This is likely to turn into a rant so beware.
DH spends a massive amount of time during the day on his phone. It's driving me mad!! We have a 6 month old DD who is going to grow up thinking it's normal to sit and ignore people because her Dad does it.
A few examples of why it bugs me so much:
He gets up, ignores the wide awake baby, takes the phone and goes for a 20 minute shit every morning. I always get up with the baby which I love doing and seeing her smiling face and excitement and I just think he's missing this.
He works away every 4 weeks and when he's away he says how much he's missing DD, which I would expect he is. He doesn't play with her or really speak to her because he's on the phone. Yesterday I stood and watched him "playing" (he thought I was cooking dinner) which consisted of reading his phone and bouncing the bouncer. I may have been a bit angry and said "is it any wonder she doesn't want to play with you when you're on that thing all the time!"
Breathe.
Last one that I'll mention, when we go to my Mum's or my family are over at ours, he's on the phone AGAIN! It's so rude and I can imagine what he would say if I did it when at his Mum's.
It's not even as if he's doing anything exciting, he's reading (wait for it) the Daily Mail .
I just don't want him to be missing out on DD growing up.
And just for the record, other than to take pictures of DD, I don't go on my phone unless she's asleep or not with me.
Sorry for the length!
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peg90 · 04/05/2016 09:35
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