To think dh should go in the other room to take conference call

[witherhills]

and not stay in lounge and expect me to stay quiet for an hour?
WTF?

Well that's why we don't have a tv in ours.

We are both from professional backgrounds yet also respect that this is our home, and the other also has the right to use it.

Personally this wouldn't bother me overly as I tend to read of a quiet evening but I can see how it would be annoying.

x-posted troisgarcons - any available other room, then. OP says there's another he could use.

DH used to do this and it would drive me mad. He'd be flapping his hands at the DCs and telling them to be quiet.

Strong words were had - this is our family home first and foremost. If he has to take work calls then he can go somewhere quiet.

well, 20 mins on the phone often means 2-4K in commission - I can suffer football on mute - infact its a blessing really.

And listen to him talking business for an hour
I would never expect anyone to have to do that

There is absolutely no reason why he needs to stay in here, portable phone, doesn't need laptop

He can still earn 2-4K in commission in another room.

Troisgarcons can I recommend you to the 'favourite MN stealth boasting phrases thread'?

Witherhills did he say he felt he needed to sit in the lounge with you and not go to another room?

TG- there's no business being won or lost, or commission. It's just a meeting with colleagues in Australia
Hes a rising star, job security isn't really an issue
(famous last words)

pictishTue 11-Oct-11 22:05:44

He can still earn 2-4K in commission in another room.

he could but I'd have to listen to that dour bastard Alan Hansen chundering away in a corner wouldn't i? every cloud has a silver lining

What are you talking about?
Football....what?

I think if dh or I were routinely earning £2-4k from 20 minute conference calls, we'd have an office or study at home to take them in, comfortably & undisturbed by irritated oh...

Coldsancerre( good name), I have previously sat in silence, and then thought WTF am I doing?
But I have put my foot down about a lot of things in our relationship.

Tonight He muttered something about turning the volume down, so I said "I'm not sitting here in silence" and then said "oh shall I go in the front room then?" in a "I'm feeling very sorry for myself voice"

OP isn't complaining that her DH took a conference call. She is complaining about where in the house he took it. IMO if there is another room to use then it should be used so that the rest of the household can do whatever else they need to do.

Sorry who would you be talking to then if he was the only other person in the lounge? Yourself? Are you insane or what?

YANBU at all.

On the assumption that he has somewhere equally suitable to take the call, then there is no reason why you should have to be silent whilst he talks.

I think it is rude and inconsiderate of him tbh.

Obviously if there is nowhere else appropriate then you would just have to deal with it,but it doesn't seem to be the case here.

She might have wanted to watch tv? Listen to the radio? Phone a friend? practice the bassoon?

Fabbychic, I talk to myself all the time, I might be insane, who knows!
But in this scenario, it would be the tv making the noise

Then its time he gets a dedicated office, don't you think? Make the front lounge his "office" to avoid future problems.

Id purposefully make farting noises!

He has a conference call maybe once a month, doesn't really bring papers home, is that worth changing a whole room!
We have a kitchen/diner/lounge where I am, then separate front lounge, v small
House is very small

(at your last post)

Of course YANBU - he's being a selfish prick. There's another perfectly good room to take a business call in, why wouldn't you use it?

Certain poster frequently talks a lot of crap & brags about her life - it's tedious and probably fabricated but hey ho

erm dh takes his conference calls in his shed, always has done.

I'm from a business background too. Should I shut down the house into silence insist he come in to make his calls and lie on the floor mouthing I am not worthy.

Or can we continue being like normal people?

OP UANBU

God how rude of him

OP is your MIL still there?

Clearly your 'D'H is an arse (especially considering your other threads).

Mil is still here, but long since gone to bed, not a factor in the conference call saga. 2 more sleeps til she is gone.
Dh otoh, not sure when he is going

I've just deleted an xfactor by mistake, bollocks
I've also had 3 glasses of wine and might have one more

MrsCB, the other mil threads or the highly reactive dh threads that I had deleted?