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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Soooo...really? You would all drop everything and run to a different floor of the house to answer a call any time your phone rings? I’m flabbergasted. Honestly. [/quote]

Said nobody. But I also don't make rude comments like "if its an emergency they can call back a few more times or just call 911". I would say something normal to questioning MIL like "I'll check when I get a chance, too busy right now." and leave it at that.[/quote]

How exactly is it rude to say “If it’s an emergency, they can call back a few more times or just call 911?” Please explain how this is rude.[/quote]

Because it's idiotic. Only people close to you call you in an emergency your spouse, parents, kids, etc. If your own mother fell down the stairs and tried to reach you would you let her just resort to 911? Nobody does this, it's not even a normal response. [/quote]

DP.  Do you carry the phone with you every time you go to the bathroom just in case someone calls with an emergency while you're peeing?

On a different note, if my mother fell down the stairs and could reach a phone, I hope she would call 911 before calling me, because they're going to be able to help her better than I can.  If my mother called me in that situation, all I could do is pull up the number to her local fire department and ask them to send an ambulance to her.[/quote]

I said above "I'll check when I get a chance, too busy right now." Is that confusing?

Some of you need to learn the subtle art of redirecting a conversation if you don't like how it's going. I have more issues with my own mother than MIL and in this case would just stop and say "hey mom can you get my X,Y, Z" instead of going back and forth with this stupidity. Change the topic. It's not hard and then there are no hard feelings on Christmas Eve.[/quote]

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