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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We usually have the TV on as background noise.  We have lots of lively conversations and certainly no one ignores anyone.  Doesn't sound normal to me.[/quote]

Why do you feel like you need background noise?  If no one is watching it, why don't you turn it off?  I genuinely would like to know.  [/quote]

I'm not PP, but for the same reason that some people like to have the radio playing while they are working.

Some people function better when there is background noise, as opposed to the quiet.

TV in the background can actually make it so that the steady stream of noise makes noise itself less jarring.

I've always been more productive when I have some background noise.

Why can't people just accept that different people function better under different circumstances.

As an aside, I've found that often people have the TV on and pretend to watch it when they *don't* want to talk to people.  It's possible that OP's inlaws/family doesn't have much in common with her and doesn't want to make small talk.  The TV is a nice way to avoid that.[/quote]

Um, why don't you address those issues instead of hiding behind the TV?[/quote]

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