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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the? You called him. You had no idea what he was doing yet you expect him to jump all over you like a well trained puppy. He is a person who was engaged in an activity that he cares about with someone else. To pause the game interferes with his interaction with his guest. His fault though for answering the phone. Your title says it all. You only care about your need for immediate attention. Respect is a two way street.[/quote]

Disagree.  His mom contacted him to remind him to take the puppy out before he went to a friend's house.  Apparently, it was a necessary call on mom's part because her distracted son put the phone down instead of pausing his game.  He was rude.  His game could have waited.  [/quote]

I do agree that the title says that this mom was focused on the wrong part of this and took it personally.  However,

1. you either answer a phone or you don't.  You don't put it aside and undermine communication like that.
2. presumably there are rules about the puppy.   A living being, this family owns.  Who is supposed to get to pee on a regular basis.  The puppy needed to pee, and the boy was too distracted to provide his FAMILY dog what it needed. That's the part that would put me over the edge.
3. does this family have communication rules? what are they and why did the kid think it was acceptable to ignore his mom.

Feelings, shmeelings.  The child undermined mom's ability to pass on information about the care of the dog.  That's not acceptable.[/quote]

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