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and today we're going to go back into back in time a little bit here and we're going to do a dear jack episode so i've got a dear jack episode for you here and this is where i read a problem that someone's having and then i give some advice So here's the problem.
Dear Jack, I've been dating my boyfriend for about a year now, and overall things have been going well.
However, there's one issue that keeps coming up.
His constant texting during our dates.
Whenever we go out to dinner or spend time together, He's always glued to his phone Checking messages and responding to text It's starting to make me feel Ignored and unimportant I've tried bringing it up gently But he always brushes it off Saying it's nothing important How can I address this issue
Without causing a big argument Sincerely, feeling ignored um this is a big problem in the modern age right a lot of people are obsessively or compulsively glued like stuck to their phone they're just always looking at their phones checking messages every 30 seconds, every 15 seconds.
And I think it's just a bad habit.
So what your boyfriend has developed is he has developed a really negative habit.
Because there are some situations where you need to put your phone away, and you need to be present in the moment.
And when you're at dinner and he's on his phone, he might as well be a million miles away because he's not there with you.
He might be physically there, but mentally, he's on the internet.
They're chatting with someone else or checking, you know, his emails or things like that.
And the way I see this behavior is it's just extremely rude behavior.
It would be the same as like, oh, I don't know.
Like, if you were having dinner with someone and he were belching, burping out loud, or talking too loudly and obnoxiously, or cursing, saying curse words in the restaurant.
I mean, that kind of behavior is unacceptable in polite society.
And in this case, he's being extremely impolite and rude to you.
He's just demonstrating very rude behavior.
And so I think you need to take a stronger position with him.
You need to say to him, either you're here with me or you're here with your phone.
So if you want to go to dinner with your phone, then I don't need to be here.
Because if you're not going to sit here and talk to me and you're not going to be present and you're going to be distracted by your emails or be distracted by...
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Text messages with other people.
then what's the what's the point of even having dinner together what kind of relationship is that um you his relationship is with his phone not with you and I think some people dismiss this as like people being too sensitive but I just look at it as being very very impolite very, very rude behavior.
That's my opinion about this situation.
And so my advice to you would be to firmly, not gently bring it up, but firmly bring it up and say, look, when you use your phone at the table, when we're having dinner together in a restaurant, and you are focused only on your phone, it makes me feel ignored.
It makes me feel hurt.
It hurts my feelings.
I mean, that's what it does.
It hurts my feelings.
And if you continue this behavior, then I will no longer go to dinner with you.
And if you continue this behavior, Maybe I will no longer stay in this relationship with you because he's not showing any courtesy or any politeness to you.
Now, there's sometimes where you get a message that's very important, and I can understand that.
You know, look at the message.
If you have to reply, apologize and say, this is a work email and it's really important and I need to reply to this.
But if it's just surfing the Internet, playing with his phone, that's no fun.
I mean, what kind of dinner is that?
You know, where you're just sitting there by yourself while the other person is playing games or Internet surfing or texting with other people.
he's not being present.
He's not being emotionally available to you.
And so, I very much think that you need to take a much stronger position with him and explain to him that you're hurting me, you're hurting my feelings.
Okay. And if he still dismisses it and says, oh, you're too sensitive or whatever, strongly think about the character of the person that you're dating.
Like, is this a person that you want to continue a relationship with?
If they're that discourteous, if they're that rude or impolite, do you really want to be with someone like that?
Or do you want someone who actually pays attention to you, listens to you, wants to be wants to spend time with you because that's not time that's you might physically be in the same place but emotionally you might as well be in two different restaurants eating alone so i think this is a big problem
i think this is a big problem um and i think that if you just really are firm with him, maybe he'll get the message, and maybe he will change his behavior.
But if he refuses to change his behavior and dismisses you, then obviously he doesn't care enough about you to even put his phone away for a half an hour or 45 minutes or whatever the amount of time it takes to have dinner together I would say what's the point?
You're not having fun you're not enjoying this relationship he has a closer more intimate relationship with his phone than he does with you what's the priority here?
I mean it's just a stupid phone.
Put it down put it on silence or vibrate put it in your pocket and look at the messages later when you're not spending quality time together, because this is not quality time.
You're not enjoying yourself.
And so I totally understand your position and agree with your feelings.
I feel sorry for you, but I think you You need to take a much stronger, more firmer position with him and say, you know, at the dinner table, it's me or the phone.
You can't have both.
You can't have both.
All right. Those are my two cents for today's episode of my Dear Jack episode.
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Before we listen to you, Your old or broken phone can let you down when you need it most.
Perfect. But at Verizon, trade in any old phone from our top brands and get the most for it, up to $2 ,000 in value for an amazing new iPhone 16 Pro with Apple Intelligence and a new line on my plan.
And iPad and Apple Watch Series X.
That's like a three for one.
And you can get it on any plan.
At Verizon, trade in your old phone for a brand new iPhone 16 Pro, iPad, and Apple Watch.
The other guys won't give you that.
Visit Verizon .com today.
Additional terms apply.
Service plan required for Apple Watch and iPad.
Up to $2 ,000 value based on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
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