How often do you speak to your parents?

It probably averages out about once a week, more if they are ill, something going on etc. I don't really speak to my dad on the phone, if he answers it he says "I'll get your mother" and we have a quick chat while 'mother' makes her way to the phone.

It's an interesting question. When my FIL was staying recently he asked me the same question and he basically thought I should call my mum everyday as calls are so cheap/free. It's not nothing to do with the money I just don't feel the need and I don't know what we would say everyday. When H was small his mother used to spend every evening, every day on the phone to her mother, she had a break to make him a sandwich then went back on the phone. It made his childhood very lonely ☹️

Maybe every few months?

MrX's mum calls us, drops round and generally keeps up-to-date on us, my parents just leave us to our own devices and never really contact us... But I rarely call them because I get a lecture on something or a very stilted conversation...

MrS and I both speak to our dads every day. We've both lost our mums in the last couple of years. It's strange because I never really spoke to my dad much before only to ask if he was ok and mum was there. Now he lives on his own he will happily chat away for 20 mins. I used to speak to my mum everyday when she was alive though and so did my H.

I speak to my Mum and Dad every other day and see them about twice a week.

I used to speak to my Mum every day - but now it isn't as often. It can be up to about 3 times a week. I tend to see her about once a week. With my Dad - well he spends 6 months of the year in Spain - irrelevant of where he is I always speak to him on a Sunday!

I must admit though I have 'cut' my Mum down as she used to want to speak to me every day and I found it a bit of a pain! I mean not a lot changes in 24 hours! She fought it at first, complaining that I never ring her but now she seems to have accepted that I have a busy job and other priorities!!!

I speak to my mum on the phone about once a month or every other month - she lives in Spain and only has a mobile so its expensive. I talk to her on MSN messenger about once a week and we text each other too... My gran, on the other hand I speak to every sunday, sometime between 6 and 8pm!!

Since my Dad died I speak to my Mum every day (was about three times a week previously)....to check she's ok and give her a bit of company.

However, she rarely leaves the house, so there isn't a great deal to discuss. I don't exactly look forward to making the call which is horrid to say really, but it's the same conversation day after day after day.

I speak to my Dad most days, if not on the phone I hear from him by text or email.

I speak to my Mum as little as possible, probably once a week, but once she's on the phone she's there for a while!! ?

I see my sister a couple of times a week. It will be everyday once my son starts school on Tuesday.

I speak to my Mum about twice a week for about 30 mins each time, my Dad lives in France and he calls around 3 times a month. I have a very close relationship with both my parents so I like to speak to them regularly.

I speak to my parents about once a week, usually on a Sunday. When my Dad was ill, my Mum phoned me every day to keep me updated on his situation and for the company. My parents are phoning me a bit more often at the moment as my husband is away on a business trip and they're worried that I'm lonely!

My husband talks to his parents about once a fortnight, and to his sister on about the same frequency, so has contact with his family about once a week.

We live too far away from both families to visit very often.

My mum, if you mean actually speaking on the phone, then probably once a month if that. We tend to speak mainly via e-mail these days due to her working two jobs. I'd like to speak to her more as I do feel sometimes she misses out on things that are going on with me and vice versa, but it can't be helped. I culled my dad a year ago, so never.

We speak to H's parents about once a week, but I usually have to nag him to get him to phone his mum as she gets a bit upset otherwise. We had them over last week and we do try and nip out every other weekend or something.

Edited to add that my mum lives on the other side of the country from me and H's parents are five minutes away across back roads.

I call my parents twice a week for a proper blether- once on a Wednesday which has become a tradition now! It started when I first moved in with Mr FigJam and he was always at training on a Wednesday night, so it meant I could blether away in peace and quiet! Years later, if I haven't called or answered my home phone by 10pm ish, my Mum usually sends a text along the lines of "It's Wed... speak soon?!" ?

I usually speak at some point over the weekend as well, but it tends to be a shorter call. We also text for various things through the week and will call quickly if there's something in particular to speak about. Most of my blethering is with my Mum, but they often put the speakerphone on so they can both hear/speak at the same time which is good. My Dad is happy to blether away too though which is nice, I tend to speak to him about different things than when I speak to my Mum.

They live quite far away (2hr drive), so when I see them varies depending on how busy we all are. It averages out about once a month, but can be two weekends on the trot and then nothing for the next 6 weeks etc! I'm sure if/once grandchildren come along this will change!

Mr FigJam's parents only live about 7miles away. He doesn't really call them much for chats, but I know he emails his Dad a fair bit and uses Google chat with him. We often go and scroung a Saturday night takeaway at theirs as it's a good chance to catch up with our young nephew (and my SIL/BIL of course!) who go over every Saturday night, we tend to go every other week.

More than once a day & my Sister too.

I phone home to speak to both and my sister maybe twice a week? I "converse" with my mum, by phone or email, a few times a day. Speak to my dad a few times a week alone (i.e. he phones me from his mobile) and my sisters, maybe a few texts a week.

We're all pretty close, and i miss them terribly at the moment. We all spent so much time together planning the weddings (mine and sisters this year) that I got used to seeing them loads. We live nearish by- I am in London, about 70 miles from them in Oxford.

I speak to both my mum & dad most days - once or twice a day.

Usually we chat for anything from 20mins to an hour at a time, we chat like mates would so never seem to run out of stuff to talk about.

H talks to his mum once every couple of weeks to catch up.

I speak to my mum twice a day. Before she goes to work just to have a 2 minute chat to see how her grand children are. Then at tea time we'll chat for longer. We see eachother probably 2 afternoons a week, we don't speak at tea time if we've seen eachother that afternoon.

About once a fortnight or less if I can get away with it.

I don't speak to my mother about anything other than 'I'm fine, how are you?' or the weather as she works any little titbit I let slip about my life into her psycotic delusions. Sadly this measn I can't really talk to my Dad as often or as openly I'd like.

I speak to my sis on MSN pretty much every day (or phone her up for cooking advice ?), and she tells me what my dad is up to (she sees him during the week as they live close), and vice versa, so I only really speak to my dad about once every 2 or 3 weeks as we already know what each other are up to. I think my dad would nod off if I rang him every day ?

Once a week. Sundays. 8 pm.

Its a simple system but it works.

I speak to mum most days. Dad, probably not so often, maybe once/twice a week. My mum always rings if she hasn't seen/heard from me just to see if MissSun is alright.

My mum and little sister about twice per week (but only see them every three months or so as they live at the opposite the end of the country!).

Haven't spoken to my father for 19 years...............

7pm for me! They know if I phone on anyother day something is wrong or I want something ?. They live a couple of hours away and I don't go home very often and the weekly chat allows mum to give me the gossip, which normally involves people I don't know.

Dad answers teh phone and we'll have a quick chat while we wait for mum. Bless him, I think he wants to chat more but never knows what to say!

It depends on whether I need to speak to her or not, I don't generally just phone for a chat but then I see her most Sats and Weds anyway. I will sometimes give her a phone to let her know if I need her to pick up YMR for his childcare for me which they are doing for me on Weds so I can go to an exercise class and this week I phoned to ask her if I had left his cagoule in her house. Oh, how exciting ?

I email my dad nearly every day and he calls me at work most days. I speak to my mom every day to... maybe thats why people look at me funny sometimes ?

I don't speak to my real father as I haven't seen him since I was a child. I don't speak to my step father much as he works a lot. I do ring my mother about 4 times a week but she's just not interested. We've never been very close, I'm trying really hard but she always rushes me. 1-2 minutes tops then she'll come up with an excuse to get off the phone. really upsets me tbh as I don't know what I've done. But then she's always been like this with me. Ah well.

I speak to my mum and dad at least 3 times a day, for anything up to 1hr at a time. They are my best friends, and whilst this is not normal for other people, it is very normal in our family!

We have a very busy family life, and my mum and dads house tends to be the hub with aunts/ uncles/ cousins coming and going, so we are never short of things to talk about.

I live in Scotland with their 1st grandchild who is 7 months , they live in London and I am always wanting to keep them updated on my sons progress, on a daily basis. They are like my remote rocks, as it were. I still struggle with living so far away from my parents (my husband is Scottish and has to be in Edinburgh for family reasons), and I love talking to them and to be honest it keeps me going.

I think as with everything everyone will have their own relationship dynamics with their parents, and whilst i do sometimes think I need to 'grow up' and stop being so needy of my parents, I couldn't bear not talking to them every day. It's as simple as that really!

I speak to my mum nearly every day and me and H stay at my parents at least once a week, normally because we fall asleep on the couch watching TV.

But then people are always commenting on how close me and mum are.

So many differences!

Don't get me wrong, I love chatting to my mum and when I've something to tell her or vice versa, I'd happily chat for hours. It's the 'so...' conversations that drain me, particularly when I'm tired. When we're together, we never run out of things to talk about though.

? Katie.

I speak to my mum almost every day. Usually only for around 10 mins at a time. I see her about once a week. I only speak to my dad on the phone when either of us want something from the other lol. We chat for ages in person tho.

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