Yeah she sounds like my wife. They just don't quite understand our sickness. I'm like that too. One thing that bothers me is on my truck there is one pipe ran above the tranny crossmember, and the other ran under. From what I can tell that is a stock type of thing to do, but it really drives me nuts!
I think the pipe on mine is 2". Down the road I will probably go 2.5". Are you running yours all the way out, or dumping it?