And after wonderful night with friends this happened - a revelation
During the last party (Saturday before last) the wife repeated what she said to me during our close bonding session "Mac if I ever leave you all I'll take is my bed and my cooker". This was to everyone at the party including her mother! So all the others who branded my w as a gold-digger can go ^%#}€" themselves.
One more thing I don't, and never have been, worried about.