oooh thanks for two awesome questions! Yeah I think we will definitely end up talking about phones while at restaurants and things like that too. It's easy to get sucked down the rabit of checking notifications once you start.
It's funny because my partner tends to be the one on his phone a ton. That's another interesting angle we can talk about. :)
It got really bad for my gym buddy in Australia... her husband worked really hard, like super super hard, and so when he wasn't working he liked playing a game on his phone, which also, unfortunately included at the dinner table... even with guests. It was super awks for everyone else, so they needed a mini-intervention too, but it was hard because he kind of felt justified because he did work so much... (which, honestly, shouldn't be a factor).
I'm really impressed that Mary took the criticism with such grace, so much emotional intelligence!