Marital advice: None. Married for 21 years and I still have no idea what I'm doing.

Rain advice: The thought of riding in the rain for most people is truly an awful one and it's a real non starter. I get that. People are intimidated by the unknown. But believe it or not riding in the rain is not awful at all, it's just different and I for one enjoy different on my daily commute sometimes as it keeps it from getting boring. Once you have some experience riding in the rain the fear of it as an unknown goes away you simply accept it, get your gear straight, and ride in it. If you are like me you may even look forward to it. I'm actually kinda hoping for rain on the way home tonight.

Ride in the rain first then who knows, you might do something really awful like ride in the winter...;-) Okay, one step at a time.