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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL does this with her laptop and it makes me crazy. She is constantly trying to Facetime her family all over the place to "show off" her granddaughter. DD usually has other stuff she wants to do though, and does not want to be the dog and pony show on Facetime every day. Or MIL needs to endlessly catch up on Facebook and read out her friends' posts to us (we don't even know these people!).

Luckily, MIL generally is trying to do this in the family room right off the kitchen, so we just go about our normal routine -- coffee grinder is going off, dog is tromping through, I'm washing up dishes and banging pots, DD is going in and out singing silly songs or doing gymnastics. Eventually, I think it's irritating enough that she moves to the guestroom or turns off the laptop. We also try to get out and about as much as we can (FIL has slowed down a lot, so that can be tough). Or I give her a job to do (she's always asking) -- can you get some parsley from the garden? Would you mind bringing up the towels from the laundry room? Etc.

Good luck. And, I agree, you can't tell her that she can't bring electronics along.[/quote]

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