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how often do you talk to your difficult "child" now adult?
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 715220" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>It varies. I talk to Oldest about once a week. It depends on how things are going with her. If I sense she's on a downward spiral, I tend to pick the time and place to respond to her calls to avoid the stress. Youngest and I used to talk almost every day, but things have settled down there and it's maybe once or twice a week. That's fine with me. I got to the point where I had to literally ask my girls to give me space because I couldn't take the stress of the phone calls about the latest crisis in their lives. I had a major panic attack and I just couldn't do it any more. Thankfully, they respected that. </p><p></p><p>I think back to my own parents. They lived a few states away from me for most of my adult life, and I talked to them maybe once a week, sometimes every couple weeks. It just depeneded on how busy we all were. I admit I called them more often when things were going badly with my own kids, and looking back I see how that must have been really stressful for them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> They never let me know that, though. I sure do miss them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 715220, member: 1157"] It varies. I talk to Oldest about once a week. It depends on how things are going with her. If I sense she's on a downward spiral, I tend to pick the time and place to respond to her calls to avoid the stress. Youngest and I used to talk almost every day, but things have settled down there and it's maybe once or twice a week. That's fine with me. I got to the point where I had to literally ask my girls to give me space because I couldn't take the stress of the phone calls about the latest crisis in their lives. I had a major panic attack and I just couldn't do it any more. Thankfully, they respected that. I think back to my own parents. They lived a few states away from me for most of my adult life, and I talked to them maybe once a week, sometimes every couple weeks. It just depeneded on how busy we all were. I admit I called them more often when things were going badly with my own kids, and looking back I see how that must have been really stressful for them :( They never let me know that, though. I sure do miss them. [/QUOTE]
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