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i have to do all the household "chores" for him online. look at his bank account ,pay his credit card ,submit meter readings etc etc. Hate to think how he would get on if i wasnt able to do his accounts for him.

Have tried to show him but his eyes glaze over ,just like when i enthusing about another ancestor find even if its his family tree . :-|

Even tho he is a bit of a Victor!! he is still my Mr Right .& we married now for 54 years :-D

I know full well that if I show him how to use it he will either
a/ Ruin it beyond redemption or
b/ take it over completely & I´ll never get a look in, like the TV I bought & never get chance to watch because he considers the remote his personal property.
I think, in view of the fact that he has never really mastered his mobile phone & can´t send texts, has no idea how to set the washing machine going or light the oven (being Spanish when he cooks, he fries everything & considers the oven one of life´s little mysteries), I´ll put up with the inconvenience of doing it all for him.
After all, they say you can´t teach an old dog new tricks, especially when he knew better than you in the first place.
Thanks all for the input.

Initially I was going to say that your OH could learn how to play Solitaire before launching into emails, as a gentle learning curve.

I then read PigletsPal and realised that you would lose your sole rights to the computer so that would be worse than typing out extra emails.

I think I would go with the status quo.-jl

What you will find should he become fully conversant with PC usage is that you will lose your sole rights to the computer and suddenly you will know nothing about PC's.

My OH does not drive, yet funnily enough he knows far more than me, the driver of over 30 years.

Sixteen years ago (may I never forget it) OH upon retirement received many gifts - one of which was flying an aeroplane on PC. I bought him the joy stick and son loaded it for him.

He crashed the PC completely after an hour - so bad that son worked on it every spare moment after work for 3 weeks.

He has NEVER been allowed near a PC of mine since. He bought a laptop 7 years ago and has used it about 3 times.

Much easier wisechild to let the present situation be. Well before going out ask him does he need any emails. If he replies in the negative and then asks as you are going out - reply 'Tuf, I asked you, now you will have to wait until I come back'.

Problem is, he always NEEDS to send an e mail just as I´m about to go out,so I have to boot the PC up, access the mailbox, put the address in & move the curser to where it needs to be for him to start typing, then wait until he´s finished & send the dratted thing for him.
Fortunately he doesn´t feel the need to use the PC for anything else. he gets me to do look ups for him (& believe me, I´m no computer buff).

WHOO NO, Wisechild. Please, in this instance, remain the Wisechild.
Wouldn't let my OH near mine, and he is also a Mr. Right.

Julia in Derbyshire

I´m tempted to teach my technophobe other half how to boot up the PC, access the mailbox & send & recieve e mails, but have a nasty feeling it would be like teaching a partner to drive.
Having realised that he hasn´t yet mastered the art of sending texts from his mobile, can´t help feeling it would end in divorce, especially as he is the original "Mr Right".
What do you think???