iPad Should Not Be Your iWife

Last night I relearned a valuable lesson that I should know – especially after 9 years of marriage. My wife and I had been having an quiet evening at home, each of us reading our own separate books (okay, I was playing Carcassone on my iPad). Finally, late in the evening, she started talking to me. Once I stopped paying attention ~~to what I was reading~~ to where I was placing my Cloister, I realized how tired I was. I stood up, started prepping for bed (doing the ‘uh-huh, I’m listening’ thing), and eventually she just stopped talking and walked away.

Oops.

Turns out women don’t really like it when you don’t give them full attention, but do give full attention to Steve Jobs’ brain child.

To be fair to my wife, it should be mentioned that she had given me her full attention for a lengthy period of time the previous night. So now I’m even more of a not-good husband.

Your iPad Should Not Be Your iWife

I love my iPad. It’s a great little device. But I won’t be married to my iPad through the eternities. Unfortunately, I can get lost in my iPad’s face – after all, Mr. Jobs brought forth such a shining example of easy media consumption, it was like he was inside my head when he built it.

But seriously, I’m a grown man. 30 years old. I can’t even claim just out of college any more. (I don’t know – seemed like a good excuse once)

We all know that our wives are more important than our iPads. Do we treat them as such? I know I can do better.