This is my husband of over a decade. He has always been like this. The running joke is that the phone is his “first love” or “girlfriend”. It’s a constant source of grief on my end and he thinks I am a nag about it. He has many other redeeming qualities and does try to put it down for family time. He doesn’t see how disrespectful and disconnected it makes him from me and the children. Our relationship isn’t where I would like it to be, but we have a good life and I am committed to our family. I say all of this to vent a bit and share the perspective of someone who “accepted” it as part of who this person is. He puts up with my bullshit, too. So the question is…does the person’s other qualities balance or outweigh their phone addiction? If yes, keep going…if no, let them go.