Is smartphones killing your relationship?

I opened this just to see if someone would be a grammar nazi and correct the title of this post. lol I knew someone would!! haha

This is the way of technology. I'm sure people thought "I never see <persons name here> anymore because we have telephones now." or when cars were more common "It feels like <persons name here> is never home any more thanks to that gosh dang car."

Adjust or gripe, this is how things are now.

I am rarely on my phone and a lot of time don't even keep it with me. People know that and don't really expect immediate replies from me, I don't carry my phone from room to room with me or anything like that.
My husband is ALWAYS on his phone, not playing games or anything, it's because of his job, someone is always calling or texting and I get mad about it, we can't even eat a meal without having several interruptions. He's getting better about it, at least waiting until we are done eating dinner to use it. If it's really important, they will call and leave a message, then he has to check that in case it's some sort of emergency, but most things can wait 20-30min until we finish our meal! His employees think they have to text to ***** and moan about every little thing, they used to even call at 2am and such to whine about something that def. could have waited until morning, until I said, if that phone rings after 10pm again and it's not an emergency, I will be the one answering and they WILL get the point, I guarentee they won't call late again... he was being way too nice about it

I don't know why... but this bothers me... lol

"Is smartphones killing your relationship?"

Should be:

"Are smartphones killing your relationship?"

Sorry, Thank you, and Continue

This post was harmless. Some of you people need to lighten up. Seriously!

Not only that but he stated in the last paragraph that he noticed the error after he posted but couldn't fix it and people STILL got upset about it!

To all of you people who are "politely correcting the grammatical error in the topic", did you not read his post to the end?

Actually, he added that edit after people noted the mistake.

What study? Difficult to believe.

On the phone during sex. That is incredibly depressing.

I knew a guy that used to smoke. I didn't believe it until his girlfriend said yeah, he does, he keeps an ashtray on my back...wtf!

Disgusting..

seems like this post turned more into an arguement over grammar than what it was originally about. I'll admit that when I read the name of the topic, I thought "hmm.. "are?" however, I don't like to hurt peoples feelings or try to make them feel bad, so I would just keep that thought to myself. I would assume that u know how it should be written and it was just a mistake (perhaps u started typing is your smartphone killing your relationship and then changed the thought after u had started typing) and either way we all can see what u were trying to say, so I don't get the point of correcting someone in front of others unless it is to make urself feel better while basically saying the other person is a caveman.
on the other side, the girl did put a smiley to try to make it not seem insulting.

What study? Difficult to believe.

On the phone during sex. That is incredibly depressing.

I knew a guy that used to smoke. I didn't believe it until his girlfriend said yeah, he does, he keeps an ashtray on my back...wtf!

Disgusting..

Hahahah that's pretty damn funny actually.

But still disgusting.

I bet your fun to date. Im sure you probably never use slang or ever have grammatical errors. lol. The fact is I saw it and wanted to change it but it would not let me edit the title. They should fix that.

Yes, they should change that. The fact of the matter is, I was not the only person who noticed it. Regardless, it doesn't change anything about who I am or "how it is to date me." That is a ridiculous comment and was totally unnecessary. Just because you cannot handle a polite correction on a horrific grammar choice, is very immature. There is no need to make a personal attack. Just because you can hide behind your computer does not give you the right to throw meaningless assaults around on the internet. It was a polite correction, and I assume by your reaction that you are embarrassed of it, we all make mistakes, sure, but a grown and mature adult should be able to take ownership and not take low-blow stabs at an otherwise well meaning person (that they do not know!)



"Horrific grammar error" are you kidding me? That is awfully dramatic, and it's not really a polite correction but a pointless one. Does it make you feel that much better about yourself to go around correcting people?

I think smartphones are both good and bad for relationships. It's good for those in LDRs (like myself), but being on the phone whilst having sex? You're having a laugh!

Being able to stay connected can be a good thing. I think part of the problem is that many people expect others to stay "plugged in" just because it is possible. Similar to a previous poster's husband, I used to get all kinds of calls when I was not at work, because it was expected as part of the job - pager, cellphone, vpn at home, etc. There are some people with whom I do not want to be in constant contact.

I enjoy what technology can do for us, but it is too easy to get sucked into spending more time with it than is healthy. I know I am guilty of this.

btw, I made a grammer error and wanted to change it but ut wouldn't let me so im sorry to offend the uptight prissy chicks who always feel the need to call people out. I guess they are perfect. never uses slang, never shorten words like lol, and never make mistakes.

I was going to give you answer until you said this, kind of rude. By the way, you spelled GRAMMAR wrong.

They can be annoying, thats for sure.

It's a problem for my fiance and I (but moreso me). We will be sitting on the couch watching a movie, while both of us are on our iPhones. We check Facebook, MFP and emails while out at a restaurant, in bed, eating meals... it's pretty appalling. I really need to cut back on how much time I spend online, especially as I'm online all day at work too.

^^ Agreed. I've been able to cut back tremendously and could probably go days without my phone, if need be. But my girlfriend and I are literally always on our phones. Hers is basically in her hand all day long and after mentioning it, it's gotten a bit better. I think after a while it just becomes an extreme habit for people to the point where it's almost like brushing hair out of your face, biting your fingernails, or just breathing.

Sad, but true. :noway:

I believe it. I was in the military and HAD to be attached to my phone because I never knew when they would call me. "Hey, 1SG says PT is at 0300 tomorrow" So now I dont' really pay attention to it. I notice that it's not just the phone though. I have friends on Facebook that only try to contact me through the chat, then when I miss it they get upset. I'm like "I do have a phone you know" I live a long way from all my friends now so a phone call is the best i can get, but people don't even call anymore, it's all text, PM and email and it drives me nuts. I wanna hear my friends voices!!

I do notice too that people seem to spend a lot more time on their phone than interacting with the people around them. It's one thing if your sitting around by yourself texting or playing games, but quite another when you don't even notice your kid just fell off the monkey bars, or your friend is sitting next to you wondering why they bothered to even hang out.

I do notice too that people seem to spend a lot more time on their phone than interacting with the people around them. It's one thing if your sitting around by yourself texting or playing games, but quite another when you don't even notice your kid just fell off the monkey bars, or your friend is sitting next to you wondering why they bothered to even hang out.

This is what is really annoying to me. I don't expect a stranger at the airport to put his phone away and chat with me. I do expect my friends, family, boyfriend, etc., to put their phones away when we're at dinner or otherwise spending time together. If you've got something more important to do, go do it, and stop wasting my time.

And it boggles my mind when people say texting makes it easier to stay in touch with people. You are texting on a PHONE! You know how phones work, right? You can actually dial a number and speak to a human being. The texting thing always makes me feel like I'm being held hostage. As much as people claim that texting is better because you don't have to respond right away, there sure seems to be a lot of people who get seriously offended if they have to wait more than 2 minutes for a response to a text.