by Leslie Alderman | The New York Times, May 2, 2017
We
have an intimate relationship with our phones. We sleep with them, eat
with them and carry them in our pockets. We check them, on average, 47
times a day — 82 times if you’re between 18 and 24 years old, according
to recent data.
And
we love them for good reason: They tell the weather, the time of day
and the steps we’ve taken. They find us dates (and sex), entertain us
with music and connect us to friends and family. They answer our
questions and quell feelings of loneliness and anxiety.
But phone love can go too far — so far that it can interfere with human love — old fashioned face-to-face intimacy with that living and breathing being you call your partner, spouse, lover or significant other.
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