relationships – ThursdayAgain

Over 5% of British survey respondents admitted using a mobile phone during sex – probably better not enquire more closely what for – while almost half checked e-mail while pretending to listen to their partner talking.

While more than 50% of the group admitted that they used their phones in bed, it is worrying that 5% of an apparently normal & representative cross-section of the the public aren’t sufficiently distracted by doing the wild thing to put the damn batteries down. It makes it hardly surprising that 45% of the group also claimed that they were never able to relax.

The numbers come from gadgets & gizmos company Storage Options, which hired YourSayPays to ask 1,000 UK punters about their mobile-phone & tablet usage.

They found that 49% used their mobile device while pretending to listen to what their partner was saying (or “multi tasking” as some claimed), something so annoying that one in five survey respondents said they imposed time limits on a partner’s use of technology. An indeterminate sized sub-group said that they resorted to physical violence to regain their partners attention .

45% of those surveyed said they couldn’t cope without checking for social network status updates every hour, which makes an addiction to Class A recreational drugs seem benign – even the worst crack-heads can usually cope for a couple of hours.

The world becomes a sadder place every day, but at least it doesn’t sound like these people are ever going to get round to breeding.