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My husband would bristle if we had a "rule," but we could really use one. I'd say for the most part we don't use phones when we are out to dinner together. I'd like to limit evening use too, but it's a battle of bad habits.

DH always has his phone with him. If he uses it too much I ask him to put it away in his pocket until we're done with our activity.

We don't have rules... although if we're going out to eat (together) we talk to each other. At night relaxing on the couch we usually are both on laptops/tablets.

We don't have any stated rules, but we're reasonably polite people. Which means no phones out at dinner/meal times, whenever we're having a conversation, or if we're doing something family-ish with the baby (at a park, playing a game with her, etc).

So, my husband uses wearable technology, like google glass and a smart watch, and I have learned that there's a compromise. For example, when we went on vacation last year, he used his google glass to take photos...we didn't need to bring the camera and we have tons of photos that we wouldn't otherwise have. He might also have it on randomly while he's playing with our son, but he is using it to take a video.

He uses his phone to monitor a ton of stuff, like our home security system, the lights, etc, so it's active stuff that I don't mind.

@mrbee: It did at first, but then after the vacation experience, where we had all those photos, I changed my tune.

My husband uses the model that has the wire frame, with the pop in sunglasses. They look like regular sunglasses, most people only notice something is unusual when he wears just the frame.