Phones!

[lana29]

Now that I’m 2 years in, I notice my boyfriend is on his phone way more than he use to be. First thing he does in the morning is check his phone (Twitter, WhatsApp etc) and that’s before he’ll engage with me. I know it’s the first thing most of us tend to do in the morning, but even throughout the day and when we go out to eat. He’s on the works group chat a lot. I’m guilty of being on my phone too but at start of relationship it was way less with him. Is this quite common? - Does your other half do same thing? Is there a time yous have phone free time or does it just work?

I think some people are just phone addicts. The start of a relationship is always the honeymoon phase when couples tend to be in each others pockets more, I think after 2 years this is probably not so much the case any more. Have you talked to him about it? When you're out for dinner that seems pretty rude of him.

Definitely, he said that I go on my phone too and I said but not as much as him :(

Urghh, amber flag for me. I don’t mean he’s up to no good (cheating or whatever) but just crap phone etiquette and bad manners.

There was a TV programme last year(?) about a family with phone addiction. Their therapy was to go cold turkey for a week. Ohh, the histrionics . Bit sad and pathetic really that these people preferred virtual life over a real one.

I’m not on my phone checking social media first thing in a morning and I don’t do it if I’m on a dinner date or spending Quality Time with someone else. But then again, I suspect I’m from a different generation.

I’d have to ask him to tone it down a bit. And if I was also guilty, I’d practice what I preached.