Why are the lab boys paid perfectly good dough to tell us the same stuff that a 10-year-old could figure out? This time, it's all about what happens after you take those good old marriage vows, baby.

Those fancy-schmancy, highly accurate reports from the whitecoats are telling us that if your dame or hubby bugs you now, you'll find them more irritating and demanding the longer you two are together ... SCIENCE! Next, they'll probably tell you how eating vegetables like your mom and dad told you will lead to better health.

I got all you need to know right here, and it's a boatload cheaper than that study. Just like Dave Ramsey says, if a couple can agree about money, in-laws, religion and kids, then the odds that their marriage will survive are so good you could take out a Vegas line on them. If you're struggling with the dead presidents part and can't pay your bills, then it's time to get to work on fixing that part, jack.

Time to get all "Doctor Phil" on you. Sit down with your other half, make a budget and start talking about what's really important in life ... them and you. Once you get to talking, you'll get to reconnecting. Then you'll go from fightin' to friendly in nothing flat.