Inspired by a conversation on Higher Education, how often do you contact your parents?

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I FaceTime mine once or twice a week, and we swap messages a couple of times a day on a family group chat or 1-1. I live in a different country to them so I see them face to face four or five times a year. I’m in my early 50’s.

Once a week call, in a different country and parent has no internet for video calls!

Message on WhatsApp every day, video call every other day or so. I also live in a different country to them so only see them face to face 3 or 4 times a year (a lot less during covid).

I probably see them about once every 4 or 5 weeks and speak to them once a week on average but can sometimes go a fortnight without speaking if one or other of us is away

Luckily they are both still in decent health and have each other so they aren't reliant on me for support or social contact. They also both still drive which makes it easier to meet up as we can meet half way or they can visit me rather than me having to always visit them.

I imagine that as they age they may rely on me more and contact may need to be more regular (both mid 70s currently)

My parents live 10 minutes away. I have regular text conversations with my mum and try to see them about once a week. My dad has some health stuff going on and I try to help out a bit bringing bits of shopping round etc.

A weekly phone call and WA every other day or so.
DH on the other hand hardly ever got in touch with his, though through Covid lock downs started being in touch more.

Never. Been Nc for 15 years

Message on family WhatsApp group every day and then see them once or twice a week on average I’d say.

My mum lives with me. She's only in her late 70s but she developed arthritis in 2019 and is now virtually immobile so I speak to her every day. I don't do personal care thankfully but we're around and do the housekeeping / cooking / organising repairs etc so she doesn't need to worry about that stuff

Never, being as they are both dead and have been for many years.

Rarely

Multiple WhatsApp messages every day and a call most days to my Mum. See her a couple of times a week for a coffee or walk. Try to have dinner at one of our houses every couple of weeks. We are close and I enjoy her company.

Call my Dad (parents are long divorced) about once a week to check in on him, but we aren’t as close so it’s more out of a sense of duty than the endless chitchat about our lives that I have with my Mum.

Every day messages and currently seeing my dad 6 times a week but the context is my mum died 2 weeks ago.

In usual circumstances messages every day and see once or twice a week.

My husband has rare contact with his and we have seen them twice this year.

Message every day, talk on the phone if I have some particularly interesting news.

Normally see each other once or twice a month, but I’m on maternity leave having had their first grandchild 4 weeks ago, so now once or twice a week.

I see my dad every weekend when I do his shopping and tidy up his house a bit. I speak to him on the phone at least once a day and we usually swop a few texts too. My mum died 18 months ago but I've always had a close, chatty relationship with both parents.

Parents - my dad is dead, I see my mum in her nursing home usually weekly. She really struggles on the phone so I don't use that any more.

Inlaws - I speak to my FIL weekly and go and see him and my MIL in her nursing home about 4 x a year.

Phone call 3/4 times a week. See every fortnight.

Just had my mum round for tea (82), watched some TV. Message most days, see her 1-3 times a week.

Dad died when I was a baby

No contact with mother and very low contact with dad, just some text messages every couple of months

My mum lives 10 minutes away and helps a lot with after school care. I see her 3-4 times a week minimum.
We have lived much further apart before (up to 120 miles at the furthest) and I saw her every month then.

Mine are dead but I called a few times a week (lived on a different continent) and then once they got older I called every day. I went to see them regularly and they came to see me.

I talk to my MIL every few days. DH also calls her but I think I call her more tbh. We'd talk about books and stuff which is nice. I really missed her during lockdown.

I was visiting them once a week, spoke almost daily to my Mother, maybe every few weeks to my Father on phone...,
Bit of a change this month after an ongoing arguement- Maybe every few days to my Mother now and still every few weeks to my Father and they will see me when they arrange to.

I have phoned my mum every day since I went to university in the late 90s. Visit home every two to three weeks. Might video call every few days during the week as well and send numerous text messages a day.

My dad died a long time ago, I chat to my mum once a week and text every 3 days or so.