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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am from non-english speaking country. Sometimes it happens that I will speak other language to a friend who's over for a visit and we're just sitting around chatting and my husband is around doing something on his own. The moment we notice that he shifts his attention to us, we switch to English. I translate to him in brief what we were talking about.

My advice to OP is to interrupt the conversation and ask them to translate. Sit next to your husband and have him translate to you everything other people say. They'll soon get tired of this and switch to English for simplicity.  And yes, [b]it is incredibly rude to not include you in conversations[/b].[/quote]

I agree with this. That's what happens in our family. When my mom visits we speak our native language.  As soon as my husband walks into the room we switch to English. My extended family though (all educated with graduate degrees) continue to speak the native language - it upsets me to Nth degree. It seems like they're going out of their way to exclude my husband.

Sometimes when my sister continues to speak my language to me, I answer her in English and translate for my husband and she gets the point. It is very rude to not include you in the conversations. Sorry OP.

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