My husband would happily give up his day job to come flying with me anytime...if I didn't need him to keep the day job to keep me in the air!!!!!
Recently took my daughter (who has been up quite a few times) and her best friend (also 5) along with his Mum up for a quick jaunt over their house and back. He is still beaming and talking about it days later. After landing he was writing down aircraft registrations (help, I've spawned a plane-spotter!) and drew the most fantastic thankyou card of me in a plane - complete with rivets along the airframe, beacon and anticol lights, stall warner and the 'knobbly lever' (mixture) - yes, we did do the preflight together and he paid very careful attention!
I guess I am VERY lucky to have friends and family who are all aviation nuts...however my mother does seem to defer her place in the plane to just about anyone else. My sympathies to those who have earthbound partners - there really is nothing better than sharing the thrill.