In my house I’m the boss. My wife is just the decision maker.

The line is a compact example of domestic irony: the speaker claims traditional authority (“I’m the boss”) but immediately undercuts it by conceding that the spouse controls outcomes (“the decision maker”). The humor depends on the mismatch between title and power—“boss” becomes ceremonial, while real agency lies elsewhere. In the register of Woody Allen’s persona, it also plays as self-deprecation: the male ego performs dominance while admitting dependence and diminished control. More broadly, it satirizes gender-role clichés by revealing how household power often operates through negotiation and practical decision-making rather than proclamations of hierarchy.