I once remember a time when my friend Teresa and I were talking to each other and I realized we were both telling our own stories and not even listening to one another. I felt embarrassed. Then I wondered how often that happened, I was a storyteller. I'll never know. My grandson is obsessed with online games. That definately makes me feel that he is losing out on social contacts. I went out with my BFF after the cell phone craziness started and it ruined our evening. We sat at dinner and she answered her phone three times during dinner. There was no time to talk. I felt it was a date and those people were intruding. Nobody listens any more.