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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Safe arrival calls are pretty standard for me, too. Usually I call my mom and she tells my dad, aunt, etc. Much easier on me, and she gets an excuse to chat with people she loves on the phone.
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Yeah, problem is that my parents are no longer together... and my mom and dad live in the US and don't speak Icelandic, while my aunt and grandma live in Iceland and don't speak English. So no one can really call each other. Right now I've worked it out so that I call my dad and grandma, and send e-mails to my mom and aunt (which reduces the need for a long, extensive conversation with them each time), whenever I'm coming/going.
Oh, and of course I call my husband every time I'm traveling separately from him, but that's different--it's something I don't think twice about. We also haven't traveled separately (or even spent one night apart) since we moved to Iceland 18 months ago, so that hasn't been necessary.
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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Wow, is that annoying to extend a simple courtesy call to your loved ones who care about your well being?
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You sound like my mother when she's applying the guilt trip. Which is exactly why I don't enjoy calling her, because of that tone.
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Originally Posted by jorgelito
I also call after earthquakes, riots, floods, and typhoons to let people know I'm ok.
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Well yeah, but those things obviously don't happen every day... that's something different, to me.