I talk to my mom probably 5X a week and visit her like once a month. Talking to her is really a chore, but I'm largely the only person she can talk to like that in her life, so it's just a thing to do. I try to talk to my grandparents when I remember too. That is very much a chore as well and often turns into a debate about socialism or some shit like that.

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Post graduation, I find that I visit my parents a lot more often despite living further than I did at school. Call both parents about 1-2 times a week.

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I talk with them once per week, usually via phone. At least once per month I'll take the hour train ride up to see them. It's always on Sunday though. Sometimes during the week I'll call and very rarely I'll see them during the week (mother got Lasik recently so I took her to the spot).

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I move back to my country so that I can take care of my parents; we have four full time maids that live with us. I live with them and make time to eat dinner with them everyday during the weekdays. As the eldest son, when I get married, I plan to either live with my parents or live close enough to them so that I can take care of them until they pass away. Not going to let them die alone or put them away to retirement homes. After living away from home for more than 10 years, that was a conscious decision that I made since family is very important to me.

 
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I am fortunate enough to live about an hour away from my parents - we still have one of my grandparents with us as well (lives with them now). Moving back to the general area was important to me during buyside recruiting -- some of my professional peers may have argued it was career-limiting to a minor extent, but there isn't a day that goes by where I regret my decision.

On average, I'd say I speak to one of them a day on the phone. I try to make it home for a visit and dinner with them ~2 times a month.

While they don't necessarily fully understand what I do or how crazy work can be, they respect my work ethic, know I am dedicated to my career, and are very proud of me. I am lucky to have them as a support system. During my banking years it was very comforting to know they were just a phone call away. Calls were never for complaining about how much work I had to get done, how little I had slept recently, or a nightmare superior -- just a brief escape from the office where I could re-center myself and hear a loving voice. I owe them a lot in that respect and really try to be there for them as much as I can now while juggling my own personal life and career.

 

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