My SO was also pretty chile-challenged when we met & married. She has worked up to a pretty decent level of adventure (Road to Hell, Blairs' Death, straight Chipotle) due to her love of homeopathic herb stuff. Initially, it still wasn't much of a problem as there was/is always a bottle of dried chiles on the table and about two-dozen sauces in the fridge to choose from. We have plenty of other stuff to fight about ;-) -Jim C MWPH