If you’ve had some awkward sexual encounters in your time, spare a thought for the Redditor who caught her husband scrolling on his phone during sex.

Taking to Reddit’s r/AmIOverreacting, the frustrated partner said they were in a spooning position, having a “quickie” before bed. She grabbed her vibrator to use it and after a moment, turned around to look at her husband who had become “very still”.

“So I open my eyes and look behind at him and he’s there scrolling on his phone,” she recalled. “I asked what he was doing and he said ‘I was just scrolling the news’ and tells me I am making a much bigger deal out of the situation than it is.”

Unsurprisingly, the move was the ultimate mood-killer for OP (original poster).

“Why even initiate sex if you’re going to act that bored you have to stare at your phone?” she asked. “Or is he right and I [am] making a bigger deal out of it than it is?”

Is using a phone during sex rude?

Sex and relationship psychotherapist Miranda Christophers told HuffPost UK: “From an etiquette perspective, it would be best to check in with partners before [using your phone] to understand what is OK/not OK and what each other wants ands enjoys from partnered sex.

“If it’s agreed phones can be used, then that’s OK, but as it’s partnered sex, we need to consider the........

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