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help! husband is constantly on cell phone!!!?

been married for almost 7 years and I complain about only one thing... CELL PHONE!! he stays on it... he leaves to work on it, comes home from work on it... and days off seems like its for hours and no time for me he never calls me unless he wants something or needs me to do something (errand or business) im constantly telling him I dont like it and it gets worser.... its mainly with his friends and HIS MOTHER!!!!!!!!! I call my mom yeah everyday but for few minutes... this is just too much sometimes I want to flush the phone down the toilet LOL!!! what can I do? I love my husband so much and he provides me a very good life but im lonely for conversation too I dont have any friends really near me.... anything I can do to make him stop doing this while home with his family??

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    wow that's kinda funny actually a talking guy. My guy hates to talk on the phone. I wish he would talk alot more ha ha i feel u. But at least he could do is chat with u. Flush the darn thing in the toilet ha ha

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Firstly, that is such a coincidense because I have been married for 7 years also and my husband is also always on his phone. I know how you feel. I especially hate it when we are driving somewhere ( he drives usually) and he will be on the phone and I can't even listen to music. I just get to sit there and listen to half of the conversation as I obviously can't hear what the other person is saying. It also annoys me when I am watching TV and he starts talking on his phone. He shouts and I can't hear the TV. If i turn it up then he turns it down again. He could just leave the room - I can't take the TV with me! My husband spends hundreds of dollars a month for his phone. Yes, most calls are business but he also makes a lot of stupid pointless calls. There will be times when we are driving and a friend of his will drive past. He then has to call his friend to find out where he is going and then that starts a conversation. Also, his mobile is the most important thing in his life. If he leaves it at home we have to turn back for it or if we are late he will call the phone company to divert his callls to my mobile phone. And today I am home and he has already called me three times because our phone company allows us to call each other for free. And he has already called to see if the mail has arrived. So yeah, I can understand how annoyed you are. The stopping part is hard. You could destroy the phone but he will just get another one. I suggest doing it back to him. Whenever he isn't on the phone you should be. See how that goes. It may help him understand what it is like to be ignored. I mean, how rude is it to talk to someone who is not currently there while leaving someone in the room to just sit there silently!

  • 1 decade ago

    Talk to him and tell him he is a really good husband and then tell him what you just told us. Also, perhaps what you could do to is get him to make a compromise such as 1 night a week where the phone gets turned off and he spends time with you and the kids and also when you go out to dinner or to a family function or something like that he turns the phone off. He is quite obsessive with the phone. Are any of his friends women? If so you may want to go online and look up emotional cheating. If he has lady friends that he is talking to that much then there is a problem. Hope this helps.

  • 1 decade ago

    Oh hunny I am so with you on this my husband is a Store Director and is constantly either on his phone or text messaging. It is very annoying, we can not even go to lunch or dinner without him being on his phone. I would just tell him that you love him so much and you would love to spend as much time with him as he spends on his phone. He should understand, he sounds like a great hubby so he should be able to make the sacrifice, especially if it is not all business.

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  • 1 decade ago

    ask him to please limit himself to 1 hour on the cell phone while he's at home. if he wants to talk, he can when he's off at work, etc. But that he has moved on from his mother and needs to stop talking to her so much and talk to you more.

    Maybe he has nothing else better to do. Make him a really good meal and plan some outings. He's probably just doing it out of boredom. He figures he knows everything about you, so why talk to you?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Tell him its affecting the relationship seriously and you feel neglected. Tell him exactly what you wrote here and make him understand you want him to talk to YOU!! He doesnt need to be on the phone constantly with friends and his mom. You are his wife and keeping you happy should be his number one priority

  • 1 decade ago

    If he provides you a good life then maybe you should be happy this is his only problem. He could go out all the time, drink, smoke, gamble, cheat, or something like that..I think you should be content with his cell phone problem if I were you.

  • 1 decade ago

    tell him to go to cell phones anonymous and get help this sounds like an addiction... If he says no or laughs smash the phone, or say cut the conversations down to half...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Try calling him on his cell. Seems obvious don't it?

    Side note:I got a chuckle out of worser. I couldn't have laughed harderer

  • 1 decade ago

    Sit down with him and ask him if he would make an effort to have more conversation with you and your family. Tell him he's a wonderful husband but tell him about how much it bothers you.

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