I am watching a young couple at breakfast. They came in every day about this time. As I watched them they are both staring into....their cell phones. I shook my head in wonder and then it occured to me, they were happy this way.
It is easy for us to judge the techie generation. A few minutes later they were talking. It seems to be working for them. We used to see a steady stream of cartoons with the husband hiding behind a newspaper while his wife chattered away. It was probably a caricature based on experience just as much as the jokes about people sitting next to each other texting instead of talking. Both were real but not the whole picture.
So relax and let them have their smart phones. At least they are not writing graffiti on your garage while they are doing it. Hacking into your checking account maybe, but at least your walls are clean.
homo unius libri
lol - Yup, there's a bright side to almost everything.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that graffiti is something you just read about.
DeleteGrace and peace
My girlfriend often gets mad at me when I do the occasional notification check during our dates. I don't think she gets mad because I'm not spending time with her, but rather she gets jealous because she doesn't have data.
ReplyDeleteSo tell me, what notification is so important to justify ignoring the person spending time with you? Does the president need your permission to declare war? Is your wife having a baby? Does your little brother want permission to borrow a pen?
DeleteGrace and peace.