[redfisher]

I think your plight is pretty common. I hosted a small home ring game for a couple of years, but when I started playing higher stakes it became a little tedious. I didn't really care about the game, I felt it was costing me money. After a while, I just decided it was better for me to cut back on serious poker and have more of a normal social life. I don't look at every recreational activity as costing me $XXX in poker opportunity cost.

OTOH, if you're playing for money that you actually want/need, you can't let your friends' desire for you to host a BS game make your life difficult. Even with a wife who is TEH NUTZ, you probably don't have unlimited poker time.