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It's a tough balance...children and airplanes are not low cost items. And, as long as your wife has negative feelings about it, your flying career is not secure. Too many times people who don't fly think it's a cash-intensive and non-practical past time (yet many of those same people will spend money and time making ovals on a lake in a motorboat, running along for hours and getting nowhere).
You may want to consider two things: setting a budget that will allow six hours flight time a month and showing your wife that, although flying IS cash intensive, it is practical. My wife wondered that my flying was akin to a joyride in the sky...burning time and money without getting anywhere. So, I drove her to the airport and asked her to time our drive (just over 1/2 hour). As we started out take off roll, I asked her to check the time. I flew a sight-seeing, indirect flight to our house, and as we flew over, asked her to check the time (about 15 minutes). The efficiency of flying impressed her (even in a C-150!). The prospect of making a four four flight to visit her folks verses a 10 hour drive impresses her and she is more willing to work with me to find ways to keep flying an option.
Good luck.
[This message has been edited by PropWash (edited 06-07-2000).]
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