If ur DP/DH was working away from home ...

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... for a couple of weeks, how regularly would you expect him to phone home? Just trying to get a sense of what might be 'normal' ..!

I don't wait in for calls, I have a mobile.

I suppose for me it's more that we want to speak to eachother, have a chat about our day etc.

DH calls me at least once everyday. I wait for him to call me as he will often be in another time and trips away are not 9-5 - there are always business dinners and events.

He will try to text too if he is not too tied up with stuff.
I love it. He often has been stuck in meetings and doesn't have much to say but I know he misses the children and we really miss each other.

( which is odd after 20 years)

I'm the one that travels, and I try to send an email or text everyday, but phoning can be really hard to organise, depending on time zone.

I'm lucky that I can use my work Blackberry, so can send a quick message when in a taxi or eating breakfast, but it can be really hard to find the time - I've just got back today from a trip when we were working for 10 hours a day, then going out for customer dinners (not fun ones), with just a chance to get changed between, so catching DH in and awake was really problematical

DH works away about six weeks a year. We usually use skype once a day, plus the odd email or text, unless he's in remote areas where there are no phone lines/ internet.

Now that we have kids he would intend to phone every night, but usually only remember to do it two thirds of the time.

Before we had kids he would phone a couple of times a week, unless he was lonely or bored when he would phone a bit more frequently.

Every night, and emails during the day.

At least once a day to speak to the DCs, and once later on to speak to me.

every morning
prob every lunchtime
then in the evening
and at bedtime

(tbh when he is not working away we speak 3x during the day at least )

Depends on where he is. We use skype when he is abroad, he has just come back from 3 weeks in Africa, we spoke every night but used skype phone. Works out cheaper.

DH is away until Christmas. I spoke to him last Sunday, had an email from him on Wednesday and will hopefully talk to him this weekend.

His working hours mean he usually cannot phone or do Skype calls in the evening. Also as Cat64 says you can almost guarantee that a call will be in the middle of a nappy change or bedtime story.

I think the main thing is that you both need to agree on the frequency of calls, texts etc.

dh spent a year working away mon-fri every week, used to ring home every evening. now, when he's away, we use skype rather than mobiles for keeping in touch.

Every evening here.

Depends what he's doing when he's working abroad. If he's in a hotel on office-type business, then once a day to say goodnight.
I also do the same (plus normally some extra calls to remind him to eat, feed DD, etc)

I'm usually the one that's away. I will call DP once a day just for a quick 10 minute chat. Sometimes we miss each other and it's not a huge problem.

Depending on what his work involved, once a day at least, if possible.

depends what time zone he's in and if he's at sea or not. if along side and times were ok most nights

Dh has worked away from home for 20 years or more on and off.

He rings every other night or more if something unusual/exciting happens. He texts every morning and I text back and we text each other at odd times during the day.

On the very rare occasion he has forgotten to ring I do tend to worry and will ring him to make sure he's ok. I think this stems from when he was caught up in the London bombings, although he wasn't directly involved he was working in London and I can vividly recall the utter panic when I couldn't reach him.

Like Cat64, we have very rare phone calls here.

DH is actually away at the moment. I have not heard from him yet and really do not expect to. There is the time difference and also the fact that evening meals and drinks are part of the job he is out there to do so it would be difficult to find a good time to ring us.
Having said, that, I know that he will try to keep his mobile on and if there is a problem will answer or at least read texts. On occasion he emails, but again mainly in response to questions that I email (where are lightbulbs? what time do you land? where are firelighters, etc).

I am away about as much as he is and I might ring late at night, but that is because I know that he stays up late. Since I am in bed by ten and very grumpy if woken up, DH does not follow the same pattern.

i dont live with dp so sometimes we dont see eachother 1-2 weeks at a time. but we speak at least once a day and always text good morning and good night

My husband has always worked away from home (was a Merchant Navy captain & now works on oil rigs)for the past 12 years.
He calls home every night.Also,get a few emails throughout the day,too.

My D works away every other week and he rings at lunchtime and then again in the evening to speak to DS.

I usually try to make contact every day but I'm only away infrequently, on the US west coast.

Catching the kids before they go to bed can be tricky but I always feel a bit guilty if I don't. I've used Skype in between meetings etc which works well provided my DW has left her laptop on.