My wife enjoys radios 'almost' as much as I. She has to. A gathering of myself and coworkers will result in numerous open squelched pagers, radios, scanners..etc. And everything stops when a good call comes in....
Usually there's some kind of something on in every area of the house. She gets a chuckle at night time when I *think* I've got everything off...and in comes a loud two-tone.
She chuckles because her and I both know I'll be getting up and shutting it off if I dont wish to sleep on the floor
She's actually awaiting the purchase and installation of a mobile scanner in the (her) car.
I'd snowballed her for years with the illegal speach, but now in Mi. it aint so illegal.
Your best bet is to somehow show her how the hobby can benefit her. Wonderin why mrs jones has that patrol car at her house 3 times a week? .. tell her you heard about it on the scanner..
john