She's his wife, that's personally identifiable information by itself, far more so than a first name. Also I assume that he ran it by her first in any case as t

She's his wife, that's personally identifiable information by itself, far more so than a first name. Also I assume that he ran it by her first in any case as to post that conversation without clearing it with her would be a very bad move. I rarely post anything to do with my wife online and never without talking to her about it. There is also a large difference between vocal habits and written habits. I feel like replacing wife with a first name(even a fake one if she didn't want her real one posted) would have been less likely to offend. (I assume it was his intention not to offend as he removed the piece due to it offending)