Sounds like someone's making more assumptions than warranted. Please organize your thoughts before posting.
Like someone said before me, you just have to tough it out sometimes at places where whipping out electronics is rude.
No assumptions really, maybe you should read the OP again?
A. He finds church so boring that he wants to use his MBA, but he doesn't because his signifant other will "frown upon it".
B. He attends to another boring meeting, this time with his wife's friends (he specifically says her friends, not his). This time she denies him to even bring his MBA. He even cites her saying "no", he's clearly not happy with that answer.
Looking at these two points, it's a safe assumption to say that his wife controls him, he says so himself.
This is a public discussion forum, so if he posts these things I'm allowed to express my opinion.
Personally I think he should skip both church and the friends meeting. If he'd rather sit on his MBA, that's what he should be doing. What's the point of being there if he's not going to participate? I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's to avoid a fight with the wife, because that's pretty much what he says.
Fight the power! First they wanted equal rights, now they want full control