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When your partner prioritizes their phone over you

My boyfriend checks his phone during every conversation we have and when I bring it up he says I'm being controlling but I feel like I'm competing with a screen for his attention.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The digital world has become a third presence in intimate relationships, creating new forms of emotional neglect.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and intimacy?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.