Wife trouble

They are only bi-polar in the top.

Thick cloth cover for the console? :)

Return the wife, keep the speakers.  Problem solved.

What are your room dimensions? An idea of how the room is set up would help to see if there are alternatives.
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If there was only a chip that could be implanted in women's heads to make them like Stepford wives, just for audio purposes of course.

Because,

(1) You are never going to win that WAF debate, and
(2) your current speakers can be easily replaced with a huge plethora of alternative choices that are both a WAF-approved pair and will not only meet but rather exceed the current set audio performance; 

Just capitulate and cut bait, and just move on to suitable WAF speakers to minimize the entirely avoidable angst in light of a compromise solution ....full stop.