I probably talk to her every other week. We're both just too busy - we both work and by the time we have time to call, it's too late. But I don't *need* to call her all the time kwim? Our family is the kind who functions quite well with limited contact - we all know what's going on for each other and we're close, but we don't tend to live in each others pockets. So it can be a while between drinks so to speak.

I used to talk to MIL quite often - but her own DD calls her at least once a day, sometimes several times a day and usually for over half an hour or more at a time. So it gets a bit full on for MIL and she often comments how much she hates it because she gets nothing done. So I don't call her much now. my other SIL calls ALL her family every day - and she has 5 brothers and sisters! But she's a very needy person and can't function unless she's having daily contact with her family.