Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.

I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host Dr. Kim Kimberly.

Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.

His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.

When we talk about the effects of tech on a marriage, they are far reaching.

They're endless options for how tech might distract us from marriage these days.

We've got our phones, our other devices. We've got social media, Netflix, YouTube, gaming, gambling, checking the stock

market or the sports course. I mean, do you need me to go on? I'm sure you know exactly how tech

can affect a marriage because most couples are struggling with it, which is why we're going to share

some tech boundaries your marriage needs today. But before we do that,

I want to let you know about a resource we have to help with this exact issue. It is 17 questions to

ask about tech. These are questions every couple needs to ask in order to get their tech use under

control so it's not harming the marriage, but it can actually be helping it. You can eliminate the pain

points you're experiencing with it.

So make sure to check out this helpful resource in our show notes today.

So, Dr. Kim, let's talk tech.

Are there certain areas that are very common for couples to struggle with when it comes to technology?

Yeah, I think there's probably a lot. And there may be, you know, I'm just going to three or four that I see. common for couples to struggle with when it comes to technology.

Yeah, I think there's probably a lot and there may be, you know, I'm just going to through it or four that I see probably consistently.

I think the whole idea of screen time, how much, when we spend time, I think it's not how

much time.

It is how much, but also when we do it, you know, if you're supposed to be having the conversation of your spouse and you're

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