Funny bcasue when I installed the stove a while back, dear wifey threw a fit! She grew up in a home that heated exclusively with wood (an old smokedragon) and she was convinced that our house would stink like smoke, just as her house did growing up. She literally CRIED when I installed the EPA stove, she absolutely did not want it. Fast forward to the present, shed probably SHOOT me if I took it out! She absolutely LOVES the heat and the cozy factor, and virtually NO smoke smell EVER!! And to ice the cake, she's a great firetender.......she's got more scars on her arms from the loading the stove than I do!!
... insert sexist remark about wimminfolk here.
My loverly bride does not split/stack wood. She will occasionally stoke the fire. I still make out good in the deal- I like doing that stuff, and we have a fairly "traditional" division of labor, which suits us both quite well.