How a quick glance at your phone silently damages your relationship
You are sitting across from your partner at dinner. They are telling you about a frustrating moment at work, and mid-sentence, your phone screen lights up on the table. Without thinking, your eyes dart down to read the notification. “Keep going, I’m listening,” you say. To you, it was just a split-second glance. But to your partner, something shifted. In the space of a single breath, the invisible bridge of connection between you was interrupted....