When you can’t answer the call of duty

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They’re not inevitable.

Whether it’s a thumbs-up, a smiley face or even a simple letter ‘K’ (which means ‘OK’ if you don’t have teens!) I’ve realised over the past few years that most of my communication has boiled down into

Trying to talk to someone fixated on their phone is such a universal experience, there’s a name for it: phubbing, short for “phone snubbing,” or ignoring someone in favor of a phone. “Everyone hates i

OH, not again,” Mum said. “What’s up, Mum?” I watched her take a deep breath as she put her phone back down on the kitchen side. It was the beginning of the summer holiday after my first year at unive

Summer really can bring out the best and worst in people Summertime and the living is easy… unless you happen to have the neighbour from hell. Because while you can pretend they don’t exist during the