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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the moment, do you or you husband say something to her? Like, "OK, grams, dinner will be ready in five. Do you think you can wrap up talking with (other relatives) and join us then?" [b]Even just awkwardly waiting for her to get off the phone to start the meal might cue her in to how rude she's being[/b].

If that's totally unworkable for whatever reason, then yes I'd unplug the internet for Christmas day. I was one drama filled Skype call away from pulling the plug when my MIL stayed with us and FIL tried to start WWIII from thousands of miles away.[/quote]

Nope, don't wait for her.  Tell her dinner will be in five minutes, and then start without her if she's still on the iPad.  Seriously.  And don't let her computer usage hold you guys back--if you want to play a card game, invite her, then play it.  Don't make the kids be quiet while she's on the tablet--let them do whatever they would normally do and you do whatever you normally do.  If she's choosing to ignore the people in front of her in favor of a device, then she's the one who's missing out.

Otherwise, I think it's fine to ask her to abide by the house rules (no screens at the dinner table, for example), and maybe suffer a wi-fi outage or two on Christmas, but you can't ask her not to bring it with her.  [/quote]

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