MY wife always has her phone with her – on the table when we eat, in her pocket when we go out. She even looks at it while we are watching a film in the cinema.
She checks her phone first thing in the morning and in bed at night, and does
Facebook on it every day.
We are in our late twenties and have been married four years but I am
starting to feel really lonely.
If we eat out she watches the other people in the restaurant in between phone
checks. She doesn’t talk to me and I find myself not wanting to go out with
her any more.
We once had a good sex life but for the last year or so my wife never
initiates it. She even falls asleep during sex. If she is awake she seems to
want it over quickly. We don’t kiss goodnight any more.
All I want is for her to switch the damn phone off and for us to be a proper
couple again.
DEIDRE SAYS
The online world can be very addictive but it’s no substitute for real life.
Tell her clearly you can’t carry on like this because it is sad, lonely and
pointless.
You enjoyed one another’s company once and it was fun. Ask her if there are
changes you need to make for her to feel more involved with you again –
maybe you should start a sport or class together. A relationship has to be
worked at if it is to survive.
But insist she ration time on her phone – once morning and evening, and never
when you two are doing stuff together.
Is your love-rival a phone? Any tips on how to get a phone-addict partner to
pay you proper attention?
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