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Jeanne Phillips

Evenings fall silent as wife embraces cellphone

DEAR ABBY: A large portion of conversation in our home has been replaced with the time my wife spends on her cellphone. Not that she is talking on it. It’s games and Facebook that absorb hours of her time. We used to spend evenings working on special projects together, but that is the exception now and no longer the rule. If I ask a question or make a comment, she answers, but we sit mostly in silence. Must I accept this as the new norm that seems to have swept up everyone and wait for her to tire of this ...

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