It starts off innocently enough: a five-minute check up on work emails here, a ‘quick’ Instagram scroll there. At some point down the line this impulsive pattern becomes second nature. Leading one to double screen intermittently throughout a film whilst on the sofa with a significant other, say, or have an iPhone duly propped on the dinner table (pouncing on it when the pull of a notification illuminates your screen, even if it’s nothing more than the calendar app announcing the forthcoming anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne).
Sure, these acts may seem small, perhaps even a hallmark of reaching the ‘comfort zone’ in a relationship but, according to scientists, snubbing others in favour of our phones is just one mighty step to romantic ruin.
