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Why try to get her into it? If she wanted to get into it she would have. It sounds like you are trying to force her into something that she isn't interested in. My fiancee is an incredibly intelligent person who I believe would be an amazing programmer, but her passion is history. I wouldn't all of a sudden try to "get her into" programming. Your passions do not have to be her passions.

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Sure we don't have to share passions. And no I haven't forced her or anyone else (other than myself a few times in my life) to do this or anything else. But I am convinced she is missing out on something she will truly appreciate. So I wanted to see how other people communicate their passions in a way to create interest.

I believe the question was poised to people who's spouses/partners wanted to learn programming so I'm not sure why this reply even exists except to make people feel bad.

I didn't say it to make anyone feel bad. It was just the opposite point of what the OP had asked. Beside the fact, the question is clearly not directed in the assumption that their spouse wants to learn programming. It was directed that OP thinks they would like it so they tried to get them into it.

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