Xanthippe

A dog man, who likes philosophy, often has to suffer under his cat-beast wife and her reality checks; neighbors call her Xanthippe (after wife of Socrates, c. 5 BCE, who has been portrayed as a nagging, quarrelsome, ill-tempered shrew).

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P.S. QUESTION: what would happen if the roles were reversed? If he is hesitating and criticizing her wishes and dreams and airborne castles? We need a name for it too …