My wife won't take such talk seriously but she does have to deal with it when it is happening. We are in couple's counseling (which works really well for us) so most times she tries to shelve my talk saying "couples therapy is where this needs to be discussed. Seems to work....but I should mention our couple's therapist and my own therapist are the same so I'm very receptive to couple's therapy (i like my therapist very much).