The cell phone, the worst enemy in your relationship 2026

Do you remember the last time you were really bored? The last time you spent hours and hours bored without watching anything because you didn't have a screen? The boredom that we have been accustomed to since childhood has disappeared with the arrival of the mobile phone.

Before we talked if we were with people and if we were alone we limited ourselves to seeing what was happening around us and thinking about our own things. But since this device appeared in our lives, we associate that mental rest that not having anything to worry about gives us with looking at as many social networks as our terminal has in memory. And that, in the long run, can have more serious consequences than you imagine; even in your personal relationships.

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The time we spend looking at the mobile phone we neglect our friends, our family, our partner and, in the worst case, also our children. Even WhatsApp groups at the child's school can steal time from our relationship (even if we think that we communicate with other parents for their benefit).

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Things have reached such a point that nearly 670,000 people in Spain suffer from “nomophobia” or fear of leaving home without a cell phone. This unease leads to how we behave with our partner.

According to the technical director of Clínicas Origen, the use and abuse of the mobile phone is one of the most frequent causes of consultations and arguments between couples. If one of the two spends the time they are meant to be together looking at the screen, war is on.

What can we do so that the cell phone does not destroy the relationship?

According to the doctor, there are two basic guidelines for this: organization and limits. We must delimit the spaces for the couple, to talk, to feel close, to tell each other about their problems and, of course, to have sex without impediments in the way.

When it comes to sex (one of the main ingredients for a fulfilling relationship) you should note three fundamental guidelines:

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• Set a time to park your cell phone in order to have full sex and full conversation with your partner.
• Establish communication about sex with your partner so that it is as pleasant as possible for both of you.
• Think about new practices that may be stimulating.

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