Younger generation or not... Having your phone out playing games while youre having breakfast, I assume, in a restaurant? My husband and I are only 26, but we never take our phones out in restaurants or even when we're having dinner at home. To me, meals are sacred times to communicate with the people sitting with you. If we do have to take our phones out, we apologize and explain why. My husband will take his phone out to look up a fact or something if we're having a conversation and we don't know the answer. He looks it up, we find out the answer, his phone goes back in his pocket. But even that is a rare occasion.

But I do understand the whole phone gaming issue. The best you can do is talk to him about it or try Hamster's stop in mid sentence technique. Maybe try asking more questions when you're talking to get his opinion on things. I think if he's complaining that he feels like you two don't know each other after a year, then he needs to make a bigger effort in talking and listening to you.

I wish I had more advice for you. The best I can say is make a rule that no phones at the dinner/breakfast/meal table, where ever it is. I also agree working on your self-confidence will help -- go out and try new things, be adventurous on your own. Then you'll have something to talk about with your boyfriend. Maybe try having some date nights where it's just you and him, no phones, no computers, nothing. See where it takes you? It might be a little awkward at first if it feels like you're just getting to know each other, but it could open up the doors to communication and feeling closer.