How often do you speak with your adult children?

C50

C50

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I'm just curious how often others talk with their adult children. My kids are 30 and 28, we have good relationships and we speak or text weekly, sometimes a bit more depending what's going on.

Yet I hear people mention talking with their adult kids mutible times a day. I've also heard (mostly from women) that their kids are their "best friends"

Truthfully I'm OK with the not daily talking, and obviously my kids are OK with it as well. I don't need to know their daily business, and they don't need to know mine.

So how often is your communication?
 

I talk to my son, Grant, at least a few times a month. He and his wife travel a lot. In fact they left for Italy this morning. I'll be going to check on his wife's cat every few days until they get back.

I talk to son, Liam, a couple times a week, usually. His 2 youngest kids take turns spending weekends with me (us), and the whole fam visits now and then, so we're in regular contact.

My daughter, Maud, calls me every Sunday. She lives far away, down in SoCal.
 
Our daughter is 37, and she keeps in touch mainly through What'sApp? She and her hubby both work from home, so we rarely talk on the phone. We see her a couple times a month .. him less, as he's very concerned about Covid. He has only seen his parents once or twice since Covid started. Yes, I know it's extreme.
 

oldest son i text about twice a month
daughter talk on phone or text every other day sometimes daily / travel to see grandkids about once a month
youngest son text maybe once a week every other week or so see him either going out for the day or if i dog sit for him
 
Son 53…Michael and I we mostly text otherwise he calls puts me on speaker and walks around the house..drives me nuts..his son my grandson is 27 we are close…Mike and I have always shared a love of music..Ozzy, Alice etc
Son number 2 is 51. Patrick lives 2 provinces away..so we mostly text…he and I have always shared a passion for hockey…but, he and I watch the topics we discuss…he is stubborn, opinionated and a political buff..now I was like that first so..with seniority I should have the last word (does not work that way) my grandson is 10 shows all signs of being stubborn..karma is a bitch.
My daughter is 45..I live with my daughter..we are friends..we argue..we share all things ..we spend nights up listening to horror movies eating junk food,,,we have the fine knack of spending even in the poorest of stores..😏
That be my family…
 
I feel incredibly happy & lucky that I am in contact with my son, grandson, DIL multiple times. Minimum one call a day; facetime a few times per week; texting whenever. Also, I see them a minimum of 6 times a month.

I'm not his best friend, that honor goes to his wife, but he is mine. I love them so much. I do live alone, I have been critically ill on several occasions. If his father were living I'm sure I'd see them less. But he's not, and they care about how I'm doing as I do them.

I'm one of the few people my son can rant & rave to about politics---we're on the same page there and we enjoy our discussions.
 
I have one son. We text almost every day, 9 times out of 10 he will initiate the text. He calls at least once a week, sometimes more, again depending on what is going on. When we email, my daughter-in-law is always included in all the emails, so she is kept in the loop. I got very lucky with my daughter-in-law. She could be my own daughter. A gem.
 
My 46 year old daughter sometimes WhatsApp, several times a day if it's the weekend .. and sometimes goes 4 or 5 days without a word because she works full time..... she rings at least once a week if not more, usually when she's driving to or from work , where she has a better signal than at home), or when she's just got gome from work, she'll immediately get the dogs food prepared and while she's doing that, she'll ring and put me on speaker, and get on with getting the dogs fed, and getting her own dinner put on,..etc..

yesterday she rang 4 times... as she was driving from different locations, shopping etc...
 
We probably speak with our daughters about once a week....just routine "How r u doing" calls. If anything of importance comes up, we stay in close touch. We're OK, and so are they. One of the Granddaughters lives just a few miles away, and she and my wife have become Best Friends, so they call each other every couple of days. We've adopted a routine of not interfering with each others lives, but all maintain a strong attitude of being ready to help out if needed.
 
Text or video chat every week to 3 weeks. Both kids live out of town. See 2 of my grand daughters about 4 times a year. See my other Grandchildren only twice a year. One grand daughter lives closer I see her about once a month. I sure wish I saw everyone more!!
 
My daughter and I talk approximately every 3 days. She mostly calls me, but sometimes she doesn't and then she gets upset with me if I don't call her (I'm really bad about not calling anybody, introversion thing I guess).
 
My son lives a couple blocks away and I see him almost daily. He is 52 and has been disabled his whole life so I handle all his financial stuff.
 
Pepper said:
I feel incredibly happy & lucky that I am in contact with my son, grandson, DIL multiple times. Minimum one call a day; facetime a few times per week; texting whenever. Also, I see them a minimum of 6 times a month.

I'm not his best friend, that honor goes to his wife, but he is mine. I love them so much. I do live alone, I have been critically ill on several occasions. If his father were living I'm sure I'd see them less. But he's not, and they care about how I'm doing as I do them.

I'm one of the few people my son can rant & rave to about politics---we're on the same page there and we enjoy our discussions.
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I can agree with you on the father issue, that you no longer have.....yet I do. Why I don't see my grandson. His father has kept his where abouts secret.
Point is I FEEL a real concern for my grandson. It just does not seem fair to me and what is truly going on.
I'm afraid I have offended a person here with my issues. It is her place she posts to and I feel I've imposed on it to her that she is looking for how to use the ignore button which I realize must be because of me and my issues where I live. Seems like I must get legal help because that is their job to get paid to help with your issues.
Her place she posts on daily is for her positive ramblings not for me to burst in to her happy contented area. So I just found this out that I have put c a burden upon her special space and was asking how one uses the ignore button if the one they are ignoring can see their posts still. I was on there for a while yet I now feel that I am causing her upsetting her tranquility.
Point is why I am here ....hope I don't get the ignore button here too.
Lost N maine
 
Usually once a week with my sons. I leave them alone and wait for them to call. I know what I was like at their age so I don't push it. I have my location shared with them on Google so they and Big Tech know where I am 24/7, privacy be damned. It's a small price I pay for their peace of mind. Now I'm just happy I get to spend time with my grandson.
 

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