Good grief, what a thread this is. Glad things have worked out for the time being Mike. I can relate. You guys that just advise to "dump her" are truly shallow. You are suggesting on a whim to just break upanother home just like that because of a womans fickle emotions. You should think about the advice you give before you give it and decide if you really want more absent loser dads out there that produce more absent loser sons and needy wounded daughters. As much as I love hunting, I love my wife and kids more, and if i just left because of a stupid fight over hunting, I'm not sure I could enjoy it anymoreknowing that I traded my kids for it.Good marriages don't usually just happen, they take years of perseverence. I'm just now in my third year and let me say, they have all 3 been very trying, most would have bailed. My wife came with ALOT of baggage from her incredibly screwed up family, but I made a committment, and it is now starting to pay off. We are getting along great most of the time and with patience on my part is working out some of her less than desireable traits. And I believe that as the leader of my family it will pay off in dividends for me to always try to work out our problems out instead of just telling her to screw off or leave. Like has been already said, its usually a deeper issue with women. I'm not suggesting however to bea pansy pushover husbandthat wears a shock collar whose wife zaps when outside the fence, I am the leader of my family and I don't take a bossy controlling wife too well. If she has an issue she is more than welcome to bring it to my attention.But a man should also hold his wife's opinionsin high esteem, not just boot her and the kids to the curb to go hunting. I'm sorry to ramble, but some of the thoughtless comments on this thread would have really offended me having this been my current situation.