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It makes a huge difference for our show, so please do that. Thank you so much. And now let's start the show. Let's get in it. Hey, everybody, it's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonema. And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness.

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That we've a bonus episode. So here we go. Our first question is, quote, last year, we hosted Christmas festivities for my brother and his sweetie, who brought her 16-year-old daughter, of course.

I served a semi-formal dinner, a few separately plated and

served courses, lovely decorations, etc. The daughter brought her cell phone to the table and looked at it

almost constantly. And her mother was right across from her and didn't correct this behavior,

nor did my brother, who, believe me, knows better. I was aghast.

As it was my home, I suppose I could have said something, but I was honestly so surprised

I didn't. So I guess two questions. What should I have done and said? And how should I address it

this year? As the same scenario is inevitable.

I don't want to embarrass her or her mom.

However, there is zero chance this will be tolerated again.

Let me start by saying I love the term and his sweetie.

Yeah, I'm getting the sense that we don't love your brother, sweetie.

Well, that wasn't my sense at all.

I really like the term and his

sweetie. Oh, I really read between the lines on this. Well, they may not love her brother's sweetie, but I don't think that way is why they use that term. Okay. I think that's just a sweet term that they use, and I love it. Okay. Well, we have different ideas about this. I hope I'm right. Okay. Continue.

So the second part is easier for me, and I think when you invite them over this year, you can tell your brother in advance, hey, can you mention to your sweetie to mention to her daughter that it's a no cell phone's at the table. Yeah, I think there's a way to mention this in advance. Yeah. Or you could even say, can you, you know, just tell your brother, hey, just so you know, or whatever that first sentence is to get into it, we like to do a no cell phones at Christmas dinner. So if you could pass that on. Yeah, I think that's probably fair and have them address it. But let's say now we're at the dining room table and the phone's out. So either

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