Questions: Relationships

This question is NOT aimed at older men who marry younger women. I am talking to men who are married or in a relationship with a woman who is in your age range.

My wife is a very intelligent woman and I love her dearly but. . . there are times when my wife does things that seem to be so naive or uninformed that it feels like she is a little girl instead of a 62 year old woman. I still respect her, but this experience elicits a paternal, protective response and I wonder if this is how fatherhood feels. Or, sometimes, she will do things that seem so shallow that they are completely transparent (e. g., she suggests what I drive us in her car to dinner, and of course I notice her gas tank is almost empty, so I stop and put gas in her car.) It's like a little girl buying her daddy a barbie doll for Christmas!

Do any of you guys ever have that experience with your wife or long term partner?

First, If you have a problem with this being a gendered question Please kindly DO NOT ANSWER. I know both women and men cheat. The rate is very nearly 50/50. Both genders are guilty. You just never, ever see men posting stupid shit like "A real man sticks with you after you cheat, he helps you with your flaws" You literally never see that stupidity coming from men. You see them making stupid excuses, lying, and so on, but that's about it. You also never see men trying to pin cheating pregnancy on men.

So Tell me, does a real man have to accept her flaws including infidelity, cheating, and paternity fraud?