Overall, men are much more practical. The problem now lies in the great expectation and the failure to produce it. The wife slowly begins to lose respect for her man because he can't meet up to those obligations. She will never say it to his face but deep inside she feels it and it becomes apparent in the relationship. The marriage is strained because the wife can't have what will make her happy and husband is stressed because he can't give it to her.
Communication begins to fade because of all the underlying resentment toward each other.
There are then only two options. You either make it happen fast or you quit. Quitting is scary because you just don't want to be branded as a quitter. But staying is also tough because with each passing day, the marriage is disintegrating. Well, the answer lies in the problem itself.