Do boys stay in touch as adults?

Yes, 3 adult sons and they message/call regularly.

2 of them come for dinner most Sundays.

Mine is 22, he messages daily, and visits weekly, it's very rare to get a phonecall so if it's ringing and its him, I know there's something wrong 🤣

My 19yo is just away to move to uni a few hours away, I imagine it will be messages daily, and probably I'll go there every couple of months and he will come here every couple of months, so around monthly for seeing him.

My OH does the weekly phone call. I find it odd as I'm gossiping with my parents on WhatsApp every day but it works fine for them, just different.

Yup.
My DH used to chat with his Dad mostly via email most days. Swapping photos, hobby stuff - they had lots of shared interests.
DH now has similar with his own son - probably less frequent but they mostly connect through WhatsApp. I suspect DS chats more with DH than his Mum. It's useful to have shared interests. DH and DS both like cooking and walking a lot.

My brother visits my parents every weekend. I (female) probably phone my mum once a week if she is lucky.

I have 4 young sons so following with interest

My DH is not close to his mum at all but she is very emotionally detached from him and has a clear preference for his brother (who she does see regularly) so I'm trying to avoid her mistakes.

DH is much better at calling his parents regularly than I am mine

I have two brothers. One is in regular contact with my parents and me. The other makes very little contact and you have to get in touch with him if you want to speak with him. (He's always happy to hear from any of us, but just doesn't initiate the contact).
My Dad was always in regular contact with is parents.
DH speaks to his Dad every week and visits him regularly.
So essentially, I would say its not about being a 'boy' as much as it is about personality and relationships.

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My DH phones his mum regularly, they go on holiday every December, we've just had her down for a visit and he makes the effort to visit during the year and at the anniversary of his father's death. He's good at keeping in touch. I hope our DS grows up to be the same.

Some do. Some don't.

I have two DC 22 and 27 (DD in the middle). They both live quite a way from where I now live, one 4 hours away and one 3 hours away and are very much living their own lives. The oldest one calls me (or I call him) at least once a week and he often calls me to talk things through, ask for advice or just a general chat (he currently has no GF though). My younger one is slightly less communicative but we message frequently and still talk once a week (but I usually call him and our conversations are not that long). He is also coming to stay over the long bank holiday weekend, came to stay at Easter and Christmas and probably another 3/4 weekends through the year on top of this. I am divorced from their father but I remain ‘home’ emotionally for them and am the one they turn to and they know my house (with new partner) is their go to if they need it. Older teenage years they weren’t so good at keeping in touch but we shared lock down together and that brought us closer. So yes, they do visit and they do keep in touch 😊

My boys are adults. We message regularly, call often, and see each other when we can. We're not in each others' pockets, but we are all fine with our relationship and would say we are close.

My ‘boys’ are mid 30’s and mid 20’s. They message all the time and we meet for lunch and trips to the cinema.

My ‘boys’ are 34 and 30. I see and hear from them regularly, I would say my husband and I have an excellent relationship with them and their families. I know some people’s experience is very different and sometimes that’s because there is friction between the son’s partner and his parents and sometimes I think it’s because the boys have been rather spoiled.