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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, while I think other posters are being rude to you and likely don't have a clue what this is like, I do agree that there is basically nothing you can do and you definitely can't ask her not to bring it without coming off like a lunatic.

My ILS, both of them, do the same thing when visiting. And they come from way farther than Atlanta.  So I totally get where you are coming from. Reading a book on an obscure card game while he melded into the couch was way more important than reading to our DD, which resulted in him telling her multiple times/days over the course of the visit that he wouldn't read to her and she was bothering him.

Eventually the kids will figure out where they rank and they will behave toward their grandparents accordingly.

For now, I enforce a strict (for everyone in my house) no electronics/toys/books at the dinner table rule.[/quote]

+1 to what this poster said.  While it is annoying, I don't think you can do anything without looking like a coocoo.  I never understand why my ILs come all the way from the Midwest and then want to do nothing except sit around and watch sports on television, which they could do just as easily in Indiana as they do here.  It's a total waste of coming to the Nation's Capital, imho, but after 11 years I've given up on trying to plan fun outings to downtown and other locales that no one else enjoys except for me.  I've decided you can lead a dog to water, but you can't make him drink you know?  My FIL just drags behind us and looks longingly at every bench we pass, and asks if we can sit down.  My MIL just looks longingly at every restaurant we pass, and wonders if we can go in and eat.  Sigh.  What can ya do?  They are who they are.  Good luck, OP!  :)  [/quote]

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