My wife is scared in my 8. I wanted a 10, and thought I'd show it to her hoped she'd want to travel in it with me. The smallness, and bubble canopy are contributing factors. Most all of it is irrational fears. Like she wants to fly at 500' and feels much safer than at 10k. I try to explain engine out glide, birds, etc doesn't matter. I did a go around (that I know I could have landed) just to be extra safe and she almost had a heart attack, I tried to explain how it was doing the conservative thing, again irrational fear. She has wrecked every car she has owned (most of them multiple times), some of her friends will not ride with her, I almost never let her drive. She is very comfortable driving 1000 miles to meet me somewhere rather than ride in my well maintained airplane, and I fly for a living. Anyways, long story short I was going to keep the BRS as a trump card to convince her it was safe so I could build a 10. After thinking about it for a bit, I decided not to mention it (as I'd probably almost always do a forced landing over a chute deployment, likely never need it (statss), and it would kill some useful load, increase fuel burn, and slow me down some). However, I understand the why. I can't convince my wife to overcome irrational fears.