I'm new to the hobby, only picking it up a month-ish ago. I NEEDED something to do that would be different than staring at my phone, or working. 'The man' gets a lot of my time already. Usually this time of year I exercise pretty regularly, but the space I've done that in is currently......compromised. It's a little hard for me to 'get going' with the modeling sometimes, but once I'm a few minutes into it I find it enjoyable and relaxing to 'nerd out', even though it looks sort of like a grade schoolers work lol. I'm sorry that you and the misses are at odds, Old Man Modeler. You aren't here looking for advice, and I'm certainly not one to give it, but I remind myself of something my friend says: "would you rather be right, or be married?". As someone who grew up not having a voice, getting shut down, and feeling irrelevant, my toxic trait (one of them, anyways) was often having to 'be right' during any type of disagreement or conflict. I hope you have some words of wisdom or other guiding light to help keep you calm and focused.