I kind of fell sorry for Stinky the Dude, he honestly and truly thinks he is so brilliant, yet he is about as dumb as Beth.
My theory is that the sparkling husband dude, now entering the sundown period of his life, is subconsciously feeling a lot of regrets about what could have been, but what wasn't, because of his arrogant pride.
For example, he served in the U.S. Navy 1965-1967, and his mother of sacred memory wished him to continue in that arena, ultimately moving up to become Commander of the Fleet, or something.
But no; the sparkling husband dude couldn't wait to get out, because he found the pecuniary rewards of organized crime more attractive than serving his country.
I have no doubt the sparkling husband dude spends a great deal of time brooding about the Road Not Taken, and the road he took. Such is the habit of older men who sit and think about things that could have been, but never were.