Apparently I'm so busy being a shitty mom (see other thread) that I'm a shitty daughter too. Just got reamed by my mother for not calling her since they were here for a visit 12 days ago. I mean, yes that's longer than normal, but fuck. I can't begin to describe how stressed and busy we've been dealing with a new home and a toddler (whose in pain) and a preschooler (whose an emotional roller coaster) and too many snow days. We text every other day though.
Ugh. So how often do you talk to your out of town parents. Am I a terrible daughter?
This. Don't let her guilt you. You are just trying to make it from sunup to sundown with everybody still in one piece. Surely she can harken back to her days as a mom to young children and remember that. That's not cool that she guilt tripped you. If she's missing talking to you, why doesn't she just call?
I talk to my mom daily sometimes multiple times. DH talks to his dad and step mom once a week and I text them pictures twice a week or so. He talks to his mom once a month maybe?
I talk to my mom almost every day but my parents only live 15 minutes away. I talk to my dad occasionally but usually only if there is a specific reason. We have a good relationship and we see him often but he is not much of a talker. H talks to his mom once a week or so. He hasn't talked to his dad in 4 years.
DH gets the same type of reaming if he doesn't call his mom once a week-ish. She will very rarely call him - I think the younger person is supposed to call the older or something like that, but I think that might be cultural.
For me, it's the other way around. I rarely call my parents unless I need to talk about something specific, otherwise they'll call me about once a week.