Old Fashion

[ARK]

Sitting at Cracker Barrel eating breakfast. A man sitting at the table next to me has been on his phone the whole time while he waiting on his food. His wife and oldest daughter on cell phone too. Youngest daughter does not have cell phone and is looking off in the distance. This dude need to be in chastity so he will pay attention to his wife and family.

I know I am old fashion. Our family rule is no cell phone out while eating. My kids are the enforcers of this rule.

[waki86]

It's not old-fashioned.
We had the phone switched off during our holiday.

This way people pay more attention to each other, instead of soullessly looking at a screen.
And people are completely alienated from each other.

[slave d]

Cell phones and the internet are in equal parts one of the absolute worst and best changes in the world !!

[Sam3655]

The wife’s kids come over and sit down playing the whole time on their phones. They don’t watch their own children, they don’t offer to help in preparing the meal and they certainly don’t help clean up. I fear for this next generation.

[TheNookieMonster]

We were at a restaurant several years ago and there was a young couple sitting together on what appeared to be a date, he was staring at his phone and she was awkwardly looking around the room obviously feeling ignored. We were sad for both of them in different ways. She was a pretty lady too, he should have been looking into her eyes, might have learned something.
My lady and I were slipping into a similar trap, eating dinner in the living room with phone and TV going. A year or two back we had enough. Now we eat at the table, together, with no distractions, talking, holding hands, laughing, smiling. Its maddening looking back on it.

[Sam3655]

It is an easy trap to fall into. When CS and I were dating we would go on date night. Early to the theatre to get tickets and then walk over to Applebee’s for drinks till it was time for the movie. CS got to where I would get her a drink and she would turn away to watch basketball and spend all the time group texting with her four kids. After this happened three date nights, I paid the bar bill and walked out to the car. Ten minutes later she comes out looking for me and I told her she talks to her kids every day. If she can’t spent three hours one night a week focusing on me then there is no need for date night for me to pay only to see the back of her head. After that, the phone went away on date night.

[KittensBoyToy]

At a restaurant Kitten and I will look something up on our phones if it has to do with what we are talking about. Other than that, the phones stay put away. Kitten has misophonia, a phobia of hearing other people chewing. so the TV is always on. We record Jeopardy and watch it as we eat.

[WifeIsVanilla]

At a restaurant Kitten and I will look something up on our phones if it has to do with what we are talking about. Other than that, the phones stay put away. Kitten has misophonia, a phobia of hearing other people chewing. so the TV is always on. We record Jeopardy and watch it as we eat.

So glad to see you posting.

It's been a while. I was afraid there might be health issues.

[Mr Pickle]

Dang! Now I feel guilty reading this while at the table

[ARK]

Worked a 12+ hours graveyard shift. Had a mature night. Chewed out by the boss. Feeling like mature.

Get home and currently sitting outside drinking fortified grape juice (glass of red wine) and waiting for a deer to walk out and eat some deer corn I have out.

Life in Arkansas is great.