Maybe you can make both your wife and you happy!
Please consider a "pointing Lab" ---- these have a pointer's nose and the Lab's personality. This advice is coming a true GSP (German Shorthair Pointer) fan. At one time, I had Father, Son, and Grandson....all wonderful dogs and great hunters. Now that I'm 50+, I can't keep up with these beautiful hounds. So 4 years ago I tried a pointing lab...and a female!

First female hunting dog in my life. They truely want to please and are hunting fools. I work mine on Arizona quail and Wyo/ND/SD pheasants. She points and retrieves and sleeps on the bed. These dogs are great hunters, want to please, and wonderful house pets.

Look at Black Forest Kennels, Tiger Mountain Kennels, and Snake River Pointing Labs...they all have web sites. I'm sold, I just got a new pup and will be hunting her this fall.

Good luck and let us know what you end up with!