This might sound trivial and I know some would be grateful if their parents take an interest but my Mum phones me far too much.
I don't seem to be able to get her to stop it as even when I say "I'll phone you", she always gets in first. It's always inconvenient too. I have told her I will ring her in the evening after my supper but this doesn't suit her.
She expects to speak to me every single day and has done since I was married (I've been married for over 25 years now). On the odd occasion that I've mentioned that it's not necessary to call all the time (she has free local calls, as do I) she tells me about other people's children who speak to their mother three times a day and so on. I'm not even that nice to her on the phone but she still doesn't get it. My sister lives in another country and visits once a year. I get told with delight that she has phoned them (maybe once a fortnight). DH is an only child and we have quite a lot to deal with for his mother who is a widow.
When my DC were young she would phone every day at 6pm (as that's when the cheaper calls started). I don't like to not answser the phone just in case it's something urgent. Every day I said that I was feeding my DC and would ring back but she continued for years ignoring my wishes. I don't understand how she wasn't offended by me saying it' wasn't convenient and wouldn't modify her behaviour. Water off a duck's back!
Since the free calls, some years ago, she rings me with odd thoughts or "news" such as Mrs so-and-so's daughter is pregnant or has qualified as a Dr (unlike me who doesn't have much a career is what's implied).
Now she is very elderly (although she still has my Dad) I can understand it more I suppose but she wants to know every single tiny detail of what I have been doing. When I say "nothing much" it's not enough for her. I do sometimes say, "Well, I emptied the dishwasher and then I ironed four shirts, then I went for a walk and made soup towards dinner". Surely these things are not interesting to anyone!
I'm so fed up of being interogated and my heart sinks when she calls. I have recently realised that a really lovely birthday gift from her to me (it's my birthday fairly soon) would be for her to not phone me for a few days. Even when we are abroad she will call every day to "check in" as it were. I have even gone outside and rang my own doorbell occasionally as an excuse to go or said that my mobile is ringing with one of my DC's wanting to speak. She will go and then ring me back in a few minutes to see what they have said!
Now she seems to phone me twice a day or sometimes more and wants full reports. Honestly I'm really not that great and don't do anything much that's interesting. But I don't want to be questioned about it. She hasn't changed, when my sister and I were little we used to joke between ourselves that she should work for the Russians as an interogator. Now I am pretty old (my DC are in their 20s) it's all got worse. It's one of the worst things in my life (yeah, lucky me if that's the worst thing).
I don't want to cut contact completely for extreme noseyness but is their any hope that i can get her to change? I'm scared not to answer the phone as there might be an emergency as they are elderly.