I don't think there is anything I would choose to do that she is particularly fond of. The problem is, the times I've backed down haven't worked out very well, and then I end up being the reason why things didn't work out. It's been much better when I stuck to it.

For example, the newspaper business I ran did not get off the ground immediately. I had a pretty big hole to dig out of to begin with, and it wasn't until I became partners with another newspaper owner that the ship got righted. I could have stopped before that, given up and gone back to work somewhere, but then we would have missed out on some of the best financial times we've ever had. And, I would have missed out on a lot of my sons' growing up years, too. Because of the business, I had more flexibility in my schedule so I could homeschool them for awhile, go to their football practices and games, and so forth.

So, when it come to things like this I feel like I'm the one who has the better instincts for them, just as she knows things I won't ever know or figure out. She needs more security than what she feels she has now because she's the one who's putting in the hours at work rather than staying home and having the ability to do more of what she wanted when she wanted.