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Partner scrolling phone during conversations hurts communication

Individuals feel ignored when partners are distracted by phones, leading to relationship tension

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• My partner has started scrolling his phone during the exact moments I need him to listen, and I don't think he even notices he's doing it anymore. Tried bringing it up last night when something actually mattered and watched his thumb keep moving the whole time I was talking. Said something about it. He put the phone down immediately and apologized and meant it, I could tell. Ten minutes later it…