Seriously.
Based on a recent survey of 2000 people, 33% of men would actually answer the phone in the midst of having sex! And I don’t think these are guys that are so important that national security hangs in the balance of whether they get to the phone or not…
Not only that, almost twice that number would answer the phone when out on a date or on the toilet – you can read more about how important phones are to some people on Huffington Post.
Then of course there is the texting that goes on pretty much all the time…
I’m amazed at how much technology has changed the way people interact. On one hand, it’s great to be able to reconnect with people from high school that you may not have seen or talked to for years – Facebook lets us do that.
But some people will post their relationship status there before they tell their friends (definitely before they tell their parents). I know people that have a Facebook account only because that is the only way they have a clue about what their kids are doing!
We had some neighbors over for dinner a few months ago, and after everyone finished eating, the kids all went out to the living room. We found them there an hour later, in the dark, texting each other! Sitting next to each other and texting, not talking.
And then there is the online dating…Â I don’t have any first-hand experience with that, and I understand some folks have found great relationships going that route, but there sure are a lot of lies swirling around out there in cyberspace.
People can sound a lot more interesting (and better looking) in ‘trons than they are in person. Sometimes there is no truth in advertising!
Has technology impacted any of your relationships?
