19th century French poet
Charles Baudelaire, wrote:

a sweetheart is a bottle of wine,
a wife is a wine bottle

if Baudelaire were writing today
he might be tempted to substitute
"spouse" for "wife"

that is, if he wanted to be
politically correct,
gender-neutral

but
would that substitution
change the meaning
and the veracity
of his statement?

i think
the question here is:
"are men and women
equally likely
to take their spouse for granted?"

what do you think?

you may -
or may not -
want to ponder this
with your better half