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Today, I went to dinner to meet my boyfriend's parents for the first time. I received a text message, so I pulled out my phone to check. Apparently, his parents have a "No phones at the table rule" and took my phone away until I could learn "proper table manners." FML
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AeonForce 0

Are they one of those crazy families that sit in dead silence while they eat, too?

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TinyLittleSilver 4

Don't really blame them! Only do it if you KNOW it's ok. I still wouldn't do it out of respect though. It is rude. Plus, that's why it's a text message...it can wait for a bit. If it was urgent, it would have been a phone call.

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AmbrosiaWriter 17

Once again, not necessarily. Not everyone uses calling as emergency and texting for "casual." I know plenty of people who text for both, probably because they are really uncomfortable talking on a phone. If I just assumed they would call me during an emergency and not text, I would've left a lot of friends out in the cold when they needed my help.

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rileyg98 4

Call the police for theft. Its not their phone, but yes it is rude. She didn't know the rules though.

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Sethyboy0 4

YDI. Put your goddamn phone away when you're eating dinner with your boyfriend's family... Man, people are getting more stupid every day...

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Phase 0

I thought that was just general manners?

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skinflint 6

If your boyfriend's family was eating with a heart surgeon could he take a text? How about the Chief of Police, can he take a text? How about the Joint Chiefs of Staff can he take a text? How do they know it wasn't your parents checking on you? Your boyfriend's parents are self-important little *****, and he is their spawn.

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shelglo 5

A heart surgeon, chief of police or join chiefs of staff are important people, who I'm sure the boyfriends parents would be understanding that they could have an emergency at any moment and need to take a call or respond to a text. Who is the OP? She sounds like a teen or a young 20 something. Does she have a job that is that important that she needs to check her phone while out to dinner meeting her BFs parents for the first time? If her life revolved around potential emergency calls or texts coming in all the time, she could have explained that prior to the dinner. Explained to them that she might be receiving a call or text, but that she is expecting something important due to some emergency. Common courtesy.

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skinflint 6

216: young 20 somethings started Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook. who is to say that this young 20 something doesn't have important messages too? when I was a young 20-something, i was on-call 24/7 doing technical support, now i own an IT company. her future in-laws (if she should be so lucky) are pricks.

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shelglo 5

YDI can also stand for You're Damn Ignorant. If you're old enough to be sitting at a dinner table w/ a boyfriend and meeting his parents for the first time then you're old enough to know checking you're phone at the dinner table is beyond rude. What's so important that it couldn't wait?! Meeting the boyfriends parents I'm sure was more important than any text you were getting. I'm glad his parents took your phone away. They did a better job at instilling a sense of respect into you than your parents ever did.

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AmbrosiaWriter 17

My parents have a rule that any texts/calls from family members must be responded to immediately. Therefore: if I get a text I'm going to quick check the screen to see if it is family or a friend and then either excuse myself from the table if it is family or ignore it and stuff it back into my pocket if it is a friend. Don't care who you are, don't assume people know all the rules of your house and what you personally consider to be rude or not. If they slip up, request they don't do it again and inform them of why, you DON'T just take people's stuff because their ideas of polite don't match up to yours. Actually, you never take someone's property, no matter what the situation, because that's theft.

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THE_A_TEEN 27

You're soooooooo glad that they stole a piece of property not belonging to them? Check yourself in a mental hospital now.

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ilikepieandpie 11

kids today are so effing rude

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SanaSazi 32

Well, from a Family like mine where every ******** With a phone (mostly telemarketers) rings us during dinner time, we have begun to leave the phone off the hook while at dinner and it's been much more peaceful!

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AmbrosiaWriter 17

Untrue, emergencies don't always end up as calls and that's a bad assumption to make. My family and friends typically use text messages because if the person cannot answer the phone (or missed the call) it's a lot faster to see on your screen "EMERGENCY" and open up a text message than it is to dial into voicemail and input code etc. etc. You can put all the information a person needs for an emergency in a text message, and it's usually faster and more efficient to do so. On that note, what if the OP had the phone on vibrate. It's pretty darn hard to tell the difference between "getting a call" vibration and "text message" vibration. On my phone they are the same length.

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