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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with everyone else -- it's not rude to ask him to go in his office and he should use the space set aside for that activity.

My DH used to sometimes take work calls in really disruptive ways as well. He'd take one at the table when we were out to dinner, or while we were playing mini golf with the kids on vacation. I told him if he absolutely have to take these calls, I needed him to excuse himself and go elsewhere [b]because it's unfair for me and the kids to have to pause all conversation or enjoyment while we listen to him have a loud conversation about work for 20 minutes.[/b]

What actually happened was that he realized he could let like 99% of these calls roll to voicemail and get back to people a little later after our meal or outing. Just like you would during a work day if you were in another meeting and someone called. Most people do not actually expect you to be available 24/7 and most work stuff is not so urgent that you must answer every call immediately. I guess if OP's spouse is a litigator or something, maybe his calls really are that urgent, but at least in my DH's case, they were not and setting that boundary with him about not taking them around us helped him realize that.[/quote]

This is the issue for me any time my DH is on the phone. He’ll call customer service or whatever from the living room and want the rest of us to stop what we’re doing so we don’t disturb him. From my perspective it doesn’t matter if it’s about work or not, if you can excuse yourself to take a call you do, so as not to disturb others. It’s just rude.

Sadly, DH and I do not see eye to eye on this so this is an ongoing…. conversation in our house. [/quote]

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