Why would he lie?
Thing is, he is still in the honeymoon period. Ask him 2 years from now after reality sets in. Maybe a long commute is fine with him but maybe the bloom will be off the rose. It is a coin flip.
Now, if you can't stand your wife then, the longer the commute the better!
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