Our True Significant Others
So according to Jezebel via Times of India via some shady survey, women spend way more time with their computers than with their men:
Women office workers spend 3x as much time with their computers than their boyfriends or husbands, and they like it that way. Women spend 9.3 hours a day with their computer on average, compared with 3.6 hours with their partners, according to a poll of almost 3,000 Americans by Harris Interactive. Only one in five of the women said she wished she could spend more time with her significant other than her computer. Almost two-thirds of women spent more time on the computer than they did shopping or outside, eight in 10 spent more time with it than exercising, and four in 10 were with it more than their families.
Wow, I don’t know what to say about that, because upon further review of my own situation, I have to say that I spend a ton more time with my computer than I do with CH. How about you guys?
And furthermore, is this actually a problem?
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Ernessa –
As I was reading I realized I too am guilty of spending more time with my computer than my husband. Oh god, if you added the blackberry/iPhone it would be even worse. I keep my laptop, blackberry and iPhone in my bedroom. But I really do like my husband and do not want it this way I’m just way busy! Geez, I need help!
Ernessa –
As I was reading I realized I too am guilty of spending more time with my computer than my husband. Oh god, if you added the blackberry/iPhone it would be even worse. I keep my laptop, blackberry and iPhone in my bedroom. But I really do like my husband and do not want it this way I’m just way busy! Geez, I need help!
You are so timely. Just last night Seen was curled on one end of the couch with the cat and I was curled on the other, with my laptop. Oy. Apparently I need to add “computer”, next to sugar and TV, to the things that I need to ween myself off of.
You are so timely. Just last night Seen was curled on one end of the couch with the cat and I was curled on the other, with my laptop. Oy. Apparently I need to add “computer”, next to sugar and TV, to the things that I need to ween myself off of.
Couldn’t agree more. I see where I stand in this relationship. And people wonder why they cheat on their spouses!!! I have a plan though (did someone say “broken laptop”?)
Ernessa if you don’t get any blogs from Amy, you’ll know why.
Here’s to the downfall of Facebook (forget video games, it’s the biggest timewaster ever invented) and the success of Fierce and Nerdy!
Couldn’t agree more. I see where I stand in this relationship. And people wonder why they cheat on their spouses!!! I have a plan though (did someone say “broken laptop”?)
Ernessa if you don’t get any blogs from Amy, you’ll know why.
Here’s to the downfall of Facebook (forget video games, it’s the biggest timewaster ever invented) and the success of Fierce and Nerdy!
I’m guilty, but in some ways I think it’s unavoidable. If you’re at work, you’re on the computer. I also spend more time with my coworkers than I do my husband. It’s a fact of modern life that’s hard to remedy unless you work together, and that can bring up all kinds of other issues!
Of course, playing with your respective iPhones in bed (also guilty!) is definitely a habit to abandon.
I’m guilty, but in some ways I think it’s unavoidable. If you’re at work, you’re on the computer. I also spend more time with my coworkers than I do my husband. It’s a fact of modern life that’s hard to remedy unless you work together, and that can bring up all kinds of other issues!
Of course, playing with your respective iPhones in bed (also guilty!) is definitely a habit to abandon.
Debra, I would agree with you that it’s unavoidable, but then when I calculate my non-work computer time, it still adds up to more time than I spend with CH. He’s basically a widow. I’m about to buy him one of those hats with black webbing.
And, oh my God am I guilty of using the iPhone in bed. It’s terrible. I wake up, check all my email and the first FaN posts of the day, then I turn over and kiss him good morning. I’m getting kind of annoyed with myself as I write this.