You
are playing correctly, Carol, in that you must
hold the combination of cards with the highest
expected value, because those are the cards that
will win you the most money over the long haul,
not your spouse's suggestions screeched in your
ear.
Your husband seems to think that if you are holding,
say, three Jacks, and you correctly discard a
Queen and King, and then you draw and receive
another Queen, in that case, had you held the
Queen, possibly you could have gotten a full house.
The correct strategy is to hold only the Jacks,
since you, me, and especially he, each and all
of us hasn't a clue as to what cards will be drawn
from the deck to replace what you just discarded.
As for the squabbling amongst spouses, my B- in
Psychology 101 hardly qualifies me for further
comment. (Some casinos do sell earplugs.)
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