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I've had so many episodes like this, they're too numerous to count at this point. My husband is 72. What he knew about computers went out with the dementia that's possessing him. I've tried to reroute as much as I can through my own phone and/or computers, but there are some things that are just impossible.... like no way to edit information to direct it to another number, etc. The last situation where I got into a round robin of bullshit was on trying to pre-register him for a doctor's appointment. At that point, he didn't have a phone, so I put in my phone number to direct any and all texts... since I'd be the one responsible for each, anyway. Except, we have the same insurer, the same doctor's office and they kept wanting to change MY account. Two hours into every trick I could think of had me shutting everything down and saying "forget it."

I realize things are more complex today than they were even a decade ago. But NOTHING is easy when you're dealing with the diminishing returns of old age and today's technology. And no one has a lick of pity for the position you get placed in. I feel your frustration, every day it seems. I've already lost the intelligent, intellectual, fun loving man I married. And as I get older and less able to keep up with all this crap, I'm wondering how in the hell we're suppose to "carry on."