I believe one checking account is sufficient, but (spouses) should work together in making a budget and reconciling the budget to their spending each month. If that does not occur, problems will surface.

Newlyweds should get in the habit early in committing to retirement plans, especially those with matching features. Roth IRAs are a great vehicle for the newlyweds to start saving for the long term. They should understand the power of compounding and how their savings relates to their goals of buying a house or a newer car.

Debt surprises are not healthy for a new marriage. Both people should know the consequences before the marriage.

They can appear quite functional in their interactions with others - highly competent, focused, driven to be successful - but there's intense inner chaos that tends to be projected only onto close family members.

He's not a world-class competitor. But he's doing the right thing by getting started growing facial hair.

I hope he continues to go to the NBA and keeps the mustache. That would be way cool.