Dear Blake,
My 57-year-old husband is consumed with watching videos on his cellphone. This is like an addiction for him. He spends hour after hour of his home time with his phone in hand watching all kinds of videos. I have tried talking to him, mentioning that this distraction is taking away from any time we have together. His response to me is a blank look. Nothing more.
I told him once that if we had a child, we certainly would not allow our child to spend anywhere near as much time watching videos on the phone, tablet or computer. Again, a blank look. He doesn’t regard his excessive screen time as a problem. I certainly do. What can I do or say? I’m at the end of my rope.
Signed, LaVerne
From Madison, Wisconsin
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Dear LaVerne,
So your husband is ignoring you and is obsessed with watching videos on his phone. Well two can play that game, and you can get him to the point that he’ll wish that the only phone in the house was a landline. Here are some of my suggestions in regards to dealing with the problem. When he asks you where’s dinner, telling him you’re binge watching Law & Order SVU on your phone… all 23 seasons, and you’ll whip him up something when you’re done. Or, let him see you watching documentaries on wives murdering their husbands and he sees you cheering whenever they get acquitted. The next time he gives you a blank expression on his face when you’re talking to him, get as close to his ear as you can, and yell at the top of your lungs. He’ll stop doing that if you do it often enough and loud enough, when he notices he’s developing a hearing loss. And finally, approach him aggressively with an axe. When in terror he drops his phone, use the axe to cut it in half, and tell him you know how much he likes movies, now he can see them in “split” screen. I hope this helps.
Blake