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[quote=Anonymous]Visiting my parents for Christmas and my mom has been guilt tripping me for not calling more often and I want to see if I am really far off here.

I call my mom every week, usually on the weekends. I leave time for about a 30 minute discussion just me and her, and then give her like another 20 minutes to speak with with two children (like 10 minutes each). I also occasionally text during the week or share photos if something important happens.

We also see them for literally every holiday-- Easter they come to us, Thanksgiving we all meet at my sister's (usually the weekend before or after to accommodate in-law's), and we come visit them every Christmas (Christmas eve is big for DH's family and they are local so we do Christmas Eve in DC and then drive the 5 hours Christmas Day to see my parents).

We also see them several times over the summer (they have a lake house that they are always inviting us to, although next year we will likely only be doing one or two trips instead of one every month because DH is tired of spending all his vacation time with my parents, and I don't blame him-- he doesn't get along well with my mom, which is a whole other conversation)

All in all-- we see them about once a month-- on rare occasions skipping a month and seeing them 6-8 weeks later and they live about 200 miles away.

My sister on the other hand, is also married with children, and calls literally every day, lives about 100 miles away, and my mom visits her about weekly.

Is calling only once a week really outrageous? Keep in mind that I work and am responsible for all transportation to children's activities because my husband works odd hours-- ie I am kind of busy.

How often do you call your parents?[/quote]

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