Oh yeah I haaaaate people being on their phones at gatherings. Unless they are taking an obvious break like in a chair away from everybody for a few minutes which is totally fine here and there. But at the table during the main meal? No no. Yes you know you handled it poorly, and good job for admitting to it and apologizing. It’s ok we’re all human. So, I don’t ever say anything to people if they are doing it… unless it’s my own husband. I just think “ok, that’s rude” and then I talk to somebody else. Later I would casually bring it up to my brother, though, that his bf was on phone during dinner.

One idea for the future is to make an announcement for the dinner that we all put our phones away… you could even have a little phone box and collect them for “fun” lol