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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not what you asked, but after one round of "I'm on vacation, and after spending the morning chatting, now I want to read my magazine on the deck, and since vacations are about relaxing and indulging that's what I'm going to do," I wouldn't vacation with them ever again. [/quote]

OP here. LOL. That's...not how it goes, at least with my ILs. It's more like:

[On day 3 of being together under the same roof:]
"Where's Sally?" 
"Oh, I think she took her book to the deck on the main floor."
"Why? What's wrong? Why doesn't she want to chat with us?"
"I think she's just really wanting to finish 'Percy Jackson'...nothing's wrong."
"Well that was rude!"

:roll: [/quote]

"Why? Is there something you need to tell her? Can it wait until she sees how Percy gets out of this one?"

I have a family member who thinks vacations should be divided between golfing and listening to how insightful they are and how perfect one of their kids is. And there's no gold at Christmas. I spend a lot of time reading, and if they insist on my attention during a monologue, I provide a brief, "Sorry, what?" followed by an noncommittal "Oh. Huh." Then I return to my book, feeling as though maybe I was rude . . . until a few minutes later they do it again.[/quote]

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