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For the last 12 months or so our business has been sharing office space with a small computer shop in the town where we live. That means that we now know many of the computer shop’s regular clients quite well

When they come into the shop they often stop to chat about what we’re doing because, for some reason, freelance writers seem to have some attraction for people who have never seen a writer at work before.

We got to know one retired couple quite well. They would always come in together and whenever they did both would stop and chat before the husband went on to discuss computers with the shop’s technician. Then one day only the wife came in by herself and we learned that the husband had passed away.

Now guys right there is a lesson that’s a sad fact of life. The odds are stacked against us and many of us will die before our wives. Contrast that fact with the view that many men take. They see their role in life as their wife’s protector and so they assume various duties to make life easier for the wife.

In the case of the couple we knew from the computer shop the husband looked after anything and everything that involved the their computer. He even went so far as to refuse to give his wife any training in how to use the computer because ‘she wouldn’t understand’.

Obviously, when he passed away that left his wife floundering and the poor woman wasn’t even sure how to turn the computer on. Instead of having easy access to their financial records and important correspondence she was left struggling not only with coming to terms with her loss but also in coping with normal day to day affairs.

So if you’re serious about looking after your wife and caring for her then prepare her for the day when you’re not there. Teach her everything you can about the computer – she will understand – make sure she knows where you keep the financial records and where she can find those family photos you have stashed away on your hard drive.

Show her how to print documents and letters; walk her through the steps she needs to take to change an ink cartridge and what she needs to do if she wants to burn some data onto a disk.

When you teach her those things she won’t suddenly stop needing you to care for her and you will be showing just how important she is to you. No man wants to leave his wife to fend for herself when he goes so show her how much she means to you by preparing her to be able to cope if and when you do pass on.

And trust me, many women will be able to cope quite well when their husbands go. A recent study has shown that six months after the death of their partner nearly half of older women had few symptoms of grief.

Stuart Livesey

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