|
How long and how often do you talk to your parents? (pg. 3)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Vector A |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
They met when he was traveling Europe, 9 months later she showed up on his doorstep with a baby (not really true, they kept in contact but from what I've been told she never told him about me until she went to visit him after I was born). |
You didn't happen to hear about this, did you? : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/15/danish-mother-seeking-den_n_287483.html
:p |
|
|
| Banora |
:stongue: No, I didn't! And GOOD LAWD that girl is painfully Danish looking.
| quote: | | it promoted promiscuity |
Well, I mean, Danes (and Swedes) are notoriously slutty.
| quote: | | "you can lure fast, blonde Danish women home without a condom." |
Hyup. Especially if you're from southern Europe. Blacks and Middle Easterners need not apply :o |
|
|
| Desiderata |
| I talk to my mom 3 times a week over the phone but only see her and my dad in person about once a month. Never talk to my dad over phone. |
|
|
| itsamemario |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
I used to talk to my mom every few days on the telephone, and would visit her for an hour or two every week. Last year her health declined very rapidly and she now lives in a long term care facility - she barely talks at all, just lots of smiles and nods. So I visit her about once every week or two and we just sit. I will braid her hair or do her nails...put cream on her hands and feet, but yeah there isn't really much talking. :p |
Awwwww that sucks:(
At least you're a bit more used to being around sick people from your line of work, so that bit shouldn't keep you from going and see her. I know I at least hate going to see sick people, especially if they're dying, or have halfway checked out already. It's just like this bored sadness, or maybe it's sad boredness, that just permeats hospital rooms, at least in my eyes. There's nothing to do but sit and watch and be sad, and I don't ing like it :p |
|
|
| Lews |
Haven't talked to my father in years.
When I was living in England emailed my mom about once a month.
Now, I see my mom very briefly most days (live in same neighborhood) and get together for dinner together once a week.
Works great :) |
|
|
| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by itsamemario
Awwwww that sucks:(
At least you're a bit more used to being around sick people from your line of work, so that bit shouldn't keep you from going and see her. I know I at least hate going to see sick people, especially if they're dying, or have halfway checked out already. It's just like this bored sadness, or maybe it's sad boredness, that just permeats hospital rooms, at least in my eyes. There's nothing to do but sit and watch and be sad, and I don't ing like it :p |
Hahah, well actually it's the other way around. My mother was sick my whole life - which was the main reason I got into nursing. She'd been in and out of the hospital for years, several times in the ICU - even coded (heart stopped, stopped breathing) right in front of me. Made me very comfortable being in hospitals. :p
But I don't know about the rest - I mean obviously I see sickness/death/dying/etc much differently, but it isn't always sad. Every person's experience is different and yeah there is always some sadness, but I really haven't seen it be the dominant feeling. I see it as kind of a beautiful thing - not sickness itself, but the power it has to transform people - often for the better. People become courageous, strong, resilient...all kinds of stuff they didn't see in themselves. Just about any person who's been through some serious health will tell you they are grateful for the experience/wouldn't be who they are without it, etc. |
|
|
| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
It is what it is. People get old, they get sick, they die...that's not the part that is hard to deal with. It's knowing how sad my mother was for almost the entirety of her life, and no matter who was there for her she never felt understood. She just couldn't get what she wanted from life, and that sucks. |
that's gut wrenching. to live with regrets and have important things just out of one's reach, a life and dreams unfulfilled. makes one feel blessed and i'm not even a religious person. |
|
|
| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
Hyup. Especially if you're from southern Europe. Blacks and Middle Easterners need not apply :o |
So, if for whatever reason I ever find myself lonely, alone, lovelorn, jilted, testosteroneful, and wifeless... Denmark/Sweden is the place to go to drown my sorrows?
I look Mediterranean enough :p |
|
|
| pkcRAISTLIN |
lol yeah, 30 miles sure is “far” from home.
I live 900km from my folks and we speak maybe once/month or 2. |
|
|
| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
lol yeah, 30 miles sure is “far” from home.
I live 900km from my folks and we speak maybe once/month or 2. |
I meant any distance that doesn't allow you to just pop in or whatever. I only mentioned 30 miles because someone said it was 10.
For example, all my cousins live in the same city as their parents, so they see them all the time. |
|
|
| Lira |
| Am I the one who lives the closest to his/her parents? They're 6 kilometres away from where I live (3.7 miles :p). |
|
|
| Lews |
Did you miss my post? :p
I live within a mile of my mom. Has its ups and downs. |
|
|
|
|
