'Nobody said this was going to be fun...at least nobody said it me.'

Speaking as someone who spent half his childhood living in Detroit and the other half in the suburbs(oakland County to be specific)in the 1970's and 80's, I found Richard's(Don Galloway) character to be typical of Oakland County culture during that era. He was a well to do, financially successful advertising executive with a trophy wife(Jobeth Williams) who married him merely for the money and social status, not love. But he was a control freak who masked his insecurity about being in a situation where he's the outsider instead of being the one at the center of attention(Because of his affluent executive position surrounded by ass kissing employees) by being arrogant, snide and very petty. As a young man in his teens and twenties, I used to encounter people like him all the time. Despite being the wealthiest people in the economically devastated economy that Michigan had at the time(Which to me was like being the smartest kid in Special Education), they were never satisfied. Money, image, ego were all that mattered to them. People like Richard were only nice to those above them who could advance their goals(Higher ranking executives or people richer than them) while treating those beneath them(Minimum wage, service industry employees-Waitstaff at Restaurants, cashiers at retail stores) with contempt. I can't count the number of times, while I was in my twenties and going to college) where the service I offered despite my best efforts was never good enough and I was told,"No wonder you make minimum wage. You obviously don't have any drive or ambition to succeed or you wouldn't be stuck here doing menial labor for the rest of your life."
Funny thing is, when Mitt Romney ran for president in 2008 and 2012, I chuckled every time I saw him on tv. It was like he was channeling Richard.

Right after he talks about moving them out to California, he then goes on to explain why that wouldn't work--because he got bored with his marriage.