The world of usernames and

passwords is quite simple for some people. Choose both, and stick

to them(1); don't change them unless you have to, and your life

will be easy peasy. Most people I know, however, have a love-hate

relationship(2) with the two words. First of all, it's easy to

forget a password, especially if you haven't written it down

somewhere, or if you've forgotten where you wrote it! Secondly, to

reset(3) your password often requires a process of getting into a

secondary email, which, again you need a password for. Now this

isn't really difficult, until you find that some on-line

companies require a password with letters, numbers, and

special characters, like an exclamation mark, or a comma, but other

companies don't require a special character. So, what do you do?

Your ingenious plan of having  the same password for all of

your on-line activities is ruined. One or two of them will have to

be slightly different. Will you remember which accounts they are?

Perhaps you can make them memorable like: 'Ihatepasswords99!'

 or 'Passwordsareapain22*'. Unfortunately, it is totally

necessary to make good passwords for our own security. I have to be

more creative than 'anna123'; that just isn't secure enough.

Another problem with them is that often one is needed immediately

by someone in the family, which makes you automatically forget it.

Once, when I was visiting my father in England, my son texted me

from the U.S, wanting to know the password for his Minecraft game.

It was three o'clock in the morning. Passwords can't wait, you

know. 

1. 'To stick to something'

means to not change your plan, idea, or situation.

a. We've accepted the offer on

the house, and we're sticking with it.

b. Our company is going through

a difficult time, but I'm sticking with it.

2. 'A love-hate relationship'

is one which involves both emotions, or one in which you enjoy

hating something.

a. I have a love-hate

relationship with my car; I love having a car, but it causes me

endless problems.

b. He and his neighbors have a

love-hate relationship; they enjoy annoying each other.

3.'To reset' means to

reprogram, or start back from the beginning.

a. I will reset my alarm clock

as I have to get up extra early tomorrow.

b. I forgot my itunes password,

so I have to reset it.