A Date with Someone Tied to Their Mobil Devices

You can pick up very quickly if you are with someone who needs to stay in touch with their business via text messaging, e-mails, or constantly answering their cell phone.

This can be a good match if you are in the same boat.But if you are not inclinded that way, you are likely to get irritated. You may feel slighted and that you are not special, that his or her work is the highest priority or that the person is addicted to work.

Keep in mind this may be a habit someone is willing to change, but it needs to come from their own initiative to do so. If it doesn't, you will be the nag and be seen as a constant complainer. If the person mentions that they find their work plays too large a role in their life then this is something they are evaluating and thinking of changing.

First, you need to analyze if this habit is an occasional situation based on deadlines at work or if it's their lifestyle. For someone who takes their mobil devices as an extension of themselves all the time, this is going to be a real competitor.

If you are someone who also stays in touch with your job or feel you would use the time to check in on family members or call friends, then there can be compatibility and this may work out. Some people actually like it if they aren't "first" so you'd need to check your own personality on this.

Many people however feel that dating is the time to get away from responsibilities, work requirements and obligations and would resent someone who constantly has to stay in touch with business associates and concerns. It is best to discuss this with the person if you see it as a pattern within the first few dates. Find out if there is a project at work that is due soon or what their usual relation is to work on the weekends, time off and evenings. 

Only you can judge your own personality style to see if you will be okay with dating someone who is tied to work or if you'd find it a constant annoyance. Don't sell yourself and settle if you are the kind of person who likes undivided attention, a romantic partner that keeps their work at work and dating time away from life's obligations.

This type of arrangement can get you very frustrated if you want special time away from the world.