The other night a 30’s something couple we met at a house party came over to our table to say hi. The conversation started off good and after a few minutes 2 other couples (1 in their 30’s 1 in their 50’s) we all know joined us. Being in our 40’s we seem to get along just fine with couples of all ages.

About 10 minutes after the other couples joined us the first couple that came over both pulled out their phones and started texting, Snapchat or whatever for the rest of the night. Even to the point of where it was perceived as rude when the husband turned his back to the table for about 5 minutes. I know he wasn’t actually meaning anything by it but still. At one point something on the wife’s phone was shown to the other 30’s couple wife and then they both pulled out their phones. By the end of the night it was my wife and I chatting with the LS crowd while hanging out with the 50’s couple and the 30yr olds were lost in cyberspace.

Now none of this affects me in any way but I just wanted to give my observational advice. And that is, if you put your phone away you’ll have a better time making connections.

Edit to add: A lot have made comments saying that they weren’t interested in us. I believe I have failed to explain the environment of the bar. It’s a place that swingers go just to be able to hang out with like minded people, make some new friends and find out about upcoming events vs finding hookups. Even though they spent a lot of time on their phones they did engage the group from time to time and if they weren’t interested in the conversations at our table they could have left to say hi to any of the other swingers in the place.