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When You Spend More Time with Your Phone Than Your Partner—Your Relationship is in Trouble
With the advent of smartphones, it is hardly unusual to see a couple together, having dinner or otherwise spending time together, yet both of them are totally engrossed in their phone. If this is a common scenario with your spouse, you may be in the same area, but you are not spending quality time together. Far too many people have formed what psychologists call an “emotional attachment” to their phones. Those in relationships—even long-term relationships—find themselves having to compete with their partner’s smartphone for attention. In fact, one survey found that:

75 percent of women in committed relationships feel smartphones reduce the amount of time they spend with their partner and generally interfere with their love life.
About 33 percent of the women surveyed claimed their significant other had looked at his phone on numerous occasions—while the two were in a serious conversation.
Twenty-five percent of the women surveyed said their boyfriend or husband even composed texts while they were in the middle of an important conversation.