To be enraged by the fact my DH doesn't have an email address?

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In theory it's a great statement. 'Beat the system' and all that. However in reality it means all organisation and 'wife work' that has to be done via email and by proxy FB, ebay etc (as you need email for these) fall to me. Online bill, communication with landlords RSVPs to event and payment for this and that.

I could understand his side if it was down to principles but the fact is it is down to laziness and a refusal to learn something new. He's only in his early 30s FFS!

Open a "house" email which you both have the
password for and can be used for everyday things.

Then he can't loose the password can he?

dh hasn't gone one either, doesn't want one and has no need for one. Can't understand why it would make you angry, dh gets by perfectly fine without one.

Ebay and amazon and any other payments all come from one joint bank account so why the need for two accounts with two email addresses? The whole family log on under the one name, one password - it just happens to be my name on the account - seems logical to me, although we each has have our own amazon wish list.

If dh wants to buy me a b/day or xmas present online without me knowing, he asks his db or a friend to order it on their account so it doesn't get delivered here and he just pays them.

So what if the inbox has orders for golf stuff, railway paraphernalia alongside bras from M&S? - They don't infect one another

He doesn't do social media so doesn't need one for that and if he is replying to an invitation, it goes via my address.

Works for us

PS db is 51 successful professional in his field has never had a mobile phone, has always got by perfectly well without one and doesn't feel the need to ever have one either. You can't miss something you have never had.

Open a "house" email which you both have the
password for and can be used for everyday things.

Then he can't loose the password can he?

You can't miss something you have never had.

Lots of truth here. Mobile phone bills, Sky subscriptions, Netfix etc, portable tablets - it all adds up to a fair chunk of cash that twenty years ago people didn't even know they needed.

this would enrage me too, OP. YADNBU. I'd agree with what others have said - just stop enabling him. "You want to buy that thing off eBay that you really want? Get yourself an email address and do it yourself." If he gets this message enough, it'll sink in sooner or later...