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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like most parents completely ignore their kids (after age 22) until they get grandkids. Then they attack them and want nonstop time with them. [/quote]

I am 50, no kids (by choice), and talk to my mom on the phone every day. We live quite a distance away so we can't see each other every week. My spouse and I go on vacation with them for a week most summers, and I usually fly back to see them another 3 or so times a year. They used to come visit us once a year for a week - last year they decided to rent a condo in our city for a month, and they are planning to do it again next year. We spend Christmas with my in laws, and sometimes my parents will join us there for a couple of days as well.

I don't know how common it is for parents and adult kids with no children to want to see each other and talk to each other that much, but I can say I really treasure the time I get with my folks. This relationship is hard-won - I was a very difficult kid, and my parents weren't so easy back in those days either.

My sister has two kids, lives an hour from my parents, probably sees them 2-3 times a month. [/quote]

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