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How often do you speak to your mum / adult children?

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OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 31/12/2023 10:11

Inspired another thread but I didn’t want to derail.

How often do you chat to your mum and/ or adult children?

I speak to my mum about once a week and my adult DD FaceTime once a week and a couple of WhatsApp’s during the week, but only if there is something to say. I have a teenage DS at home and I’m lucky to get a couple of sentences out of him a day when face to face, so goodness knows how much communication we will have once he goes to uni.

Those of you who speak every day/ multiple times a day - what do you talk about? If you can’t get hold of them does it make you feel panicked and isn’t that suffocating? Sorry, one more question - if you do chat to your mum or siblings multiple times a day how do you find time to get anything done?

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Watervolt · 31/12/2023 20:17

A midweek phone call and a weekend video call, usually an hour or so each time.

Stay for the weekend every three weeks, except Christmas/NY, when everything goes out the window and I live here for about a fortnight 😃

Errolwasahero · 31/12/2023 20:17

Wow. We’re all very close but speak when we feel like it. Sometimes it’s months in between, sometimes days, sometimes weeks. It’s ok, whatever.

ActDottie · 31/12/2023 20:21

Message my mum most days… mostly just photos of what the dogs are doing and she’ll send photos of their dog!!

Ring her weekly or sometimes we go round to theirs instead as they’re 30 mins drive away.

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Oblomov23 · 31/12/2023 20:39

My mum once a week. I tell her everything.

PeanutsArentNuts · 31/12/2023 20:43

Chat with my mum daily. About any old shit, just as I would with mates or DH. Doesn't affect my ability to get things done at all? Currently texting stupid memes with my mum while also texting 3 other people, on MN, watching TV, hanging out with DH and eating cheese. Not an actual superhero.

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