Phub (short for "phone snub")
When you’re ignoring someone in favor of your phone.
Frequently being phubbed by a romantic partner creates conflict and leads to lower relationship satisfaction. Phones are also distracting, making it difficult for people to fully attend to whatever else is going in their environment.
If everyone thinks phubbing is so awful, why do we still do it?
We have a general tendency to interpret our own behavior in the best possible light, but not extend that courtesy to other people. We tend to see our own bad behavior as justified and not that harmful, but can easily see the downside of other people's bad behavior.
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