DH and I have a big barney, partly because I'm pregnant, hormonal and a bit fed up. Sorry this is long, the hormones are still in full swing!
I was cross with him because I had to repeat myself for the umpteenth time - he was looking at me, making eye contact, but obviously not listening at all because he had his bleeding iphone out and was too busy thinking about what he'd just read on twitter to take in what I had to say. My view is that by facebooking or tweeting while talking to me he is effectively mentally tuning out and not interested in what I have to say, which is upsetting for me when it's sometimes the first time in the day I've spoken to another adult!
He likens it to me knitting, and told me I'm being hypocritical. I can't see how it's the same thing at all - when I knit I'm using my hands but I'm still focussing on him, listening, talking etc. He says being on facebook etc. is the same, but it isn't is it? Surely you're not focussed on the person you're with if you've one eye on what everyone else is up to, posting on their walls etc. I just think it's bloody rude to do it while you're talking to someone else. He just can't see it at all.
So, AIBU, or is he?