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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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Crystal55621 19

Personally, I don't think it's rude if it's just a question and you pull out your phone to answer. I don't think it's rude if you even check who it is. It's not being rude if you say that you can't text right now. And if they take your phone away, just tell them that you need it back because of personal business, and if it comes to it, sometimes you have to say that they aren't in the position to take it away and that you would like it back and if they would like you to leave, you would.

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Bersh007 6

Seriously? That's just freaking rude. You are basically telling his parents that you don't care about them or this dinner because your phone is more important. If you were worried about an emergency then you should have told them or something. No, you deserve it. Disrespectful kid.

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JoeLouisBomber 9

They should have told you about the rule. Also if i was you i would not have given the phone in the first place.

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bitchslapped22 14

They can't just take your phone, I would take it back and leave

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ramboman19 8

But it's also rude to override her beliefs. Maybe OP's family doesn't think it's bad to text at the table. It may not be polite to have a phone at the table in other peoples house, but she clearly was there to meet the family, not get a lesson on proper etiquette. And with the whole emergency thing, it always doesn't have to be a call to be an emergency. Text messaging can be effective. Saved my life once.

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Pacifica1165 13

117 - I like how you're automatically assuming that 49 thinks relationships breakups are emergencies or is referring to them when he wrote abou emergencies.

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Pacifica1165 13

^ Tha was sarcasm btw (the rest of my comment got cut off >_

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ramboman19 8

117, when did I ever mention a relationship? One of OP's family members could've been in the hospital or something. That may have been why OP was checking the phone. Sometimes calls don't go through so a text message is sent.

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lajaynay 15

Rude to text at the table but they had no right to take your phone away. Especially since they aren't your parents.

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InuwindoW 13

Rude to text at the table? Wtf world you live in?

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benzboy55 0

in the world how it should be you dumb ****

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graham11 14

61- a polite, mature world obviously.

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princessofdenial 2

What does it matter who's parents they are? It honestly takes a village to raise a child. When I was young, I was corrected and sometimes disciplined by friends' parents if I messed up at their houses. It used to be called growing up!

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Sparky12486 1

Good for them! It's about time someone stood up to the rudeness that being perpetrated by people that think it's perfectly acceptable to IGNORE the very people they're supposed to be socializing with to play on their stupid little phone. Learn some manners!

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THE_A_TEEN 27

I agree that was rude, but "Good for them"? Are you congratulating them for taking someone elses property?

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brianjman14 22

Even if they were going to give back to her, they had no right to take it in the first place. They aren't her parents. You're both retarded. Plus, who said she was going to play with it? She was just checking a text. That's it.

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AmbrosiaWriter 17

Because pulling a phone out of your pocket to see who texted you is completely the same thing as entirely ignoring the people you are supposed to be socializing with. Sorry, but my parents prefer that I answer them immediately, so I would've pulled the phone out to see if it was my parents. If it wasn't, I would've stuffed it back into my pocket, if it was, I would've excused myself. However, in this household, taking 2 seconds to see if it was from my parents would have the phone removed from my possession. Which is unreasonable, especially if no one had informed me that any kind of phone touching at all was no allowed. I would've expected her boyfriend to tell her about this, since he should be spending a lot of time with her and know of her phone habits.

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JukeboxValkyrie 19

I wonder if OP is one of those people that speaks in text during regular conversation. Some folks' dependency on technology is just scary. Like that woman that said she spoke wrong during a presentation because of her auto-correct.

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InuwindoW 13

Shoulda smacked them bitches and walked out! That's straight BS!

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