On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:17:37 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 2/7/2013 8:56 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> S Viemeister wrote:
>>> gtr wrote:
>>>> S Viemeister said:
>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> A couple of months ago we were invited to a neighbour's house for an
>>>>>> evening. They kept the tv on for the entire time! Turned very low but,
>>>>>> I found it really hard to relax and just chat. It was a large screen
>>>>>> too and it just dominated the room Tbh, lovely people though they are,
>>>>>> I doubt we will spend an evening there with them again.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That sort of thing drives me up the wall. I was taught that it was
>>>>> rude to leave the TV on when guests arrived.
>>>>
>>>> I simply ask people to turn it off, and they always oblige.
>>>>
>>> I would never do that, as a guest in someone's home.
>>
>> You need to grow a pair. If they'd rather watch TV you're not a guest
>> in their home, you're an intrusion. Were I invited to someone's home
>> where they'd rather watch TV I'd make an early departure and never
>> accept another of their invites.
>>
>I would certainly try to find an excuse to leave early - but the
>rudeness of a TV-addicted host, does not make it okay for _me_ to be
>equally rude.

There is nothing rude about saying nothing about the blaring TV and
making an early departure... that's called tact.