How often do you talk to your parents?

Australia
March 20, 2008 2:33am CST
For those of you whose parents are still with you, how often do you talk to them? Be it on the phone or in person or even via email or msn?I only live about 10 minutes away from my parents so I'm over there all the time...usually raiding their fridge for stuff to eat because i'm always broke! I love going home. I can just chill out and watch cable TV, eat whatever I want, play with my dog Eddie and see my younger brothers and sister. It's great. I talk to my mother on the phone quite often too. If I call her for something small we'll end up having a huge conversation about something or someone. My mother and I aren't extremely close so when we do have those phone calls it's special to me. How often do you chat with your folks?
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55 responses
• Norway
20 Mar 08
me? i seldom talk to my parents - either in person or over the phone. im not open to my parents about everything that is happening to me. Its just that im not comfortable talking those stuffs with them. And I am not a dependent kind of person. Even before, i would try to solve my own problem without asking my parents or even without telling them about it.
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@mansha (6298)
• India
20 Mar 08
I think thats very rude and calling parents is not showing dependency but showing that you care. I have lost both my parents and I know how alone it is when you can not feel that they are just a phone call away. A person need not call parents just for solving problems they are not your backups or last resort. They raised you and loved you just because they loved you and were amazed by you and it was a totally unconditioned love. If you can return ony a one percent of that unconditioned love you will just make their life worthwhile. Incase you can not do so, can you hand them over to me.I would love to have your parents as mine. Though they may not like it but may be I can love them in a way that you are not able to and perhaps win over their blessing for myself.
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
20 Mar 08
i see my mum usually every day.i drop my son off to her on my way to work,so he gets the school bus from her place,then i pick him up on the way home.it is great she only lives 5 minutes from his school.bonus is she feed s him breakfast as well.cheers sue
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@cortjo73 (6498)
• United States
20 Mar 08
I talk to my Mom sometimes once a week, sometimes more but, sometimes maybe not for 2 weeks. My Mom and I really close. She and I are a lot alike. I live in Georgia and my parents live in Ohio where I grew up.
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@mark17779 (667)
20 Mar 08
My partner actually talks to my mom more than I do. She is usally on the phone nearly every night gas blagging about stuff, where as I prefer to only call when we need a babysitter or something has happened to another family member.
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@jona_jz (80)
• Philippines
20 Mar 08
I am living with my parents til now so I talk to them always especially my Mom. if i have problems, they're the one who'd know it first because I know that they'd understand me among all other person in this world. they have never let me down whenever i seek help from them and each time that it seems no one would help me, it was my parents who always save me. despite of all the mistakes i've made, they were still there to forgive me and always understanding me but they never failed to teach me the things that i need to know about life. they're the best! =)
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@bradhart (659)
• United States
20 Mar 08
I don't talk to them, at all, and haven't for ten years. My step mother occasionally tries to put one of her world class guilt trips on me and plays martyr by commenting on my blog, but I just delete the post and go on with my happy life free of that sort of bullsh!t. I talk to my wife's parent pretty regularly, I like them. I talk to my MIL a couple of times a week, and my FIL about once a week.
@aretha (2538)
• United States
20 Mar 08
before my mom passed we talked everyday just to talk. when i worked i would call her when i came home and we would talk for at least an hour then after i had my son and staied home with him we talked more or i would go to her house for the day or she would stop up to mine. so i talked to her alot.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Mar 08
My mother has been gone for a year now, coffeeshot, but I still talk to her, mostly in the still of the night when everything is settled and quiet. You should store up the memories with your parents while you can because our time together is never certain. I'm so happy that my mother and I had so much time together.
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@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
I have to talk to my parents once in a while i have to know and communicate with them to know what they are up to.
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• New Zealand
20 Mar 08
Hey well I live with them if am not with a family member so quite a lot a.
@gemini_rose (16264)
20 Mar 08
I do not talk to my parents on the phone that often at all really. I will phone her every few weeks and then we end up on the phone for about 2 hours! I too am not that close to my mum.
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• United States
25 Mar 08
I talk to my mom at least once a day. She calls alot because she likes to check on her grandbabies. :) We also see eachother at least once a week. I talk to my dad about once a month, sometimes less. I usually talk with my step mother more than I talk to him and we usually only see eachother on holidays or special occasions.
20 Mar 08
Iv not spoken to my sperm donor for years but i speak to my Mom most days, despite her living a 3 hours drive away.
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21 Mar 08
Like you, so we always talk at work. We usually ring each at least once a day, and like you, end up talking for a while. My parents went on holiday last year of 1 month, and I really missed the phone calls.
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• United States
21 Mar 08
I talk to my mother every day even thought she is with Jesus I feel her presents here wih me and my oldest sister Ruth is with mom asw well
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• United States
20 Mar 08
i do not chat with them even though they are alive i was a battered child and grew up with alot of violence and negativity in my surroundings so neither my children or i want anything to do with them through the years they have begged for my forgiveness and i know its wrong but i cant forgive them i wish i would of had a normal upbringing but i was not allowed that i got beatings everyday for nothing so i have grown up with alot of deepseated anger which i am trying to work through i am afraid of them i havent seen them now for over 20 years its a painful loss but i cant be in the same room with either one u can sense their disgust for me so congrats to u and your life u were one of the lucky ones be cherished u are lucky so the answer to your question is 20 years and we have no communication have a good day makes me sad i dont talk to my family but its a strain on me so i leave it alone i just never talk to them
@kaysue4 (951)
• United States
21 Mar 08
I only have my mom and I talk to her everyday, when I can get the phone off of the kids. I call her because she is 86 and with it being winter she is tired of being stuck in the apartment. No one wants to expose her to the germs. But she does have a bird and we talk about the bird and how she has to clean up after him every day. When I go over to her house I check her check book for mistakes, make out her bills to be sent out around the first of the month, trim the birds' nails and wings, sometimes take out the little bit of trash if needed. I also make sure that she has food and that she is eatting a few times everyday.
@peedielyn (1207)
• United States
21 Mar 08
I, at this moment, live with my parents. I get stuck every morning talking to them. I know this sounds horrible, but I long to miss them. I am 30 years old and I live with my parents. Though, it's not because I am a bum or anything, but due to financial reasons, my dad had me come home--BIG MISTAKE! I am extremely independant and really don't like living in this house. My court cases are almost over and here lately I have been looking for a home of my own. Like I said, I long to miss them, but I think when I do move out I will wait a month to have a home phone put in.
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21 Mar 08
this is almost a un important discussion to those who stay along with the parents and this is not applicable to them . But the situation is for the children who live in hostels or in the relatives house away from parents for a variety of reasons.... ***The situation is very hard to digest and the situatin should be dealt in a very sensitive way........ ***Parents should see that the children are not hurt for their absence along with them and this should not disturb their studies and curricular life. The children who stay away from parents should be attended frequently and this will help them to be cool and satisfy their minmum needs they must be given the chance to talk freely and hapily with them at any time to their parents
@anarki99 (40)
• Portugal
21 Mar 08
i talk to them every day we have a really open mind