#25: Avoid Eye Contact
If only, if only this would work on my Great Aunt Agatha. I’ve tried this so many times, with extreme variations, but to no avail. I’ve even put a paper bag over my head and hid under the table but she just keeps on yapping and yapping as if she has my full attention.

Having said that, Great Aunt Agatha is a little bit of an extreme case and probably not representative of the wider population. For the rest of them, making it clear that you’re ignoring them will pretty much do the trick most of the time. I would know – people do it to me every day.
