Kids don’t answer calls, it goes right to voice mail! They only text. They’ll call if there is really a need for conversation. Believe it or not, I’ve had customers who only want to text. I think it’s a societal thing today.

It’s funny you mention your dad refusing to call and think it should be the other way around. My mother has this same attitude and uses it as manipulation. But there’s this show on Netflix we watched called Shtisel. On it, the grandmother (very old world) does call the children. I pointed this out to my mother to try to show her that she is not correct about this and she should reach out to my sons and call them (as she is angry that they never call her either). Of course, it would go to voice mail, but they would call her back.

When I went to college, my grandmother called me. We developed a close relationship of mutual calling. When I recently told my mother that grandma did call me, she refused to believe me.

I’m glad you are close with your daughter. It’s great to have a close, non toxic relationship!

My son used to tell me so much when he lived at home. I was the parent who got all the questions about sex. My husband did not get any discussions. The boys must have not felt that close to him, rather they did to me.