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iPhone Addiction
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I hope you realize that this makes you sound like a self-centered ****. This may come as a surprise but the world doesn't revolve around you and one day you'll realize that other people have interests and needs that deserve even a little attention. So rather than stick your head in the sand and pretend that your ex was the sole problem, you might want to carefully reexamine your priorities.
it would be hard for him to reexamine his priorities when he's too busy making love to his phone.
it would be hard for him to reexamine his priorities when he's too busy making love to his phone.
He'll have to be careful he doesn't set of the water sensors
Yea, I have been addicted to all my iPhones and now with the iPhone 4 and Facetime it just gets better. Plus all the apps in the world keep me pretty entertained. People get mad at me for texting and playing with my phone so much. Oh well, it's my life, live it how I want.
Wow.. I'm actually shocked at your story and how you feel she had problems. POOR GIRL.
I love my iPhone and am on it loads but it will Never come between a loved one. You have some serious problems.
No sex for months?!... No wonder she left.
Next time you speak to her please tell her that I said sorry for how she's been treated and that she deserves better!
Thanks.
I love my iPhone and am on it loads but it will Never come between a loved one. You have some serious problems.
No sex for months?!... No wonder she left.
Next time you speak to her please tell her that I said sorry for how she's been treated and that she deserves better!
Thanks.
Its a phone man! Sure it does other things but organise your life?...LOL
No i dont get anxious when my battery gets low. I have a charger in the car and a regular one.
Well at first it was the iPhone that was causing a bit of friction in our relationship but now it seems to be the iPad. You have to admit the iPhone 4 is pretty darn amazing but man the games and their graphics on the iPad are out of this world. So I can't seem to put down the iPad as I'm addicted to several games on it. Whereas prior to having the iPad I couldn't put down the iPhone. Even with my new iPhone 4 I can't put down the iPad!
i cant believe the people on this board that have no sympathy for me. havent you ever wanted to use your iphone but werent allowed to by a controlling girlfriend?
this is an iphone enthusiast forum, i thought you would all be going through the same thing as me wtf! is it just me or are only the vocal ones against my behavior?
anyway as a side note:
it just happened that i coincidentally bumped into her again this morning, we bumped into each other walking into work (we work in the same building). i didnt take out my phone just to test your theories out and she didnt even notice! shows you guys that its not the phone, we just dont get along.
(i did notice more about her than usual though since i didnt have my phone, she cut her hair and i told her it looked nice, she smiled and i thought she was happy with me but it turns out she laughed at me bc she cut her hair like this right before we broke up and i didnt notice till now lol!!)
this is an iphone enthusiast forum, i thought you would all be going through the same thing as me wtf! is it just me or are only the vocal ones against my behavior?
anyway as a side note:
it just happened that i coincidentally bumped into her again this morning, we bumped into each other walking into work (we work in the same building). i didnt take out my phone just to test your theories out and she didnt even notice! shows you guys that its not the phone, we just dont get along.
(i did notice more about her than usual though since i didnt have my phone, she cut her hair and i told her it looked nice, she smiled and i thought she was happy with me but it turns out she laughed at me bc she cut her hair like this right before we broke up and i didnt notice till now lol!!)
Well you know how to use a computer and an Iphone so I can safely presume you are atleast 6 years old. Whats wrong with you man? I'm surprised the dad didn't back hand you in the face for being so rude at Thanksgiving. Most don't have this issue because when it comes to relationship vs. iphone, the relationship wins because an iphone won't keep you warm at night, and I don't know why you're so proud of sharing this story with everyone. Where are the face palm pictures??
Sympathy for you? The fact you wrote that underscores the point that you really don't get (or just don't care to understand) what the majority of us have been saying. Most of us aren't in a situation like you because we actually prefer human contact as opposed to the company of an inanimate object. I don't know your ex but I would hazard to guess that she just seemed controlling because all you ever did was use your phone. In any event, I wouldn't think much of her not noticing that you didn't take your phone out when you bumped into each other. I'd attribute it to her having moved on and just not caring very much anymore.
Please tell me you're trolling everyone because there's no way you can be at all serious.
Look, I'm addicted to gadgets and I have been with women that are just as geeky as me. Ultimately, those didn't work. The woman I'm with now, doesn't really like gadgets all that much even despite the fact she has an iPhone and loves playing Farmville. I would do things such as play with my phone all the time, or hack it, or whatever... I did everything but pay attention to her. One time she came home after a brutal day at work and while she was explaining what was happening, I grabbed my phone and started fooling around. I was a jerk, plain and simple. Amazingly she put up with my BS and has even helped me to not obsess over useless things as much. We're closer than ever now because I've realized there's more important things thank obsessing over my phone's battery life and making sure my background is perfect. As with anything, it's all about balance.
I'm not going to try to change you or whatever but I'll wish you luck in finding someone that is so addicted to technology, they can't even have a simple face to face human interaction with someone that's willing to spend the majority of their time with.
I sympathize with you man. Can I have her number? Since she wasted her time with you, I can help her make it up.
I've no problems when it comes to the missus and my love for Apple products ... I simply converted her over time.
When we met she wasn't into technology, she had a laptop, but had never used Apple products. The last console she played was a MegaDrive, that's as high-tech as she got.
Now though, simply through living together, she's like me in that she loves using the iPhone to browse the web while watching TV (and wants an iPad for Christmas because "I need a bigger screen"), and is addicted to Angry Birds.
As for the Mac, she made me so proud when she one day after coming home from work and sitting down to check her emails and sites on the Mac said, "My God, Windows is so past it compared to the Mac".
She now even points out Apple products on TV shows. lol
When we met she wasn't into technology, she had a laptop, but had never used Apple products. The last console she played was a MegaDrive, that's as high-tech as she got.
Now though, simply through living together, she's like me in that she loves using the iPhone to browse the web while watching TV (and wants an iPad for Christmas because "I need a bigger screen"), and is addicted to Angry Birds.
As for the Mac, she made me so proud when she one day after coming home from work and sitting down to check her emails and sites on the Mac said, "My God, Windows is so past it compared to the Mac".
She now even points out Apple products on TV shows. lol
there are some real sad pathetic losers in this thread/forum
I'll keep repeating this, but we really need a OCD/cosmetic moaning subforum
they can be as obsessed as they want, and the rest of us don't have to listen to them.
I'll keep repeating this, but we really need a OCD/cosmetic moaning subforum
they can be as obsessed as they want, and the rest of us don't have to listen to them.
Everyone in this thread needs to STOP all the hating. The OP asked a question, and I answered honestly, no need to be jumping all over me. I realize that some of you think I'm somehow to blame...I do admit that I made some mistakes in my past and I probably should have payed more attention to my fiancé. 
Everyone at work is going out tomorrow night to a bar and I think she's supposed to be there. I think I'll try talking to her again and test out how she'll handle it if I use my phone.
Also to the people who think that I'm disrespectful:
This is the future! Eventually we wont need to look down at our phone, we'll have helmets or something over our eyes so nobody will be able to tell that we're changing our background or rearraging our apps or playing a crossword, and THEN this problem will go away. It's just a temporary problem, technology just needs to catch up to the data that we're getting available to us.
Everyone at work is going out tomorrow night to a bar and I think she's supposed to be there. I think I'll try talking to her again and test out how she'll handle it if I use my phone.
Also to the people who think that I'm disrespectful:
This is the future! Eventually we wont need to look down at our phone, we'll have helmets or something over our eyes so nobody will be able to tell that we're changing our background or rearraging our apps or playing a crossword, and THEN this problem will go away. It's just a temporary problem, technology just needs to catch up to the data that we're getting available to us.
Everyone in this thread needs to STOP all the hating. The OP asked a question, and I answered honestly, no need to be jumping all over me. I realize that some of you think I'm somehow to blame...I do admit that I made some mistakes in my past and I probably should have payed more attention to my fiancé.
Everyone at work is going out tomorrow night to a bar and I think she's supposed to be there. I think I'll try talking to her again and test out how she'll handle it if I use my phone.
Also to the people who think that I'm disrespectful:
This is the future! Eventually we wont need to look down at our phone, we'll have helmets or something over our eyes so nobody will be able to tell that we're changing our background or rearraging our apps or playing a crossword, and THEN this problem will go away. It's just a temporary problem, technology just needs to catch up to the data that we're getting available to us.
Yeah, seriously everybody, leave this cat alone.
We all know what he needs is one of those Japanese robo-girlfriends,
AND
a life.
Thank you and have a great day
Personally, I'm calling Bravo Sierra on the story. Just sayin'.
My girlfriend and I both have iPhones. However, we don't use them to the point where we isolate ourselves for an hour or more and exclude ourselves from talking to each other, or other people.
Bravo Sierra.