Parasociality and its practical meaning materializematerialize in everyday smartphonesmartphone use. The chapter examines the role of the smartphone in daily life and practical and social organization, demonstrating how it is deeply entwined in habitualhabitual routines, serving both practical, social and psychological functions, as well as bodily needsneeds. It is illustrated how this digital entanglement impacts wellbeingwell-being, the experience of a meaningfulmeaningful life, and the quality of relationshipsrelationships in couplescouples and familiesfamilies. As such, it is explored how parasocialityparasociality impacts face-to-face relationships, including internetinternet jealousyjealousy and micro-cheating and the experience of being in the world (sensuality), while also considering its potentialpotential for organizing life, being social and being intimatebeing intimate. Ultimately, it examines how individualsindividuals can navigate parasocial entanglement without succumbing to dystopian paralysis, emphasizing the crucial distinction between becoming mere raw material for technologytechnology and integrating its use into a meaningful, dignified, and inhabited life.