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September 2012 Moms
Unem
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Emilia Antoinette
10.03.12 at 41w5d
How often do you talk to...
Unem
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(Step / IL included)
Your parents?
Your grandparents?
Your great-grandparents?
My grandmother flew here last month and we spent 10 days together. I've called her a few times since then, but haven't talked to her in over a week. She left me a VM last Friday, then e-mailed me today asking if everything was okay. I gave her a quick reply because I've been really busy, and then she sent me an e-mail asking if I was having "one of those days" and said she wishes she was here to 'help me'.
I guess now she expects us to talk once a week and if she doesn't hear from me she assumes something terrible is going on in my life. Super.
Emilia Antoinette
10.03.12 at 41w5d
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Re: How often do you talk to...
Your parents?
Dad: once every 3 weeks. Mom: once every 1-2 days. If I don't talk to her, she does call and say "oh you never called me today". lol
Your grandparents?
My moms mom: once a month at a family gathering. My dads parents: once a year at Christmas.
Your great-grandparents?
Never.
IL-parents?
Me? Once a week when my MIL sits for us. DH talks to her/them every few days.
IL-grandparents?
Twice a year at family things.
IL-great-grandparents?
Never.
Your parents? Pretty much everyday. We are really close!
Your grandparents? Once every week or two
Your great-grandparents? They have all passed.
My IL are not in the picture, my MIL passed away when MH was a teen, and his father was never in his life. His grandparents also passed away.
Lets see my mom never my dad about once a year. My great grand parents had passed before I was born. And my grandparents both passed in the last few years.
My mil I talk to a few times a month. My bil a couple times a week. And my husbands grandma about once a month.
Your parents? I talk to my mom daily. She and I are extremely close. I talk to MIL once a week at most...we see each other fairly often though so it's not an awkward relationship or anything. FIL, I talk to when I see him. He and I are pretty close but there's just not anything to talk about over the phone or anything.
Your grandparents? Umm, maybe once a month? Or on special occasions. I called my grandma when we found out we're having a boy, and I called my grandpa a few days ago on his birthday. DH doesn't talk to his dad's parents very often, but we visit his maternal grandmother pretty often. I adore her!
Your great-grandparents? Never. None of them are living. Same on DH's side.
Your parents?
I usually at least exchange text messages with my mom on a daily basis, and I probably talk to my dad every other week, usually if we're having dinner with my parents or something.
Your grandparents?
I only have one living grandparent, my grandmother and I typically talk to her once a month. I would probably talk to her more often, but her husband is obnoxious.
Your great-grandparents?
I probably talk to my great grandmother once every couple months, usually when I see her at family gatherings. She's 98, and even though she's doing great for her age, I can tell her health is starting to slip. I really hope she gets to meet her great, great granddaughter!
IL-parents?
I talk to my MIL on almost a daily basis, and my FIL at least a couple of times a week. We have dinner with them at least once a week, and usually end up seeing them every weekend.
IL-grandparents?
I avoid this at all costs. DH's grandfather is really difficult to be around. His kids bend over backwards to makes sure he's taken care of, and can keep living on his own, despite some recent health developments, and he treats them horribly. DH's grandmother, I probably see once or twice a week out at the lake, and she is just miserable and mean-hearted.
IL-great-grandparents?
None living.
I talk to my mom once a week.My dad is deceased (but I actually talk to him more often than my mom!)
I talk to my MIL 2xs a week b/c she watches DS. MH talks to his parents daily.
My grandparents & great grandparents are also deceased.
MH talks to his grandmother once every few months. She is a recluse & doesn't speak any English. MH has a hard time communicating with her w/o other family members present to translate.
My ILs..every week or two
My grandparents..a few times a year
My great grandparents are all deceased. My last living one passed away 6yrs ago at the age of 94
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Unem - I can relate. If I don't talk to my mom after 2 days I get an "Are you okay?" phone call.
Your parents? I talk to my mom at least every other day. We usually email at least once a day too. I talk to my dad maybe once a week or whenever my mom will pass over the phone
My ILs we haven't really spoken to since January, except for a few passing comments at family events. Before then, my MIL and I spoke about twice a week.
Your grandparents? I have none left. DH has a grandma left and we basically just talk to her at family events.
Your great-grandparents? None of those left either.
My Mom- once every few days on the phone, but we e-mail and IM more than that.
My dad- probably once every few weeks.
Step-mom/Step-dad- a few times a year on special occasions, but I e-mail/facebook with both of them a lot more often, especially now that I am pregnant. Once a week or every other week.
My ILs- I talk to about once a month, my H talks to his dad a few times a week and his mom every week or every other week.
None of my grandparents or greatgrandparents are alive. All of my H's grandparents are alive but he only talks to them if we are at a family gathering or if he calls to thank them for a gift they sent or something like that.
Your parents?: At least once/week, usually I'll text or e-mail my mom at least 2x/week. We see my ILs every Sunday for dinner, but DH will usually talk to his mom or dad at least 1 other time during the week, as well as his sister. We all live within 2 miles of each other, and we're very close with both his family and mine.
Your grandparents?: I don't have any grandparents left; we see DH's grandma about 1x/month, and his yia yia (his grandmother from Greece) about the same. There are no grandfathers left.
Your great-grandparents?: N/A - they're all gone.
I know if I don't text/e-mail/call my mom at least once/week, she'll contact me with some random question. She'll never just say, how's it going, but she'll find some reason to call and ask something. I know she's really just checking in, which makes me laugh a little. But I don't mind the amount of contact we have, like I said, we're both pretty close with our families.
I talk to my dad about once a week, and text/email throughout the week. My mom and both my ILs have passed away. A tough fact dealing with our first baby, unfortunately.
Both my sets of grandparents are still alive, and I talk to then once every couple of months or so. My great-grandparents are no longer alive, either.
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Your parents? I usually talk to my mom once a day, my dad a couple of times a week, we see them regularly
Your ILs? Only when we see them, which is typically once per month
Your grandparents? Usually a couple of times per month (my mom's parents), once every couple of months (my dad's parents), 3-4 times per year (my MIL's mother)
Your great-grandparents? Unfortunately they're all deceased
Parents - on the phone, not that much. Maybe once a month. But we email a lot. And I'm friends with my mom on FB
Grandparents - again, not much on the phone, maybe a couple times a year to set up a visit. They are in their 90's and have a hard time hearing. We visit a couple times a year (just saw them last week) and I send letters/cards to them once a month.
Great grandparents - all died before I was born.
IL - only when we see them, so a couple times a year. They call DH's cell phone or email DH. I am friends with his dad and sm on FB but they aren't active on FB really.
Your parents?
MY parents, I talk to every chance I get. They live in TN. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a week on the phone. My IL's? Once a month...and they live close.
Your grandparents?
My mothers mother is my only surviving grandparent right now. She's 86 and is very hard of hearing. I talk to her once a year when I go to visit her.
Your great-grandparents?
None surviving.
I feel your pain. My IL's assume DH and I have marital problems if I do not attend family functions with him. Nevermind the fact that I'm 33 weeks pregnant and may not feel like booking all of my weekends with them.
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I talk to my parents 1-2 times a week, and DH talks to his mom (dad is deceased) 1-2 times a week. We don't call each other's parents just to chit chat. We live three time zones away from all our family.
Grabdparents: dead
G-grandparents: dead
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Your parents?
Probably close to every day, maybe every other day.
Your grandparents?
Both sets have passed away.
Your great-grandparents?
n/a
IL-parents?
Me- probably once or twice a week, DH talks to them almost every day.
IL-grandparents?
maybe at Christmas and whenever his grandma comes to his parents for supper (special occasions).
IL-great-grandparents?
n/a
parents and grandparents- every day
great grandparents are all deceased.
Your grandparents? I only have 1 left, and she's a PITA to get a hold of--she's always so busy and on the go! So not very often, maybe once every few weeks? DH only has 1 grandparent left, and she's in an assisted living facility in Mexico. When his mother flies down there (every 2-3 weeks), she'll give her the phone if she's having a good day.
Your great-grandparents? Where they are, none of us can reach them...
Your parents? Mom: Almost daily. My dad passed away. ILs: A couple of times a week.
Your grandparents? Before my grandmother died, at least once a week. Now, we're having some issues with family, so I'm keeping my distance because it stresses me out and gets me upset.
His grandparents: Once a week, at church. I occasionally talk to one of his grandmothers on the phone during the week.
Your great-grandparents? No GGPs for me, H only has a GGma, and she doesn't talk much. We see her when she's in town.
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Your parents?
Usually every day either on the phone, through text, or email. However, sometimes it's every other day. I think the longest I go is about 3 days before one of us calls the other just to say hi. My mom and I usually text in the mornings to say good morning and just talk about random things throughout our days and my dad and I are usually discussing something that has come up that's important or advice related.
Your grandparents?
I no longer have any living grandparents so this doesn't happen. However, before they passed, it wasn't enough.
IL-parents?
I probably talk to them once every week or two. DH talks to them about the same.
IL-grandparents?
Maybe once a month we try to remember to call or they end up coming into town and we see them,
Your parents?
Mom/Step Dad - My mom once every few days and my step dad will call on his own to talk to DH once a week.
Dad/Step Mom - Once a week. We trade weeks calling each other. I pulled a preggo brain this past week and totally forgot to call him back. Felt super bad about it to.
Your grandparents?
Yikes! Is my word for this. I always forget to call them. I try and call my grandparents once a month or so. I have too many to count!
Your great-grandparents?
Deceased.
IL-parents?
We see MIL every week on Wednesdays and I love her so much. She is going to be a huge help when our LO comes. We talk to her probably every other day or so too!
FIL is a dbag and I could care less to talk to him. He bbm's DH about stuff that DH doesn't even give a *** about. Annoying. And he refuses to come to see his grandson / out for his son's 30th birthday. Grrrrr.
IL-grandparents?
MILs - probably once every other week.
FILs - family gatherings. Which are very few and far between.
IL-great-grandparents?
Deceased.