omg this has been said so many times but i cannot stand my spouse being pretty much soulless after marriage!! it annoys me so bad because they may as well be a statue at that point
It's the empty after-marriage spousal interaction that pushed me to write more to fill that gap. However I find talking to Emily at the "right" times in the day to be pretty interactive. There are a few "hot" times to get different dialog throughout the day from Emily (and I assume all other spouses):
6am - 11am: morning dialog, sometimes with a gift
11am -
maybe 1pm: late morning dialog
maybe 7pm - 9:50pm: evening dialog
I try to find Emily every day during those hot times to get all the daily dialog and you know what? Just putting the effort into finding her (especially in our huge, cluttered house with
many hiding places) kinda makes getting all the dialog it's own minigame. And when I miss the dialog because reasons, I'm disappointed kinda like IRL. It makes game marriage more interactive.
And it feels more alive. IMO it works to keep married life a bit more interesting.