How Technology Affects Relationships

The main purpose of any normal relationship should be to connect with one another. However, how can one connect with another when distracted by one’s cellular device? Cell phones play a huge role in relationships because even a quick glance can make the other feel not so important. It’s almost saying “You aren’t as important as what is going on in my iPhone right now.” Technology in general can ruin any relationship but our main focus here is how cell phones affect couples. When one love bird leaves, the other starts to feel sad and would rather prefer their other half to be with them to receive love and affection. Same thing with human beings, they will start to get depressed. When someone gives full focus to their digital device, it is almost like they aren’t even there at all. “These lower levels of relationship satisfaction, in turn, led to lower levels of life satisfaction and, ultimately, higher levels of
There will be conflicts if a cell phone becomes the center of attention. Guy Winch, who wrote the article “How Cellphone Use Can Disconnect Your Relationship” stated,”Specifically, higher levels of technoference were associated with greater relationship conflict and lower relationship satisfaction.” Technoference is the interference of technology in a relationship, or in other words, making the decision to allow technology to get in the way of one’s relationship. Cell phones are like little kids begging for a third lollipop, don’t fall for it! Cell phones are wanting attention after being looked at for the third time by going off constantly. A facebook notification appears followed by a text message followed by an Instagram post and so on! The next thing that happens is that a problem occurs all because a cell phone won the attention. Wanting attention should never be in competition against a digital device because a human actually has