Can you help or do I have to get divorced?

I'm currently researching some smaller monitor speakers with either a front port or no port at all. My biggest problem is that there aren't many audio dealers in my area other than Best Buy or Circuit City and they have mostly crap. I don't have an opportunity to listen to a lot of the speakers that are highly recommended. Any suggestions?

I think the problem began a long time ago when we first started living together. I had a pair of Klipsch Forte's. You know the one's that looked like small refrigerators. She would mildly complain about them. We got married and within a few months my brother had a nice pair of Klipsch Forte's - free of charge. Now she's got me by the balls.
If I wasn't such a nice guy. Does anyone have any input on the Spendor S3/5's? Can they do the job?

I don't need a marriage counselor, just some advice on speakers. I've seen excellent reviews on compact speakers such as Spendor S3/5's and Soliloquy Sat 5's. What I need is confirmation and some suggestions on other speakers in that category. What I intend to do is purchase a couple pair along with a sub and center speaker.

I'm a golf professional so I can relate to the golf-nut stuff and I'm only in the beginning stage of being an audio-nut. I will put speakers on stands if it comes down to it but I'm at least trying to compromise by going to smaller speakers. Can you imagine what my wife will be going through being married to a golf and audio-nut. She may divorce me.

No, I'm not a tour pro, I'm a club pro.

Believe me guys I will get what I want. The main reason I posted this thread was to find out if there were any good sounding speakers that didn't have to be on stands and weren't huge. Afterall the room I'm furnishing isn't large to begin with. Because I'm not truely knowledgeable about speakers and don't have many high-end audio stores in the area to audition them, I thought it would be wise to ask audio-nuts who have listened to all the speakers out there to get an idea what I should look for. Maybe I did a poor job of wording the question. But you know what, It was fun reading the responses you guys had. True audio freaks. I'm leaning towards a smaller stand mount speaker. Beleive me when I say, my wife is as cool as it gets. She is not a control freak, just concerned about the looks of the family room. Afterall the Klipsch speakers were pretty ugly, even I'll admit to that. Someday when we have a big enough house, I'll have my own room of kick ass audio/video gear. Thanks for all your responses, it's time to pick on someone else.