“She followed my advice. We sold the house. We saved a hundred grand (and more). She now respects me even more. She has bragged to her parents and friends, “My husband is really smart. We sold our house before the market crashed.”

My investment banker friend had the same experience.”

This is more or less the same experience I had as well only I didn’t have a house to sell but rather 20% down in cash to lose if we bought. Now my wife laughs at people who still don’t understand what’s going on because we so much free cash flow that I spend half my free time figuring out what to do with it. Yet 6 mos to a year ago she and I were at odds. Extreme odds.

Most of the time I follow her lead and go with the flow …until I think I need to interject on “our” behalf (us as a couple). She will respect you more for doing so.