The problem never arises. We know that if we will be disturbing each other with music, phone calls, TV, etc., we simply go to a different room without having to be asked or told.
If you have DVR, hit pause on the DVR. Politely turn and say, "[term of enderament, 'honey', 'baby', etc.], please lower your volume while you're talking on the phone... or go somewhere else" If you do not have DVR, you could still turn politely and say the same thing. If those two don't work, turn on the closed captioning and come back here so we can laugh at you. :grin:
You just tell her and she should move. The same should go the other way as well. Actually, we don't even tell each other... we just give the other an evil death glare until the message is received.
You turn on closed captioning and turn DOWN the television. She'll naturally lower her voice on the phone. Less noise is good.
just say "hey, i can't hear the TV." if she doesn't get the picture then, well i don't know what to say...sounds like she's deliberately trying to provoke you, in which case you have bigger problems.
Step 1 would be to not marry someone so inconsiderate. If you have the misjudgment of doing so anyway, then just clench your teeth and take it. It's not worth arguing over.
I hit pause on the DVR until she is through. I leave the room to talk on the phone while she is watching TV.
Funny, growing up, my mother would always leave the room to talk on the phone when we were watching tv. On the other hand, my dad would go into the living room to make a phone call while we were watching TV and tell us to turn it down.
I'm tellin' ya. - I give good advice. I wanted to post in your mega-thread about your parents and stuff, but I actually had too much to say. I might still post in it sometime.
Start by asking nicely for her to leave the room - if that doesn't work, then you have a bigger problem on your hands, lol.
98-91. Tendon Strain. 1-6. Cut Casey some slack. He showed remarkable restraint by not swearing loudly. Our household was a little on edge last night too.
