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It's Hair Talk on LAist 89.3.

In the LAist app, I'm Larry Mantle.

Jessica Gross, just a couple of days ago, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times titled, Attention Infidelity is Ruining Romance.

And it really is about the ways in which screens can intrude in relationships.

So my question for you is, Has this been something you've needed to negotiate with your partner? How much time you spend on your phone or other screens versus interacting face-to-face with your partner? And how have you negotiated that? What are the differences in your relationship? And I know this isn't an age-specific thing because we certainly see out in the world women.

Older Americans on their screens every bit as much as people who've grown up with screens.

We're at 866-893-5722.

I want to hear from you how you negotiate this in your relationship and if it has been a source of conflict in what ways.

866-893-5722.

You can also email us at atcomments.com. at las.com.

Please include your location and first name.

Our senior producer, Lindsay Wright, joins me to kick off this conversation.

Lindsay, good morning.

How does this play out in your relationship?

So it's in a much better space now, but we've definitely had some ups and downs with when it comes to screen time.

And I think it really came to a head during the pandemic.

For a lot of people, this is when TikTok really like took hold because I think people were really looking for ways to have some form of escapism and joy and connect with people like, you know, people were doing all those dances on TikTok.

I never got into that.

And I was more like I needed to disconnect.

It was hard for me to be online during that period of time.

But for my partner, that was his form of escapism.

And, you know, I came off kind of judgmental about that.

You know, I also really, you know, if I'm telling you a story or talking to you, I really want the full attention.

If you're not if I can tell you're not paying attention to me, it kind of takes the wind out of my story.

And I just kind of, you know, shut down a little bit.

It's Hair Talk on LAist 89.3.

In the LAist app, I'm Larry Mantle.

Jessica Gross, just a couple of days ago, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times titled, Attention Infidelity is Ruining Romance.

And it really is about the ways in which screens can intrude in relationships.

So my question for you is, Has this been something you've needed to negotiate with your partner? How much time you spend on your phone or other screens versus interacting face-to-face with your partner? And how have you negotiated that? What are the differences in your relationship? And I know this isn't an age-specific thing because we certainly see out in the world women.

Older Americans on their screens every bit as much as people who've grown up with screens.

We're at 866-893-5722.

I want to hear from you how you negotiate this in your relationship and if it has been a source of conflict in what ways.

866-893-5722.

You can also email us at atcomments.com. at las.com.

Please include your location and first name.

Our senior producer, Lindsay Wright, joins me to kick off this conversation.

Lindsay, good morning.

How does this play out in your relationship?

So it's in a much better space now, but we've definitely had some ups and downs with when it comes to screen time.

And I think it really came to a head during the pandemic.

For a lot of people, this is when TikTok really like took hold because I think people were really looking for ways to have some form of escapism and joy and connect with people like, you know, people were doing all those dances on TikTok.

I never got into that.

And I was more like I needed to disconnect.

It was hard for me to be online during that period of time.

But for my partner, that was his form of escapism.

And, you know, I came off kind of judgmental about that.

You know, I also really, you know, if I'm telling you a story or talking to you, I really want the full attention.

If you're not if I can tell you're not paying attention to me, it kind of takes the wind out of my story.

And I just kind of, you know, shut down a little bit.