... my husband in Spanish and he greeted her back and they started talking. I was just sitting there minding my own business watching the small TV. My husband is Pueto Rican and so was the Housekeeper and he likes to practice speaking Spanish with strangers sometimes and it doesn't bother me at all. Suddenly the housekeeper saise to me "You don't speak Spanish?" I said no and smiled nicelyand went back to watcher TV. She then had the nerve to ask me why don't you speak Spanish?. I told here I was Irish and I spoke English. She then said "Your should learn to speak Spanish. At that point I was quite irritated that this women would think it was OK to talk to me someone she never met before in such a manner. I told her I did not like the way she was speaking to me. At that point she just went on to chatter away with my husband in Spanish the entire time she was cleaning around the room which took her at least 5 or more additional minutes. After thinking about it I am now upset with my husband, knowing that I did not like the way she was talking to me that he just continued to just keep talking with her in Spanish with me sitting there. I think he should have answered anymore of her questions in English and not have encougaged her any further. And on her way out she turned and gave me a dirty look
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I would say that you need to ask your husband what they were talking about and trust him but that next time that lady comes even if she speaks Spanish to him, for him to just answer in English and to try not to talk so much with her so that the lady gets it that he doesn't really want to talk with her and besides that, that he is marries. I think it's not respectful to have someone speak a language in front of others who don't understand, so just speak with your husband and ignore that lady show her that you don't care about her.