Missing the Onramp to the Information Superhighway

I've spoken before about my wife's fear of computers and technology in general. Specifically, anything designed in the last twenty years is like kryptonite to her. So our conversation last night surprised me.

She has managed to somehow join a social networking site (ala. Facebook or MySpace) run by her college sorority.

"Could you put some pictures on my site?", she asked casually.

"Huh?"

"Could you put some pictures on my site?", she repeated.
"A lot of my friends have pictures of their kids and stuff on their sites, so I want to put some on mine."

"I can help you get started, but you will have to do it.", I replied.

"Why, can't you get to all my stuff on the computer?".

This is a persistent misconception. She has her own account on our computer, and she is convinced that I have unfettered access to everything she has or does. I have told her repeatedly that if I wanted to I could, but I do not, in fact, know her password, so I cannot get into her e-mail or anything else. Furthermore, I explained, I do not have access to her site.

She sighed disappointedly. You just can't have it both ways.