Choosing a More Present Relationship With Mudita Kompakt

There is a particular kind of silence that has become familiar in modern relationships. Most of us have probably noticed it happening around us. 

It happens at the dinner table. On the couch. In bed, just before sleep. Two people are together, close enough to touch, yet their attention drifts elsewhere. 

A message lights up a screen. A thumb scrolls. A moment passes.

Care for your relationship. Protect presence. Make room for intimacy.

Nothing is wrong, exactly. No argument. No distance that can be named.

And yet, something is missing.

That’s the thing, smartphones rarely interrupt our relationships loudly. They slip into shared moments almost unnoticed. A quick check during a conversation. A scroll during quiet time. A response to someone who is not in the room, while the person who is remains waiting.

It happens in fragments. A glance here. A notification there. 

Over time, those small shifts reshape how present we are with the people we love.

The moments before sleep can be the most intimate of the day. Unplanned. Unfiltered. Uninterrupted.
 When attention drifts to a screen, those moments slowly fade. Valentine’s Day is a reminder:


When phones become part of couple time

For many couples, smartphones are now woven into nearly every shared moment. They sit between conversations, fill quiet pauses, and follow us into spaces once reserved for rest and closeness.

Research reflects what many people already sense.

A recent study published in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies found that 86 percent of people use their phone around their partner every single day. More tellingly, it showed that phone use specifically around one’s partner, not total screen time, was linked to:

• Lower relationship satisfaction

• Lower co-parenting quality

When phone use around a partner was combined with overall phone use, the effects extended beyond the relationship itself, predicting:

• Higher levels of depression

• Lower life satisfaction

Smartphone use is deeply embedded in couple time. However, when it appears during shared interactions, especially moments meant for connection, it’s linked to poorer relationship outcomes, particularly for women.

These findings align with several well-established psychological patterns.

Phones displace moments that might otherwise be spent connecting. They reduce the sense of reward that comes from mutual attention. They can unintentionally signal inattention or devaluation, even when no harm is intended.

What matters most is not how often we use our phones, but where they show up in our lives. 

The quiet erosion of presence

Most couples don’t experience a single turning point when they realize something has changed. Unfortunately, presence doesn’t disappear overnight.

The truth is, it thins out slowly.

Conversations become shorter. Shared silence becomes filled with scrolling. Time together feels less restorative, even when nothing is obviously wrong.

This erosion rarely feels dramatic enough to address directly. It lives in the background of everyday life, shaping how close and connected a relationship feels over time. 

Think about all the times you’ve shared a meal with your partner, your smartphones always within reach. Or, perhaps, think about the moments you share in bed, before sleep, both scrolling through feeds, just before you set your respective smartphone alarms and lay your head on the pillow with your smartphones, again, by your side. 

That’s the thing with smartphones, you may not always reach for them, but you know they are there. 

So, it’s not a lack of care that causes this shift. It’s more the constant division of attention.

A different relationship with technology

Mudita Kompakt was created as a response to this modern tension.

However, don’t think of it as a rejection of technology, but more as a conscious rethinking about the role technology plays in our lives. As a minimalist phone, Mudita Kompakt removes many of the elements that compete most aggressively for attention: bright screens, endless notifications, and app-driven interruptions.

With its calm E Ink display and essential-first design, it allows communication to remain simple and intentional. The phone does what is needed, without constantly asking for more.

In a relationship, this difference is quite meaningful.

Mudita Kompakt, unlike traditional smartphones, doesn’t demand attention while you are sharing a moment with someone else. What it does is create space where presence can return naturally.

Instead of two people and two screens, it leaves room for just two people.

Intimacy needs space and time.

Choosing presence together

This Valentine’s Day, we invite couples to consider a different kind of gift.

Not something symbolic. Not something fleeting.

But a shared decision about how attention is spent, and what matters most in everyday moments.

Think of choosing Mudita Kompakt together not as a restriction or withdrawal, but more like a relationship alignment, a mutual choice to design healthier boundaries with technology, so shared time feels whole again.

Remember, presence is not something we stumble into by accident. 

It’s something we protect, together.

More offline. More love.

Because sometimes, the most meaningful way to invest in a relationship is not by adding something new, but by gently removing what keeps pulling us away from each other.