I moved away from germany and my entire family to live in the UK.
My mother is forever complaining that she doesn't see our children enough and basically relies on me to email her photos every few days, the odd video recording, and phone them with updates. My mum never phones me, neither does my stepdad who brought me up, but they are happy to talk on the phone for hours when I call.
They have smartphones and computers and all that jazz, but every time I suggest Skype following one of my mum's laments about how she would love to see my children while she is talking to them I get told "skype is not safe", and they would rather carry on like this.
She's never met my 11 month old, and last saw my 3 & 5 year olds 18 months ago, and they are always asking to see photos of her. They also love to skype with my father on the odd occasion that we do.
I can't quite get them to tell me what they mean by "skype is not safe". The stasi is not listening anymore, and even if anyone was listening, it's not like we talk about earth shattering stuff.. And as far as I'm aware people don't make a habit of hijacking your smartphones through skype, although I may well be wrong there.
AIBU to be upset about this? What else can I do?
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AllOutOfNaiceHam · 26/11/2014 18:25
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