DH can’t seem to put his phone down while on vacation

[Anonymous]

I'm sure there is a name for what is becoming a real illness. I'm so lucky that my DH rarely looks at his phone unless he is in his office and then he's got his computer, Ipad and phone all operating. Outside his office he doesn't pay much attention to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP this sounds like my husband when he was having an affair.

I thought this too. My husband had an (emotional) affair for a year and during that time he was always on his phone.

The attention that he paid to his phone was very upsetting to me too. I hated that phone. But it all made sense after I found out about the other woman.

[Anonymous]

He is either a). Avoiding something in your marriage or b). Is truly + madly addicted to his Smartphone.

He needs to detox from his phone, however I have zero idea how to do this.

Sorry.

[Anonymous]

If I were you I would have taken every photo op possible with him looking down at his phone and then showed him later so he could actually see how bad it was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were you I would have taken every photo op possible with him looking down at his phone and then showed him later so he could actually see how bad it was.

Not a bad idea, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP this sounds like my husband when he was having an affair.

I thought this too. My husband had an (emotional) affair for a year and during that time he was always on his phone.

The attention that he paid to his phone was very upsetting to me too. I hated that phone. But it all made sense after I found out about the other woman.

So, all the women one sees everywhere, obsessively poking at their phones, they are all having affairs too?

[Anonymous]

Been there, done that. It’s smartphone addiction. It took years for me to get my husband to recognize his problem. He’s much better but still needs reminders. He also started going to therapy (for other issues, but it helped with phone addiction too).

People blaming you are just ridiculous. Smartphones are proven to be addictive. It’s like saying your husband prefers cocaine and gambling to you because you are boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Been there, done that. It’s smartphone addiction. It took years for me to get my husband to recognize his problem. He’s much better but still needs reminders. He also started going to therapy (for other issues, but it helped with phone addiction too).

People blaming you are just ridiculous. Smartphones are proven to be addictive. It’s like saying your husband prefers cocaine and gambling to you because you are boring.

When we were eating our last meal, he was again fidgeting with his phone. He said he had to update his apps because we may not have WiFi at the airport and plane. Really?!? That angry bird app and the uber app that we are not using couldn’t wait while we have our last meal by the beach.

I consider it plain rude. It is borderline embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were you I would have taken every photo op possible with him looking down at his phone and then showed him later so he could actually see how bad it was.

I wish I did this. I will be sure to do it on our next trip.

[Anonymous]

Did you post about this last year, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP this sounds like my husband when he was having an affair.

+1

[Anonymous]

How's the sex?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP this sounds like my husband when he was having an affair.

I thought this too. My husband had an (emotional) affair for a year and during that time he was always on his phone.

The attention that he paid to his phone was very upsetting to me too. I hated that phone. But it all made sense after I found out about the other woman.

So, all the women one sees everywhere, obsessively poking at their phones, they are all having affairs too?

Possibly.

I know that my AP's spouse got particularly curious and anxious on a vacation when he was constantly staring at his phone. She was right, of course-- he was emailing me.

My spouse got very cranky about my constant phone use. He's right; I email my AP last thing before bed and read his first morning email first thing.

Neither of us was like this before.