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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only speak English but DH and most his family are bilingual. At gatherings, if a few people are commenting back and forth in their language my MIL always makes a point to give a little translation like “they are fighting about the game again” and often will give a pointed look at which point her sons usually switch to English. I don’t mind not knowing but it’s clear that she finds it rude and I do notice and appreciate her efforts to include me.

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I think if 2 adults in a group of adults are speaking a different language to each other it’s rude. I think of one of the adults turns and addresses his or her child in a different language , it’s not rude. Seems different. The child isn’t part of the conversation and no one is being excluded. A parent making an aside to his or her child is assumed to be more private - in fact I’d consider it rude if I made a quiet aside to my child and then someone else interjected or commented. Like, I’m addressing my child not you. [/quote]

It's also different because the parent is trying to raise their child, which they have every right to do.  In a group of several adults, no one is trying to raise anyone.  A child is only communicating with their parent, not the rest of the group, and you are quite correct that no one else needs to share a conversation between a parent and a child.[/quote]

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