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Was I 'over the top'

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tanith Wed 23-Mar-16 11:04:59

afraid so... I hesitate to ring my DS for the exact same reason and I don't want to put his partner in the embarrassing position of either explaining or fibbing so I tend now not to ring unless I have a specific reason. My son just doesn't 'get it' his lovely partner always says just ring its no problem but she knows exactly what I mean.
Thing that really 'gets my goat' is he's straight on the phone if he 'needs' me to do something for him..grin I still love him to bits I just put it down to him being a 'man'.

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rosesarered Wed 23-Mar-16 11:01:12

The opposite with our son, even though he is busy he rings and sends messages several times a week....... The daughters though, are another matter.

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tiggypiro Wed 23-Mar-16 10:58:44

He is your son and it goes with the territory that they see no problem with not keeping in touch as often as we think they should. No news is good news with sons !

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grannylyn65 Wed 23-Mar-16 10:27:17

Let it go, this has often happened to me both with DD and DS, They don't seem to feel the same need for communication with their busy lives!! It's not an insult, different strokes is all. I got very short shrift once, just let it be now xx

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Anniebach Wed 23-Mar-16 10:24:33

Yes grin

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Coolgran65 Wed 23-Mar-16 10:20:54

Big time difference between me and ds.
We normally email and sometimes Facetime.

We hadn't actually talked on phone for a few weeks so I phoned mobile with no reply so phoned land line. On land line DIL says x will be back in a half hour.
Two hours later I phoned mobile again with no reply and phoned landline again. DIL answered and passed phone to ds. DS asked was there something wrong... no there wasn't - just wanting a chat.

Ds said I only need to ring once and he'll get back, he will see that I have phoned .... that if he is busy he doesn't answer calls - and if bombarded like wot I did smile gets irked. (this was the weekend and said lots of things to get done). Says I always do this when I don't get a reply.

We went on to have a nice enough chat I purposely brought the conversation to a pleasant close.

However, inside I was pretty hurt.
Has forgotten about the student days , lifts here, lifts there, and me often getting up out of bed at 2am or 3am to do a pick up on the other side of the city !!

Did I bombard ?

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