Dear Abby >> My husband and I have very different approaches to social media; He’s all in, and I’m all out. I don’t “do” the internet. I don’t have Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat and whatever else people are using these days. I quit using social media five years ago when I realized how much it was contributing to my stress. Leaving it behind has helped me tremendously.

My issue is that my husband is on it all day, every day and he “doomscrolls,” which can make any bad mood he’s in worse. This is frustrating enough, but my real complaint is he constantly tries to involve me. He wants to show me posts or read them to me and expects me to participate in his increasingly bad mood. How do I get him to stop? I’ve told him before that I don’t want to hear it and, if I did, I’d have an account myself.

— Unplugged in Michigan

Dear Unplugged >> The next time your husband does this, ask him if he realizes how badly it affects you. Tell him you uncoupled from social media because you recognized it wasn’t good for you emotionally or physically. (Sensational news has been known to cause blood pressure to go up.) Tell him emphatically that you don’t like what his addiction to social media does to his personality, and not to approach you with it again or you will leave the room or the house. Then do it.

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