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I believe my wife is addicted to text messaging. Before she would leave her cell phone lying around the house, just recently she's had her phone on her at all times, she will even sleep with it. We are unable to have a conversation because she is too concerned with the latest message she just received. I get frustrated whenever she's texting, does she have a problem or am I over reacting. According to our cell phone bill she averages about 90 text messages a day.
It may be that the novelty of txting is driving this and it will naturally abate to a more reasonable level if given some time. I can remember when I first got online with a computer and would pull my head back out to see that five hours went by and feel shocked! But it wore off too.
In order for a behavior to qualify as an addiction it must qualify on several levels and its really only purposeful if ultimately the one addicted sees themselves as addicted. So I would caution you against labeling it an addiction to her since that can make her defensive. You can certainly express your concerns-- best to put it in really specific language using examples. Such as: "I was talking with you at breakfast about ____ (something important) and saw you interrupt our conversation five times to answer text messages in less than ten minutes. It felt like I wasn't worth your full attention." It may even be that she doesn't realise she is doing it at the level you are witnessing so maybe you could discreetly document to show her in black and white, so its not a "he said, she said, let's rewrite history" argument. I hope that helps?
I believe my wife is addicted to text messaging. Before she would leave her cell phone lying around the house, just recently she's had her phone on her at all times, she will even sleep with it. We are unable to have a conversation because she is too concerned with the latest message she just received. I get frustrated whenever she's texting, does she have a problem or am I over reacting. According to our cell phone bill she averages about 90 text messages a day.
will she show the messages? thats a lot of texting, its kind of unhealthy, know it myself. once sent 300 texts in a weekend to a bloke i was falling in love with.
will she show the messages? thats a lot of texting, its kind of unhealthy, know it myself. once sent 300 texts in a weekend to a bloke i was falling in love with.
p.s. he sent them back -i wasn't bunny boiling!!
hope it works out.
WHat does bunny boiling mean? I have never heard of that term. Sounds English, British maybe asutralian.
bunny boiling comes from the film 'fatal attraction' you know where Glen Close puts the kids bunny in the pot because she's a messed up stalker. so for example, i once had this guy who would just not let it go after i'd finished it, ringing me and turnin up etc - he was 'bunny boiling'!! i'm british by the way!! x
I was playing a lot on my computer way back when it was all new to me, but not with the same girl friend.
I would be concerned about who she is texting . Will she allow you read all of them ?Will she allow you to see everything she writes... of course this only works when you two are together but I bet it would cut a lot of this out.
Just a thought.
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