because of their inability to put their phone down


or walk away from social media?

Yes, when they couldn't be intimate with me for 7 months and got mad if I interrupted her while she was talking/texting/Facebooking, etc. Come to find out she was working on her next victim (aka husband) and really did me a favor. I had no problem showing her the door (my house, my stuff) she had just become a roommate with nothing to offer the relationship, not even simple companionship. So when she threaten to walk out the door, I did better and showed it to her. Why do I seem bitter, because that was ten prime years of my life that I could have made with someone else, that I could be enjoying life with and us having a great time together.

Not yet~~~ I do tend to make nieces ect put their phones down when we are all at a family function.. When eating the phones go away regardless they don't want to listen to me so they comply~~

standing in line at Meijer's today ( that is a Michigan store)

woman in front of me must have been in her sixties was on her phone

woman in front of her in her thirties was on her phone
and her toddler in the cart was on some kind of tablet...

I left one at dinner once, because she ate her peas one at a time...


I'm kidding.

Fortunately I've never had to make that choice, then again I've also never had the opportunity to be the one who leaves.

I will never put up with that, TM

Fortunately, I have never had the experience.

Cheers

Absolutely
I find it very rude
If you are that bored
Or dislike me that much

You need to go somewhere that makes you happy

Well walked out on a date once. She told me that she works and this is just something her partner will have to deal with. I thanked her for her time. I've never looked back. Guess that's why I don't date younger.

Sort of.

I've dated a couple women now that were incapable of communicating outside of their "safe space" i.e. email.
If something bad happened they would clam up. Then a few days, weeks, or months of back to dating/relationship normalcy I'd receive a very long email listing all sorts of things I did or they experienced.

At first I thought since it was new they were just too nervous to deal with things directly since we met through the internet.
But when it started to happen consistently, I walked away from that.


I've never walked out on a date because they were too engrossed in their phone or social network.
I just enjoyed my meal and eavesdropped on the other tables and watched what they were doing.
But I didn't invite them to go out, nor accepted an invitation from them, again.

I've never been with anyone for any length of time that had issues with social media or texting addiction.

Wasn't sure if the op meant "left them" as in "left after being part of a relationship for a significant amount of time," or, "left the table on the first date."

either way ya wanna answer it

I think that's a Seinfeld episode!

I've seen the same thing ... Lady at the checkout, on the phone all through my purchase and hers and still on the phone leaving the store...
Amazing

Depends if it's work-related...
If so well we all have to work..
But if you're just chit-chatting with your buddies while we are out and about..ummm... (((hello)).. but I am a little guilty of this myself I do tend to monitor my phone from time to time when I'm out and about.. but I don't have any actual conversations... and I will send off a very quick text message and reply if necessary....

Gulty as charge
I leave it in my bag and focus on the person/persons.
Sometimes leave it in the car.
Never used to be like this

I have a deal with God.

I don't ask him for anything
and he doesn't text me.

While back ... local snackbar, two young men, both eating, both online on their phones.
They told each other about what was going on, occasionally laughing, but never once looked at each other, or at their food for that matter.

Insanity ... Sure you socialize online, but when in company you should still socialize with real ppl you're with and/or around you.
And not focusing on food you shuv in your gob, ain't healthy either.

When I'm out, in company, on a date, with friends, I don't answer my phone. Most of the time I don't even check it.
Some of my friends do. Check every time their phone bleeps, and often those ppl get messages non-stop. One of them answered them too, every one of them, taking her time, even when she was only visiting me for half an hour... How rude is that? Might as well have stayed in her car. Made me feel like a waitress serving coffee, waiting for her to p*$$ off again.

Personally, I don't like to be on call, on standby every minute of the day.

has anyone just looked around and watch how many people have their noses in their phones at any given time? even driving, it's still about 1 out of 3...

awww can't we all just be happy sharing? All my FB friends wanna know what I'm doing

Kidding

Yes...I was downtown in a cab yesterday...I was watching to see how many were staring at their phones. Also noticed how much people look like clones these days. Either blue or whit dress shirts with dress pants and noses in their phones....yikes