OK, Mark, some people would call it lying. Other people would call it fantasizing. Your wife is fantasizing about her future life and how her father will take care of her. She is sharing her fantasy with her lover. Why not? He shares the fantasy that he will love her forever with her. Neither is telling the truth by your way of seeing things. You look for facts. It is hard when people like that come into contact with nuts and bolts people like you, who talk in concrete terms and want to be realistic about everything.