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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t really talk to us and are very involved in their own lives as we navigate adulthood. We don’t really have much in common. Is it normal for your parents to never call you? Nothing bad happened between us they just seem disinterested. [/quote]

Are they typical American parents and would not pay for you after you are 18 or out of college?

We do not call our adult children very much but we have supported them in all ways. We have their college, grad school, car, wedding, down payment to first home etc covered. They know that they can stay at our house indefinitely without paying a dime for anything.

Of course, we do all of these things because we as parents have done the nurturing and put them first.  Our children also have put in the work to have successful life and reach goals.

People may look at my adult kids and think that they have a very cushy life because parents have bankrolled a lot of their big costs, but the truth is that they are the kids who also have worked hard.  If now we do not call them as often it is because we have the understanding that they will fill us in periodically.  We do not want to cross the boundaries we feel that they would need as functioning adults.

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