"Joe!" I would say, "you don't know what you're talking about." Couldn't budge him. You could roll out maps and charts and bring out the Encyclopedia Britannica (Joe didn't believe Wikipedia or anything he read on the internet) and he wouldn't listen.
For example, he blindly believed his wife to be faithful despite warnings and jeezus, even some photos I showed him.
By the time he admitted she was cheating on him she had cleaned out the bank accounts and left with the kids and all the good furniture, crystal, silver and Le Cruset pots. She left him the trough.