Try to imagine life sans emojis, Gchat, or Netflix. Now, after you've stopped clutching your iPhone to your chest like it's your first-born child, picture having the kind of blissed-out relationship you've always wanted. With a little bit less of the former, the latter can become closer to reality. Technology can have a sneaky negative effect on your relationship—new research even shows that too much Twitter can cause issues! In that vein, here are a few more ways technology can screw up your love life.
Your TV May Turn Your Sex Life Into the Sahara
If you have a TV in your bedroom, consider moving it elsewhere. When you spend too much time in bed watching the tube, you start to associate a space that should be strictly for sleep and sex with things like watching Olivia Pope fix the entire world. You'll realize it's much easier to passively take in entertainment instead of you two making it yourselves. I promise you, the second alternative is much more fun.
Your Attachment to Your Phone Makes You Seem Rude
When your phone contains so much of your world, it's obviously hard to put it down. Still, it's annoying to crack a joke and be met with silence because you're too busy texting. By the time you respond with a delayed "What?" the humor has likely passed its expiration date. Whether it's a first date or your long-term beau is spilling about his day, flip your phone face down and listen up.
Netflix Makes You Lazy
There should be some sort of law that all summertime dates need to take place outside. It's just too tempting to fall into an indoor routine, thanks to Netflix seductively convincing you that you should stay in and bond over the entire season of *House of Cards. *Again. Don't get me wrong, I'm very pro-lazy dates, as long as they don't get in the way of actually interacting with and enjoying the outside world.
You Never Get to Actually Miss Each Other
*Worst of all, technology enables 24/7 connection, even when you're supposed to be apart. If you're out hiking with friends or he's visiting family out of town, at the very least, you're probably checking in with texts. Point is, when you don't fully disengage, you don't have a chance to experience life without each other. Those little independent moments can actually make your relationship so much stronger than being digitally glued to one another at all times. *
Do any of these interfere with your relationship? What's the biggest issue you have with technology in your love life?
