Keeping your phone face down on the table can keep you more present and less distracted. "Why are you on your phone right now ...

My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to touch this friend’s phone.

But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else — and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of our time — Miss Manners suggests you simply stand up, go to your husband and ...