Tons of young couples think their twenties are the time to be selfish: to have fun, build careers, make money, and explore the world. But many experts ask: why can't you do this as half of a married couple? In this episode, Team HMTOP explores some of the many benefits of trudging through the trenches together.

You may not like it, but you should probably learn to accept it: Women need to feel beautiful in order to feel sexy. And your words (or lack of them) and actions (or lack of them) play an important role in how she feels about hereself-and how excited she is to get naked with you. Here's what to do-and as importantly,what not to do-if you want to make her feel fabulous. (Spoiler: You should want to make her to feel fabulous!)

Sex is private. It's purely for procreation. It's mostly for men. Even thinking about it outside of marriage is a sin. If you "learned" any of these things in church, the HMTOP crew is here to set the record straight. Bonus: Phil enlightens us with the airtight KYPIYP rule. (It's a good one.)

We're going to let you in on a little secret: When you make the decision to live with another person for the rest of ever, there's a good chance (like, 100%) that something they do will eventually get on your nerves. Some relationship expert somewhere thinks she's got the secret to managing these little annoyances. Naturally, the HMTOP squad has some opposing thoughts. Would you ever expect otherwise?

Words can be powerful and destructive weapons or magical messangers of love and affection. Obviously, the more you use them in the latter category, the happier your union will be. Today, the HMTOP team shares a few phrases you might be wise to adopt if you want marital bliss.

In a perfect world, your partner's birthing person would be generous, demure, warm, and wise, and she'd offer to watch your children for long stretches of time (for free, of course). In reality, she could be cold, cruel, controlling, conniving, insecure, jealous, or any crazy combination of the above. Since you married one another for better or for worse, you're going to need to learn at the very least to put up with her. Team HMTOP is here to help.

From lack of ambition to treating strangers like crap, readers weigh in on relationship things that can't be forgiven, shouldn't be tolerated and are generally considered just cause for a breakup. In a not-so-shocking twist, Team HMTOP doesn't always agree with their idea of relationship red flags.

The average husband isn't 't exactly notorious for his deep desire to work on his marriage. That's why HMTOP couldn't resist picking apart a piece featuring relationship advice from nothing but guys. Tune in to hear what these marriage masters think are the secrets to wedded bliss.

From the "how can this even be real" files, HMTOP tackles a shocking story from Newsweek. Apparently, there's a husband out there who has decided that his wife's quarantine weight gain justifies his demand for an open marriage until she slims down. Outrage naturally ensues. Tune in for a laugh-out-loud lesson in for-better-or-for-worse.

With age comes wisdom... or does it? In this week's podcast, the HMTOP team takes on a Reader's Digest article titled "26 Marriage Tips from Grandmas You'd Be a Fool Not to Follow." As always, we don't agree with everything the granny gang advises (that would be so boring!), but there's lots of stuff here to think--and laugh--about.