Take Time to Unplug

While it's essential to determine your guidelines for using technology, it's just as important to decide when you'll put down your phones and focus on each other. Depending on schedules, you may want to spend some tech-free time together before work, over dinner or at bedtime.

Additionally, there are two instances when your partner should absolutely receive your undivided attention. No matter how long your lovemaking lasts, it's not a time to check your phone (a habit 10% of people have). Another time you need to shut down your devices is when your partner needs you. If he or she has experienced a loss, a disappointment at work, or is upset with a friend or family member, you need to be fully present to listen and provide support.

Ultimately, for all the relationship challenges it can create, technology works best when we use it to stay connected to our partner.

Style Me Pretty Contributor - Paula Holt is a marriage educator living in Chicago. She is a self-described podcast junkie who enjoys going to restaurants with her family and singing loudly in her car.