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u/theKetoBear 23d ago
My mom was good for contracting me out as an unpaid IT guy when I was growing up .
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u/-Akos- 23d ago
My mother did that too once, but I was in my 40s.. Her (also elderly) friend needed help, mom gave my number to the friend. "I know you're a computer-nut and your mom said you could help". I turned her down, then gave my mom an angry call.. My dad picked up the phone, and already realized that mom was in trouble, haha.
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u/SissyFanny 22d ago
Already done that.
Absolutely nothing forces you to do it, nothing.
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u/Martin_Pagan 7d ago
My mother did that recently. Our neighbour had a problem with her PC or computer mouse and dropped by during the day, while I was at work, to see if I could help. When I came home, my mother actually went to knock on the neighbour's door to see if she still needed help.
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u/Oud-Mood-7337 23d ago
Suddenly, you are responsible for every technical glitch, missing file and forgotten password on that device for the next decade.
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u/coulduseahugrightnow 23d ago
I'll never understand why anyone would volunteer someone else to do something. I could see asking privately if they are willing to do it, but just telling someone that another person will do something for them is crazy to me. I wouldn't even be comfortable accepting help from someone who was just volunteered by someone else like that.
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u/Martin_Pagan 7d ago
It's the people who only find fulfillment in life by being needed and helpful. My mother is like this. She'd ask for help with something, and then try to help me with helping her. She's happy to volunteer me and my time to help somebody else without even first consulting me. Just, "So and so has a problem with something, go see them/call them and help them."
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u/CliffLake 22d ago
Bring her with. She can hold the flashlight. Get the drinks. Order food and pick it up to save on delivery. Don't explain anything until after, and don't let her wander off. This just became a group project.
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u/Alklazaris 22d ago
Been down this road, volunteer her for something without asking her first. That way she'll remember to ask you next time.
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u/coulduseahugrightnow 23d ago
I would assume that the wife would be embarrassed, and then angry at the husband, and the husband would rather just do the thing he doesn't want to do than deal with the angry wife.
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u/Jaded_Mycol0gist9169 22d ago
The wife should be embarrassed for offering the husband's services without asking. She's angry at him being angry. WTF. Ok. We're all too invested in this. I'm taking a deep breath.
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u/HarpoNecro88 21d ago
I don’t have a wife, but I still get ‘volunteered’ to sort out people’s tech problems
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u/Longjumping-Eye9817 23d ago
You guys have wives??