Yesterday my wife got an SMS from her mother saying, "I miss you."
So my wife calls her mother to talk some.
MIL: What do you want?
Wife: I saw your SMS, so I thought maybe we could talk some.
MIL: I'm busy watching TV now, so I don't really want to talk to you. Bye!
*click
(note: when she lived with us, she literally watched 14 hours of tv a day, she said back in China she only watches about 6-7 hours of tv a day)