Love and Money
How well do you (think you) know your significant other? The passage of time—shared experiences and the process of getting to know each other reveals much—and yet I learned something new about my partner of some four decades just last week! That brought to mind one of the favorite game shows of my youth was The Newlywed Game . The show featured four couples—all of which were to have been married less than two years. Each of the contestant couples were separated—then asked a series of questions designed to test these newlywed couples’ knowledge of each other, and in some cases their collective memories (and willingness to share publicly). Points were assigned based on answers that matched—but the most memorable, of course, were the missed matches—and the inevitable response of the spouse who was absolutely CERTAIN of the response of their partner. Now, a year of marriage is arguably not long enough to know EVERYTHING about your partner. But, and with Valentine’s ...