My solution for an ideal marriage is duplex living. Your husband lives on one side; you and the kids live on the other. When they become teenagers they can choose. Heh heh.

Husband can eat meals with the family or watch football on Thanksgiving. He can create his own nest around a behemoth recliner. He can fill his duplex with cigarette and firewood smoke. He can have dogs and cats in bed with him. He can write his initials in shower mold. He can make piles of every piece of unopened junk mail he ever received.

Wives can invite unexpected guests into a tidy living room. Hire professional help without defending the need. ("We just painted that room 20 years ago. Looks fine to me.") Watch their own television programs. Sleep without background snoring sounds.

And separate bank accounts.