It used to bother me that my wife never wanted to understand what I was learning or diving into. Digging up some nasty layers within self and nobody to share it with...frustrating. Knowing that, my understanding of self, healing of self, is a greater gift to all those around me, wife included. She is also more open to me doing what "I need" to do in that moment of time, as she has seen the results on my going off into wherever I needed to go. In the end, she has welcomed the pieces lost, that I return and I have silently witness her growth in the process, in her own way.
So it can be frustrating and heart warming at the same time. We have our spiritual people to fall on and share. :)