Ha! Talk about timing when it comes to discussion topics!
My wife is a total non-aviator - she is happy to be a passenger, but don't ask her to help with the airplane. Hold the door open for her and she is happy to get in.
Last night I was up in our "little" airplane. Imagine my surprise when I got home from the hangar and my wife asked if that was me flying over the house about a half hour earlier. Yup, that was me. She has developed the ability to tell, by sound, which of the many airplanes flying over our house are our two airplanes. She says our big airplane sounds really good. Yes, I'd love to hear it myself... Maybe someday. Hopefully not when it's flying away with a new owner at the controls.