Our family have several WhatsApp groups so there’s not a day goes by without messages being exchanged with family members, but additionally my husband and I both have regular calls from our children separately. We don’t have a landline and so our children choose who they’re calling rather than getting pot luck with a landline, but I would guess that we both get a similar number of calls each from both our sons and our daughters.
I suppose I’ve never really thought about it much, but earlier in the week someone mentioned to me that she thought it was rare for adult children to have sort of equal communication with both parents. She said as an example that she has a good relationship with her dad, although she rarely has a private conversation with him, but she often speaks to her mum and that’s how family news is exchanged. She said her friends also tend to favour communication with one parent over another.
The context of our conversation was that my acquaintance had been surprised (actually was quite shocked) that my daughters had told my husband things that he subsequently related to me. She thinks it’s unusual for there to be similar contact with both parents.
So, it got me wondering……..what’s your experience? 
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