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I don't even talk to my actual friends every day. In my view you should be able to get through adult life without calling mommy every day.
I would agree, I only add if you've got a really elderly parent it's a different story. I was close to my mom growing up and even I didn't call her everyday, I would call her once a week or so, but again, she was getting older so I probably up'd that a bit before she died, but yeah........
I have started talking to my mom recently almost every night, just for about 5-10 minutes. It's only something I just started doing recently. I used to only talk to her 2-3 times a week and mostly through text/facebook messaging. I talked to her for less than 5 minutes. She's not old, only 52. I didn't talk to her this much when I was living in California.
Honestly, one of the reasons I talk to her more now is because I used to text with her frequently, but her phone has gotten so bad that she won't get my texts for about 5 or 6 hours sometimes. So I find it easier to chat with her for 4 or 5 minutes, maybe 10 minutes sometimes.
It's not really every night, just 4-5 nights a week. If I saw her more frequently and we lived closer, I probably wouldn't talk to her on the phone at all, unless it was to make plans to meet and have get-together's.
I talk with/facetime with every one of my kids at least once a day. I don't care if people think its odd or abnormal..we are a close family and what outsiders think mean nothing to us.
I am very close to my mom and dad but I don’t feel the need to call them everyday. Once a week is fine. While I do not think it’s a bad thing or excessive for one to call there mom or dad daily. I do think it is excessive to call more then once a day for more then 20 minutes. This is the case with my husband. Given his mother lives in Israel. Maybe that’s why, but they call each other on average 5 times a day. I mean he wakes up he calls her. We get in the car he calls her, we go grocery shopping he calls her we go to dinner he calls her. These calls last about 30 minutes to an hour and a half. I believe this is excessive. My son screams when he is shoving Safta (grandma in Hebrew) in his face all day long. They are all video calls too. Am I crazy to think this is insane? To be on the phone period 4-6 hours a day and not getting paid for it... lol is excessive and more so to one person even if it is a parent, child, husband or wife.
Grandpa called everyday, when alive. Wouldn't have changed a thing.
So long as they (parents) are not running/ruling over your SO's life, then I thinks it's petty to complain about a call every day along the lines: "hey, mom; how's it going? you get those birds out of the attic, yet?" Little 5 to 20 minute calls like that are nothing a secure person would complain about?
Does your husband have an Italian family background?
I know a friend's husband done that. Her husband is sweet and family guy. It's pretty normal to who has the Italian family background.
To be honest, when I first got married I still ran some of our decisions past my sister. Took me a while to trust that we were doing the right thing and adjust to having a new person to make decisions with. (Turns out my sister and husband almost always agreed. I eventually stopped this.)
I don't think I could handle a relationship with someone who had multiple 20+ minute phone calls with their parents every day. Unless it didn't really affect me much. If the calls were when we weren't together, and about appropriate topics, then okay I guess. But if they were all while we were home at night, or out for dates, etc., I think I'd lose my mind.
Once an evening for a quick 5 minutes or so I could probably handle. Limits and boundaries.
Is not it weird to talk about your parents all the time?? Like missing them, remembering them all the time even right after having sex with you?? My husband does that and it is getting on my nerve. How abnormal is that??
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