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[Update] My [25/m] wife [25/f] spends 90% of her time on her phone (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
16-Nov-17 9:00 pm
[Update] My [25/m] wife [25/f] spends 90% of her time on her phone

Hello there.
Original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/relationshi...f_her_time_at/
Thanks to those that commented. Was helpful to just talk through everything and get some outside opinion on the matter.
Quick recap for those that don't want to read the other thread.
Basically my wife spends an exorbitant amount of time on her phone when we're home. Regardless of what we're doing she has it next to her. I had talk to her about it in the past to no avail. It was getting to me lately because she wasn't spending quality time with me or our daughter.
To the update:
The night I posted we ended up talking. I told her how it sucks that I feel like we're so distant lately and like we don't really spend quality time with one another. SHE actually raised the idea of once she comes home our phones go in the bedroom and we spend time with our daughter together until she goes to bed. No phones or electronics to distract.
We carried on the conversation past phone usage to a few other things that had been bugging me and realized that we don't spend time doing things outside the house anymore. Often using our daughter and exhaustion from work as an excuse. She admitted that she would say she wasn't interested in doing things outside the house when I'd recommend it and she said she'd be more open to it.
We also decided that we'd take a walk twice a week after she gets home from work to a convenience store down the street with our daughter.
I'm pretty thankful to y'all. I was feeling pretty lost lately and I feel like this is actually going to have not only a big impact on my relationship but my life in general. Thank you all very much for your advice.
TL;DR: We talked the same day I posted. She admitted that we needed to be off our phones/electronics more and SHE recommeded that we put our phones away and spend time with our daughter until she goes to bed once she gets home. No electronics or anything just time with her. Also admitted to not being open or receptive enough to the idea of going out and having "date" days and said she'll work on being more open to that. We're also going to take walks twice a week to a store down the street with our daughter. Thank you everyone that offered advice. It definitely helped.


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