My advice would be that if the wife is not on board I'd find another solution. FT won't work if you have one of you pining away to be fixed somewhere else.
We're FT for 2 yrs in a 43' TH. Our kids were no longer in Texas and we knew we did not want to remain in Dallas, so selling was easy. She has had no regrets about not having a home and my only regret is when I have to pay to have a repair or procedure done that I'd have been capable of if I had space to work on it. Other than that, we are also trying to find those one or two places we absolutely love and can see ourselves staying for the balance.
Best of luck!
