You're a lucky man.
Here's how my wife rolls:
One of the years I was hired to create music for an auto manufacturer's International Auto Show exhibits for their entire lineup of cars I had a pretty complicated challenge, not just music for the videos, but surround music for the walkways from car to car. Though each car's music and video were different, the tracks all had to be in the same style and complimentary keys so that as people left the surround sound area and transitioned to see each car model's video it would be a seamless experience.
Turned out pretty cool, though.
As it happens, the Friday I finished the project and received client approval, my wife and I were headed downtown to meet friends for dinner. I wanted to hear how the work sounded in the car, so I popped in a CD of the mixes. About a minute passed with the music going.
Suddenly my wife turned to me and said, "What are we listening to? This is the worst music I have ever heard!"
I said, "This is the music that paid our son's college tuition, room and board for the year."
I didn't look away from the road, just kept driving.
After about 30 seconds I glanced over and could see the wheels turning in my wife's head, but she couldn't find a single thing to say. The rest of the ride downtown was in complete, golden silence.
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If I talk about any of my gear, my wife rolls her eyes and says, "Fine, but next we're going to talk about lipstick." It's a bit of a conversation-killer.
"Well, maybe you should, you know, look for a different wife."
"What on earth for? I already have someone who doesn't like my music. I don't need two people who don't like my music."
"I don't like your music, either."
"That's all right, I don't plan on marrying you, I'm a heterosexual, you see. But now I'm not so sure about you. Not that there's anything wrong with it. It just seems that everyone I marry winds up not liking my music."
"You've only ever married one person."
"And now you know why! One person who doesn't like my music is quite enough, thank you very much! I have no intention of inflicting even more pain upon myself under any circumstances."
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