When is an addiction too much?

I just finished reading a posts by a guy who wants to do his girlfriend bodily harm because she doesn't give him enough time with his phone. What is wrong with this picture? When did an inanimate object become more important than a human relationship? Now I am sure that his post was partially in good fun but there must be a small grain of truth to the idea.

So that made me wonder, how many relationships have broken up over a smart phone, or maybe a technology issue. I am sure this sounds crazy but we live in a time where you can check yourself out of Wal-mart, ninety-nine percent of your needs can be meet online (well accept food, air, and water of course), and when we call any 800 number we talk to an automated voice.

"For the tenth time give me the &*@$ operator!"
"Did you say Ham & Cheese?"

So if human interaction is almost next to none these days, are we now accepting this as the way it is in our personal relationships or are we breaking up?

And for the record I was interested to see if there was a BlackBerry Support group. You know, like the ones they have for alcohol, or narcotics. No such luck, when you google BlackBerry Support group you get back information on operating systems and forums- too funny.