Like I said in a reply earlier, I'm getting up to the retirement age and so my focus is "Keep the wife happy, keep the wife happy..." Because I'd have to pony up even more than FD2003 if my marriage went south!
But I can't complain. It's been a nice marriage so far. Something like 35 years. We keep it positive and we ensure our home is an oasis from the craziness outside it.
We are going on 30 years and I cannot say that it has always been easy. I am in a lot better shape financially than friends who are smarter and more disciplined than I am, but can't stay married. And some who never got married but lived with women for extended periods and they still got their stuff. I have learned a lot from watching some of my friends go from marriage to marriage and having them fail for the same reasons each time. According to my buddies it has always been their wives fault but certain patterns often emerge. They even pick women that are just like their ex-wives... sometimes its hard to keep them straight.