it's extremely important to keep contact with your family, because to me it's like staying true to your roots. Do you call or visit your family often? Or is it just something once every blue moon?
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• United States
13 Feb 07
I like to call home, as often as I can. I like to talk to my mother, my sisters, and my brother. I also like to call my inlaws and encourage my hubby to call more often, because his family miss him a lot, since he moved away a lot longer than I have. Keep close relations with our family members is important, and it lets everyone known what is going on with the others, and that we are all alright.
@Sawsen (793)
• United States
13 Feb 07
Yeah, it's good to stay in touch. It's also nice of you to remind your husband, because sometimes we all need a little reminding.
@mamashane (1140)
• United States
13 Feb 07
My husband and I talk to eachother several times during the day, I'm not sure why but we just do. He calls me from work just to check in with me or we are texting eachother back and forth with our cell phones. I call my father once a week to check in on him and see how he's doing and he calls the kids often to chat. It is important to stay in touch and a phone call shows that you care about how the other person is doing.
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@Sawsen (793)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I totally agree. I also call my husband many times in the day just to check up on him. It does show that you care. I know I love receiving phone calls from all my friend and family because it's like they took the time out of their day to think about me.
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
14 Feb 07
i usually call my parents once a day, but lately (i think they getting sick of me ringing lol) so i ring once every second day. and i usually visit them a few times a month, they live 3 hrs away
@072006 (1276)
• India
13 Feb 07
yup , me too call my parents oftenly, as i feel its very important for me to get all the things and issuses there, in my concern. Infact whne i call my parents i feel that i will talk in limited way, but when i start once i will keep on talking without taking sense of time, as no matter i call them oftenly but still i dont know how i have so much stuff here to share with them.
• United States
14 Feb 07
I call my mom a few times a day. It got to the point I added her to my fmaily plan on my cell phone because the bills were adding up. We talk about every thing. She is my best friend, besides my hubby and kids. They are my number one. It drives my husband nuts how often we talk. I think he feels like I am choosing her over him. He just isnt a talker and I need to talk to someone or I will go insane. Its like free therapy.
@karthima (111)
• India
14 Feb 07
I call my whom whenever necessary. When it becomes late or unusual , i make a call.
@heesaf (738)
• India
14 Feb 07
I still live with my parents but during holiday i do go to far places.During that time i will call alternate days to home.Before i never used to call home that used to hurt my mother but now i am trying my best to try to call once in a day.
• India
14 Feb 07
i got up my parents three times a week.and keep ourself updated on everything.i am very close to my parents and my children that is their grand children have made ur relationship more stronger.
@greengal (4286)
• United States
14 Feb 07
I call my parents almost every day and it is a pleasure. I miss them a lot since I'm away from home, I moved to the US only a year ago. Looking forward to visiting them soon.
@clod0327 (817)
• Philippines
14 Feb 07
I live close to my parents house because I can't really imagine living a life far away from them. So you can really imagine how often we see each other, how often we talk to each other. But if ever I live far away from them, I would definely call & check on them everyday, I is really important to show how much you love your parents. I'm so thankful for them, because what I am rigth now, I owe everything to them So I would really do anything, to make them feel how much I love them.
• India
14 Feb 07
calling regularly to ur beloved once are most important when u are living far from them because these relation fades when a long time contact is not made
• Philippines
14 Feb 07
During my high school days, i am far from my family the only way we communicate was through letters.. But when we got a phone, i called them during my spare time... And now i'm working far away i text them even thrice a week..
@imtiyaz1 (146)
• India
14 Feb 07
i speak to my spouse atleast twice a day and speaking to my mom and two sisters is also a daily ritual if i skip even a day i feel so left out my in laws live in another stata but i manage 2 speak 2 them once in 2 days it dosent matter if we stay at a distance but i visit all my relatives frequenty cant do without them
• Romania
14 Feb 07
Family is one of the precious gifts life gives us. I talk to them as much as I can,2 or 3 times daily and come home from school weekly to spend time with them.
@24tanmay (68)
• India
13 Feb 07
i call to my family 2 to 3 times in a week.As i m busy in my studies,i don't get time to call to my family regularly....
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
14 Feb 07
My parents are older and luckily live next door. But even living next door, sometimes I don't get to talk to them for several days! I feel badly when that happens. When at work I don't make personal calls unless it is an emergency or very, very important. Two of my four children have left the nest. I don't call them as much as I should. We do communicate online often.
• United States
13 Feb 07
I talk to my mother almost everyday. I guess that's because she is my next door neighbor's next door neighbor! LOL. I take her to work Monday through Friday but surpringsly on the weekends she doesnt call or come over. I dont call my father at all though.
@su13ss (9)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
I for one think it is really important to keep in touch with ur roots.So I keep in touch with my family really frequentley.I also visit them alot too.Somtimes even sleep over when I have time
@stibigirl (291)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I call my mom every other day or so, we use to live closer together, but now it is a four hour drive to my parents house. I don't get to talk to my dad as often as I like because he works all the time, but I email him and call him at work when I cannot get him at home. My husband and I talk on the Yahoo messenger while he is at work, and if I really need to have a voice I call his cell phone. I text message my sister about once a week, this seems to be the best form of communication between us because it is easiest for her, at least we are in touch with each other. I email my one of my cousins almost daily and make sure that I keep in touch with what she is up to, and another of my cousins lives in the same town as me and I call and visit her as much as I can. Keeping in touch with my family is really important to me.
@kittyloki (140)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I try to call my mum and dad at least once a week but sometimes I get caught up in other things and don't call for a while.