Do you consider this rude or not? (TV)

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Do you think it is rude to watch TV if you invited your friends over?

I don't think so, as more people like to watch TV together, I cannot see it anything wrong about it, sometimes my daughter's friends bring their DVDs for us to watch.

BUT - We turn it off and put the music on, if we invited guests over for dinner with us, and talk into the small hours drinking and getting pi$$!!
 
If my guest asked wanna together watch rental movies.. that would be great fine w/me.. as long no being rude... left out at all

If my guest came over my place and ingore them grab watching t.v.... yes condiser it's rude.. of course.. Always automatic...

Depends their guest feelings..
as same thing about pager thread.
 
Well, if all parties were in agreement then it's not rude to watch TV. However, if you were watching TV while your friends were waiting and whatnot, it's impolite.
 
That's depends if your guest wants to watch a movie, or a show, then no I don't consider it to be rude, I have my tv on when someone comes over, and it never seem to bother them and beside I don't ignore my guests....
 
I always have my tv on when the guest came over. If I have alot of guests, then I turn it off and chat with them. Yes, if the guest decided to turn the tv on while other guests are around.
 
It's not consider rude if they watch TV together, a movie or sports, or a show. I always leave my TV on whenever I have guests even party going on, Most of my guests watch TV, a movie or sports. ;)


But whenever I'm at my dad's house he always have sports on TV, Only Roadrunner and the guys sit would sit in front of the TV and watch sports for hours. Isn't that correct, Roadrunner? :giggle:
 
*nods* and while us girls talk about girly stuff ....
 
Interesting thread here.

Most of your posts remind me of British custom... You all are similar as British people who turn TV on while they have visitors around but here in Germany is total different.

Germans including me (logically I live in Germany for long time to learn their way) consider it as rude when you watch on TV while you have visitors around.

Germans don´t like to watch TV when they have visitors around... They beleive to be good host when they have visitors around for afternoon coffee to serve homemade cake at dinning room or kitchen for chat... They will think you come for TV, not them... but with children is different... we allow children to watch TV or play computer or PS2, outside... Germans often say if you want to watch TV then stay at home.

But for guests is different... If you are guests in my house for holiday... then help yourself home and feel comfortable. I would not consider rude if guests feel want to watch TV...

I live in Germany for over 20 years, no once to share my German friends to watch TV together... Germans are very socialize people, that´s why we love to share our chat, feedback, tips, recipes, health, etc... after cold evening snack, we have glass of wine... which different as British.
 
It really depends on what kind of visitors I will be having.
If the visitors happen to be people that I do not know very well then I would leave the TV off so we can chat to get to know each other better. If the visitors happen to be my very close friends and family then I sometimes would leave the TV on, mostly the news channel. That way we'd have something to talk about if we see something on the news.
 
When I have visitors at my home, I turn off the TV, radio, and computer, and I let my answering machine take care of phone calls. I like to give my guests my full attention.
 
My parents in England always turn TV off if we have a visitors visiting for a few hours, but if we had them for a sleepover for the weekend or more, we would watch it together.
 
Reba said:
When I have visitors at my home, I turn off the TV, radio, and computer, and I let my answering machine take care of phone calls. I like to give my guests my full attention.
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Yes that's lovely to show your good host to make them feel welcome.
 
Tamara said:
Yes that's lovely to show your good host to make them feel welcome.
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That should be the way. Make them feel important, too.

Afer all, why would you bother to welcome visitors while you choose to watch instead unless you and your visitors plan to watch tv sports or movie as pre-planned.
 
Well, if guests come over, will have chitchat at beginning, and if they want to join to watch, so i don't think to concern to be rude at all, as they don't ingrone te conversation every times.
 
web730 said:
That should be the way. Make them feel important, too.

Afer all, why would you bother to welcome visitors while you choose to watch instead unless you and your visitors plan to watch tv sports or movie as pre-planned.
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Very true, that's way Germans raised to beleive to make visitors feel important... I learned from German's influence since I live in Germany for over 20 years which different as in England where I raised. Visitors come first before TV etc. We hosted visitors in dinning room whom I know for YEARS and also hubby's school mates, too ... no matter either we know them for YEARS or not but they are still important visitors. Germans always said if you want to watch TV then stay at home...

Guests stay with us for holiday is a different story...
 
I hardly watch tv when I have a guest come over except for the children. When an adult come over and I turn off my tv and sit in the kitchen and chatting away :gossip:
 
If you and friends are planning to watch t.v. or rent a DVD(s) together then by all means they can watch without being rude. If a friend wants to talk then shut everything off.
 
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