Do you have spouses that don't read or write

When it happens again, talking on the phone for your husband, just tell them that you are talking for him and have him come on the phone and he has to tell them that they are allowed to talk to you about the problem. As long as he gives them permission, they by law, have to talk to you about it. I know this from experience because I used to take care of an older couple and neither of them could talk to the company and so they said to put him on the phone and for him to tell them he is giving them permission to talk to me. I then found out from a lawyer friend of mine that it is the law for them to talk to me, as long as the person who is being talked about, gives their premission.

Although my husband has a good education and loves to read, for some reason he just hates to talk on the phone, so I know a bit of what you have to go through making phone calls for your husband. It is not like mine couldn't deal with the financial issues, he just chooses not to. He just prefers that I do it for him. If you husband can sign his name, you might consider having him put it on a Power of Attorney which gives you the authority to do all such transactions on his behalf. Then if there were some emergency you would be able to handle it without having to go through all that frustration. I would say that there is no age that is "too old" to improve one's reading skills. It is understandable that he just doesn't want to, but what if something happened to you and you needed his help? I can really understand that it might be very humiliating to have to be taught basic skills at a mature age, but you know, people who have strokes often have to start all over again and many do it. He probably won't make the effort, but you never know. It would be great if he did! Good luck.

no actually I do not know anyone who cannot read and right, I guess that is more common in small towns or rural areas rather than big cities. I do all my own bill paying etc, and always did even when I was married. But since I am a writing and very good at writing letters many people ask me to write letters for them and I do. I like to do that kind of thing anyhow.