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I was just talking to my mom and I visited with my dad earlier today, so I got to thinking, how often do you normally see or talk to your parents?
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i dont get to see them as much as i should but i try to call at least every other day just to check in with them and make sure all is well with them--my dad has had two heart attacks so i worry about him and mom doesnt walk very good any more so i worry she might fall or something
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Unfortunately, I can't talk to my parents. My father died when I was 2 from brain cancer at the age of 31 and my mother passed from a massive heart attack when I was 37. My grandmother died at the age of 83, when I was 31. My grandfather passed before I was born. It is unfortunate, but it is a part of life. :angel12: :angel12: :angel12: :angel12: :wave:
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My Dad was a race car driver and died on the track when I was 3 and my Mom has been gone for 18 years from an aneurism.
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I havent spoken to my mother in 3 years when we were talking it was like every few weeks
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Sadly my dad passed away on Nov 26, 2001 from congestive heart failure and my mother passed away on June 13, 2003 from acute lymphoma.
My dad was 78 when he passed away and my mother was 82.
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Well my parents are not together but I talk to my mom and step dad(which is who I call DAD) almost everyday, since I became ill in January (my condition got worse) I try to see them when my sister takes me to doctors or shopping. As for the man who fathered me we talk usually once a year when he calls me on my birthday(which is at the last Sunday of this month) This year we have spoke more than normal and he did help me with my medication expense last month. It is more him than mean I try like today no answer he is retired he got out of paying child support and he is better off than my mother he was suppose to pay something to her when he retired but she won't take him to court for it, a headache she doesn't need. Like I told my dad any one can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad! I don't get to see him because he lives in California and I live in Missouri he says he's going to come and see us (siblings all live here)but he always promises but never goes through with it. I want my father to be a part of my life and I have tried for years now his health is going down hill and i am afraid of not seeing him before he dies or I die which ever comes first. Two years ago I waited all day for him to call me on my birthday I even cried when he didn't he put it one facebook like I visit facebook everyday( I don't have time for that)I can't remember last year but I am hoping for a call this year.
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I talk and see my mom and dad everyday. Mainly because I'm still living with them :) But even if I weren't I'm pretty sure I'd still talk to them all the time, especially my mom.
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EVERYDAY MY MOTHER LIVES NOT 20 FEET FROM MY HOUSE
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I try to call my mother every day to check in with her. I use to talk to her once or twice a week but since we almost lost her back in March, I believe the Lord has given me extra chances to tell her how much I love her so I call her every day. I also call my 90 year old grandmother every night before I go to bed to see how her day was and to tell her I love her. I don't get to visit with my Granny very often because she lives so far away. My dad is a different story, though. Lord forgive me, but I think I could go the rest of my life without talking to him again. The six weeks we were together while Mom was in the hospital brought back too many horrible childhood memories that I had buried deep. Since it is apparent that he has not and never will change, my heart is stone cold towards him.
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I am very sad to hear that so many have lost their parents, but on the other hand I am happy to hear that most of us that still are Blessed with a parent of some sort, does take the time to check in with them, I thing we all need that connection.
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I don't see my parents as often as I may like because they are 2 1/2 hours away. But I do talk to them at least every other night. Just to see how they are doing mostly.
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I talk to my mom about 3-6 times a month. Usually see her at least once a month. We get along really well and talk a lot when we get together. My dad I usually talk to on special days and see him about 3-6 times a year. I have a hard time talking to him because he always sounds really disinterested in what I am talking about or pokes fun at the things that are serious in my life. He has a way of making me feel like I don't want to reveal anything too personal or he will criticize me for my choices. He has been getting better about it since he married his 2nd wife who is a wonderful woman but I still don't feel completely comfortable revealing my real passions, hopes and dreams to him.
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I talk to my Mama everyday and see her several times a week. She is 79 and still going strong. I lost my wonderful Daddy 8 years ago to cancer, and oh how I wish I could talk to him one more time. I still miss him. I feel sorry for kids growing up now a days, a lot of them don't have 2 parents in their lives. Many are being raised by grandparents, times they are a changing.
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I try to speak with my parents at least once a day because I don't want to regret not spending time with them when they leave.
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I probably talk to them or see them at least once a month; they live maybe an hour-1/2 away so they're fairly close to see them several times a year, but still too far to see on a weekly basis. Although they'd probably like it were I to call them at least once a week... I know growing up every Sunday after church, dad would call up his mother and we'd all pass around the phone to talk to Grandma (or more recently we'd put her on the speaker phone so we could all talk together). But after I moved out, I haven't called my parents as often.
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Definitely whenever I have time we'll talk.
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I talk to my dad almost every day. I visit him at least once a week. I wish I was a little closer so I could visit more often.
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I talk to them at least once a week. We usually email a few times during the week.
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my father passed away about 5 years ago..i talk to my mother at every day to every other day..she lives about an hour away.
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I talk to my parents once a week sometimes twice if there is something very urgent!
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I talk to both my Mom and Dad every day....that probably because I still live with them at home...lol :bootyshake:
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My mom and I have always been really close. I can talk to her about absolutely anything. As far as my dad, I love him very much and he has always been there for me and helps me out whenever I need him but when it comes to talking & having a conversation, its always very awkward. He is definitely a man of few words.
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Dad occasionally. Mom daily :)
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every day big part of my life family.
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My prayers to you all. I dont call my parents that often anymore. My mom refuses to dial *82 to call me. Half the time she is sitting on her couch watching tv and just lets the phone ring. I called to talk to my dad the other day to tell him about his sister and he refused to get on the phone. When I talk to my mom she always complains about everything and anything. It gets pathetic. Of all of the times that I have been in the hospital and i am talking the local ones and not when I went to pittsburgh or east liverpool. She has only been there 2 times for me. I have almost died a couple of times thank god that god is on my side I survived everything that has been put at me. I am a survivor. I would like to hear how are you doing or feeling. I dont get that from my mom.
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Probably monthly....that is just how we've always been.
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At LEAST 2 days a week, usually 5. They babysit my daughter while I am work though, so almost every work day I see them.
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We all live together, and take great care of each other.
I check on my parents every few hours. Sometimes just for a few minutes, to see if they need anything. Other times I sit on the bed and have a nice visit with them and their chihuahua!
I love my parents, and am so happy that we are all together.
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Mine live 3 streets away so all the time
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My mother has been has been gone for 35 years and i still miss her, my real dad passed away 32 years ago. But my step dad is the one who raised us kids. He and mom were married for 28 years before she passed. He was more of a father then my real one. We call or go out and see him quite a lot. Yesterday we took him fishing as he can no longer do the driving. Scared the he## out of me. He had been fishing and then all of a sudden he was moaning. Hubby got to him before me because i could not climb over the hugh rocks and had to go a round. Anyway his sugar dropped way down and he was dehydrated . could not move or talk. Thank god i carry meds, for this. By the time the ambulance got there his sugar was back up enough he wasn't in danger but needed to go to the hospital. Seems like it took forever to get to the hosptial. and we were going 70. But the Good lord was looking out for him and thank God he was with us insead of at home by himself.
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I talk with my parents at minimal once a week and visit them at least a 2 or 3 times a month. I would do this more, but I've been very busy at work. I guess that's no excuse either though.
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I would like to talk to them but they are resting in peace. when they were here I used to talk to them daily. I really miss them.
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I talk to my one parent every day because I see every day.
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My mom everyday because i live with her i talk to my dad every few weeks he lives out of state and its just always been like that i wish it was better but it is what it is
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When my parents were living I called them every day. It was such a habit that when they died, I would start for the phone to call and then remember I didn't have them anymore.
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Well, my dad passed away when I was young (17) he was only in his forties. My mom passed away two years ago so I don't get to actually "talk" to them anymore. But I think about them almost daily especially my mother. I miss them. But its something you just have to accept and go on. Before my mom passed away I was staying with her to take care of her, so I was blessed to see and talk to her every day.
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Both Of My Parents Are Deceased But Not A Day Go By That I Don't
Think About Them..
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my dad is very selfish so i don't really like talking to him unless i have to.
my mom is barely home cause she's a live in caregiver for four days and have other patients to take care of.
so not very often i get to talk to them.
unless i feel like bonding with them. haha!
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I do not get to talk to them as often as I should. My parents are in Kentucky.
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once a week
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I talk to my mother everyday and see her everyday. I know you said parents and not grandparents, but my grandmother helped raise me so I consider her like a second mom and try to talk to her every month. I can't really see her since we live a long distance from each other, but we also communicate through cards and letters.
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I talk with my mom daily. I have not seen, or talked with, my dad in 30 plus years. After my parents divorced when I was 18 that's when I lost contact with my dad. Do I miss it? No
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They died. :angel11: :angel12: :cat: :dog: :wave: :heart: :peace:
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My mom and dad live with me so I talk to them very offend. Sometime when tire we just go on our way.
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Unfortunately I don't get to talk to my parents. My dad died when I was 5 years old with Lung Cancer and my mom has been gone for 16 years. I was close to my mom and miss her dearly. When my dad was living we were close and I'm sure if he had lived we would have had a good relationship.
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couple of times a week my parents are getting older go to bed early at drs quite a bite
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I try to talk to my parents every day.
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how often do I talk to my parents everyday we talk about everything being that I don't see them so I call four or five times a day most of the time it just to say hi or I love you
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Unfortunately both of my parents passed in 2009. But before that almost everyday
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I rarely talk to my father, but that's of his own doing.
I talk to my mom a few times a month, because we live in different states.
My in-laws I talk to about the same.
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I just left them and are going home after the visited they live about 1300 mails from me.
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I talk to my parents almost every day :)
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I was just talking to my mom and I visited with my dad earlier today, so I got to thinking, how often do you normally see or talk to your parents?
approx 2-3 or more times a week.
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I speak to them at least once a week and see them at least once a month. Wish I could see them more often, but thankful for the time I do get.
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Talk with my few times a week.
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I talk to them at least once a week or whenever I feel like to, I would love to visit every weekend; however, they live the other side of the world!! :(
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Not very often. We don't live very far from one another but I try and keep a distance for sanity sake. I try and make myself call once a month. If I don't she just shows up unexpected and uninvited...which for me is rude and inconvenient. Mom or no Mom - may seem nasty on my behalf but I'm one that has things in order as best as I can and stopping what I'm doing for coffee hour isn't always practical.
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My mom passed away from cancer in 2007 and we lost my dad in 2008 also of cancer. Before my mom passed away I would talk to her everyday and my dad most of those days too. After mom died my dad was not the same and just didn't enjoy talking as much as he used to but I still talked to him most days. They lived 735 miles from me and when they were still living I would go visit them for 2 weeks every 3 months. Always enjoyed those visits so much and I do truly miss those 2 so much!
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My parents are both deceased; my dad died first in 1995 on October 23rd of a heart attack and my mom died 16 years and 1 day later on October 22nd 2011 congestive heart failure.
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I visited with my parents at the beginning of May for a five day funeral. I visited them again the second week of July so that my children and wife could enjoy some vacation time with them. They live in Arizona and we live in Colorado so the ten to twelve hour drive can be a bit expensive and exhausting. I try to call them every two weeks and get a card out to them once every six weeks. The frequency seems to have increased as their health has started to deteriorate...maybe because they are home more and appreciate our visits more. Seeing the grandchildren gives them something to brag about.
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a lot,,,i miss my mom so much she passed away a year ago :'(
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I talk to my mother about three times a week and I talk to my father once a week.
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Be fortunate that you are still able to talk to your parents. My mom passed away in 2011 from cancer. As for my father - we lost connection many years ago.
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My mother who is 92, lives in an assisted living facility. I visit her 3-4 days a week. We have a lot of fun together. My father passed away years ago, but I would love to talk to him again.
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weekly :D
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Both my parents are gone but, my wife talks to her Dad, Her Mom has passed, every night just to see how he is doing. He is 83.
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My dad passed away this past January and we weren't big on conversation but I loved him and he loved me. Now my mom I talk to every day especially since my dad passed away and she is all alone. My brother and I try to call and text her several times a day.
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My mom passed away in 1978 and my real father in 1981. But he did did not raise us. My stepfather did. Although mom passed away at an early age (52) he had been our father for 24 years and still is. I talk to him at least 3 times a week and go out to the house a couple times a week. He has been getting over some serious medical problems. My brother goes over about 4 time a week and gets him when he is going out to haul water to the cows, We just have not had enough rain to fill the earthern dams here yet. But it is green now And my sister comes in from Alaska every 4 months for 2 weeks and all we hear is how much she has to do for him. Oh well i will just keep on cleaning, cooking, laundry and hauling him back and forth 80 miles (1) way every 2-5 times a month. He was a good step dad to us. And still is
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My dad has passed away. My mother lives out of state, so I don't get to see her very often. I talk to her on the phone at least once a month.
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I talk to both my mother and my father every single day.. but maybe that is because I live in the same house as them...lol :wave:
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I hardly talk to them and they hardly talk to me my parents are like you keep your secrets/stories I keep mine, But from time to time I ask them how was your day and such.
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never...their both gone. could talk to them in heaven..but I don't
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My mom is deceased, but I talk to my dad at least one time per week....
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I wish both my parents were alive still so that I could talk to them. When they were here though I talked to them every day.
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I try to call my dad at least once a week if not more. I live out of state so I try to call him often.
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My mom every other day, my Dad I dont know,but I always tell mom to tell him hey.