This relationship can be saved as long as the guy’s wife does not start expressing an interest in Emacs. That would, of course, put an end to the relationship, but if she’s one of those “Notepad is all I need” types, there is hope this can be worked through.

Maybe she already evolved past vim to kakoune. 😎

and evolved past kakoune to helix

I actually went, emacs -> vim -> helix -> kakoune.