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The Bert Show.

All right, look, if you're going to have problems in your marriage, can we just put them on pause for the first two years?

All right? Can we just make the first two years an honest relationship before the marriage starts crumbling?

Katie knows somebody who already, they just pretty much got married. It's a new wife.

And this dude finds out that she's been lying about finances?

Yes, and I want to know what you all would do if you were in this situation.

So my friend, her father, he just recently got married to a woman, that he's been dating for about two years.

They decided to keep, you know, no real wedding.

They just went to the courthouse, had a little reception.

They're like, eh, we're too old for that.

Let's just get straight to the courthouse, had a little reception. They're like, we're too old for that. Let's just get straight to the point. And for the most part, from what my friend has known about

this relationship, it's been good. She's met the woman. She thinks the woman is nice and great.

So she, of course, was like, I'm happy that she's in our lives now, right?

There's been no red flags that they've noticed.

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