Help, im an iphone widow.

[EXlovely]

As title says my DH seems to love his iphone more than me. Im feeling ignored, neglected and unloved. Does anyone else have this problem?!

No but my dp would say he does

Get one of your own.

Get an I-pad!

He is on the damn thing day and night, even in bed. It also ruins family life too!

Snap. I am thinking of e-baying it in secret!

I love my I Phone...is it new? the novelty does wear off eventually

I am also an iPhone widow. DH has had his 3 weeks and barely looks up from the damn thing when he eats his dinner

Annoying isn't it?

Iphones I presume not Waterproof, judging by the fact that DS washed Ipod 'cos the screen was dirty mummy'. Same technology, never worked again ( though DD washed her nano on holiday in an industrial machine, in the pocket of her jeans and that works again )

Quick tip - any phones ipods etc dropped in water, do not attempt to switch on, take apart as much as possible and immerse in a box of rice - it acts as a natural descant and draws out all the water if left for several days. Never use heat to dry out these things as it creates condensation inside the machinery

As I write this DH is on his damn iphone ffs while im in bed. Im getting really hacked off now. Help this is driving me crackers.

But how were you typing? Presumably you were using an electronic device in bed as well?

Does he know how you feel?

Mines been on it for over a year now ! I do actually think it is harmful to a relationship.....

All the time ! Its Soooooo annoying !

ooo is it the iPhone4 with the new retina display and a4 processor? Not sure how you can compete with that tbh EXlovely

I's the ultimate in bad manners, extremely rude and ignorant of people to be on them constantly. People seem to think being glued to one is a necessity, even when out in company, in a restaurant, just chatting over coffee etc. There is no need to constantly hold, refer to, look at the bloody thing every minute. Drives me mad.

I used to spend an awful lot of time on the PC, which caused friction in my marriage. Following serious reassessment of the relationship I can now play on the PC morning, noon and night and he doesn't say a word about it, because he doesn't live here.

Moral: do not issue an ultimatum like "it's me or that damned machine" unless you are prepared to see your bluff called.

shhhhh, don't let the iphone hear. You'll upset it!

DP has one. Luckily the battery is so crap that it dies before he gets home from work most nights so we have a peaceful evening...just him, me, my BlackBerry and his Nokia N8 (work phone).

Now, a Nokia N8 - that's a phone to get excited about!

Seriously, I had a new smartphone recently and my DW began to complain that I was always using it, so I have consciously cut down my usage when others are around. It is anti-social, especially as DW has no interest in such things.

It's as if we've become infantilized as a society. I find myself tutting (judgey pants) when I see people staring at their phones on train journeys (get a paper or book out for god's sake!)

It is anti social.

I think it's weird when people take it into the loo with them. My DP plays chess on it while he's having a poo.

same here, on a cycling forum 24/7 !!!
Grrr

just had a blazing row on the phone actually ! :(

I got fed up with DH constantly being on his iphone, so I got one, too. It didn't stop him, though.

Then, one night when we'd just gone to bed, and he was sitting there tapping away on the blasted thing, I picked mine up and sent him a message "Night, night x Can you turn the lamp off, please?"

He looked at it, did a double take, looked at me in astonishment, then caught on to what I meant! He hasn't been quite so bad since then

What's wrong with staring at a phone on train journeys? I read news sites, forums, iBooks etc on mine - far lighter than a book and less unwieldy than a newspaper.

Am in bed now reading MN with husband snoring happily next to me :)