Married Life
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Technology Ruins (slight rant)
My DH and I are addicted to our technology and especially our Iphones. 80% is for work I can admit, but I really need advice on how to get the phones out of our life for just 24hrs. It's really sad we even text eachother when he's in one part of the house and I'm in the other. We are both guilty of this but any ideas on how to ease the damn things out of our life a little bit? I can feel our communication depleting more and more especially when I told my 8yr old,"text your father to see who's picking you up from football" and he was just in the garage. Technology is ruining my family and my relationship. Or am I over-reacting?
I love him more than rainbows 
Re: Technology Ruins (slight rant)
RIP Dr. Irving Fishman - 10/1/19-7/25/10 - thank you for holding on for me.
You made my wedding day complete.
Right? I don't understand the problem. If you don't want to text across the house and want it out of your life, then literally take it out of your life.
Also? I side-eye people who can't put their phones down. I get sincerely irritated when people place their phones on the table during dinners out or are constantly checking it at a bar. Talking to flesh and blood people is far more fun.
Ditto.this.
Double ditto.
When H and I are having a date or just time together our phones are put away or in another room of the house.
1. You are headed for poor relationship growth with your DH if this continues.
2. Your child will not learn to communicate properly with his SO (when he has one) or with other people period.
3. You are ruining a relationship with your child...he might not think it but he probably wonders why your phone is more important than he is.
4. This is just rude. And it's annoying for others around you.
~~~
I like the no phones on Sunday idea. Also, avoid the texting while in the same building together. And, say no phones after 8pm. Or whatever time works for your family.
Well, you are off to a good start. This is only your second post and, like most of the recent posters, you won't bother following up. Go you and your new luddite ways!
Put the phones in a box away from you, phones in the same room, when you are both home. You can leave them on if you want and you hear it ring you can answer IF you're not engaged with something/ someone else. You think the ringing may be to distracting then turn it on silent but keep it in that box. Out of sight out of mind.
When you go on dates or have a family outing turn the phones off/ silent/ airplane mode. Think of your family life as a movie and no talking or texting on the phone during it! You do not want to ruin the movie for you or others around you by being rude.
put your phone on vibrate/off and leave it in your purse when you get home. Don't check it unless you are expecting to hear from someone (that doesnt live in the same house as you). Have a rule of no phones at the dinner table (we actually have a jar and if someone answers thier phone/texts during dinner they have to put a dollar in it...makes you think twice about picking it up unless its very important). Tell your H you are turning your phone off after work so you are not worried about hm txting you and feeling ignored because he will know why you don't answer.
ditto everyone else..if its off, you won't use it.
My Blog:Through My Eyes
I have never understood the attachment people have to their phones. What is it that they think they are gonna miss if they dont have it RIGHT THERE in front of them?