Guest keeps asking me questions when I'm eating...

[MucozadeOnLucozade]

My friend is due to stay with us again and as lovely as she is, she has this annoying habit of firing 101 questions at the dining table when we're eating. After the work of cooking the meal and generally just tired at that point of the day I find it all too much trying to juggle chewing and answering questions. I end up swallowing food that's not been chewed well and eating mouth full or swallowing loads of gas.

Last night I ended up with the most painful indigestion!

How can I tell my guest to just calm it down with the questions at meantime. It's like quickfire and it's obvious she's not remembering what she's asked as she repeats questions.

I just want to eat and enjoy food without the interogation!!

My 3rd response 😆. Why do some posters think that the OP is asking for silent mealtimes?? She wants advice on how to deal with her chatty guest’s machine gun fire questions - ack ack ack!
Much less contact is the only solution I can think of; not all these daft suggestions like pointing to your full mouth, hand waving while you chew etc etc.

Can I ask you directly, OP, if there is more of a backstory to all this? What prevents you from drastically reducing contact? By the way I totally sympathise.. she sounds a nightmare.

And yet she's coming to stay again?

You either can't say no or her good points outweigh her bad?

I hate excessive chat when eating a meal. I am quite a quick eater and hate cold food. 😀