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If a middle aged man starts phone guarding it’s never good, is it?

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Slalomsue · 19/02/2026 15:38

He used to leave his phone around the house while doing odd jobs, pottering, nipping out to the garage etc. Phone is now always with him, and he’s always on it. I brought it up with him, pointed out he was on his phone a lot lately rather than chatting to me and he apologised, said he was looking up a car part and put it away.

Last night I walked into the lounge without him noticing. When he looked up from his phone he visibly jumped, closed something on the screen and put it down, immediately coming over to “see if I was ok”. I’d noticed this out of the corner of my eye so didn’t properly register the behaviour to ask him there and then. I’ve never felt the need to check his phone before.

Have an uneasy feeling about this.

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TheYearofMagicalThinking · 20/02/2026 14:45

I would also feel uneasy. Unless (and this is probably a bit Pollyanna) you have a big birthday or anniversary coming up. If you do, and it is only his phone behaviour which has changed, then that is a possibility. Not super likely, mind.

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