A mum has shared her frustration with a family member who is always on the phone when visiting her. The woman says it’s ‘so rude’ and took to Mumsnet to share her anger ahead of the family members' next visit with the family.
Writing on the forum, she put:”I have a family member who doesn't work, has no commitments to her time, has no husband/partner or children, who lives alone and has all the time in the world to speak to whoever she likes to. But yet whenever she comes to visit us for dinner or a few hours, which is already really difficult to plan because of our commitments.
"She's always got someone ringing her and she doesn't think twice about saying ‘oh can I call you back’ nope she answers the phones and will be on it for ages and then will have the audacity to moan she can't hear the person because of the background noise that's going on in my busy home, children husband and dogs.
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“It p***** me off so much!!! She's due to come over in a few days and she's messaged me to arrange times and said oh ...(person)..... will be ringing me whilst I'm at yours. Hope that's OK.
“Why!!!! Why can't she speak to whoever it is in her own time. I find it incredibly rude your hear to see us not be on your phone. Arghhhhhh.”
The woman later revealed to users that the family member is her aunt in her 50s. Mumsnet users replied in the comments giving the woman some advice. One user said:”Just stop inviting her. Problem solved.”
The woman replied: “I have tried to separate away a bit but its difficult because of what type of family member she is and the relationship she holds in the family to others. Who by the way also get really annoyed by the problem.”
Another user added: “Just say ‘it's daft for you to come over when you're going to be conversing with someone else, let's rearrange to a time when you can actually be present with us.’ She's asked for your opinion on the situation, so give it.”
One mum said: “I think this is really rude. I'll answer the phone when out, but if it's someone just wanting a chat, I explain that I'm out and schedule a time to call them back. I've actually distanced myself from a couple of friends because of it (one of them chatted for an hour on the phone when we'd gone out for a meal, wouldn't even stop to order food!).”
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