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I wonder why such bruised ego if you think that your wife must be a weakling

I've noticed in your posts that you only use the word 'wife' to preface 'weakling' or 'submissive'. That's odd, but instructive.

I hope she sees you as her partner too, I hope she sees you as the man she can turn to without fear of being mocked, criticized

Hmmmm, will she see me as her 'partner', or as her 'man' she can turn to?

Even you unconsciously see the distinctions.

I notice you've not used the word 'husband' at all, nor have you said anything about children. Again, odd, but instructive. If all the things you mentioned were the most important things in a marriage, why wouldn't I marry a man?

If you change the 'she' to 'he' in your post, every single thing you mention could be fulfilled by another man. You've made a good argument for marrying another man as an equal partner in the home and to bring home the bacon.

Now remind me again why I should marry a woman instead.

I suggest you leave your attempts to pseudo-psychoanalysis to the professionals and you concentrate on your own issues. My replies were strictly to what I think the person in my life should be, hence the choices I make when it comes to men. I mentioned the world family and that also includes children but less alone, you swim in too much ambivalence. And you can marry a man or a woman or even a goat, that won't change the fact that, like anything in life, everything that happens to us is directly related to the choices we make in life. May the force be with you in choosing a man, a woman or the animal of your choice.