Game MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN THE
TV VERSION
B JON MARKS | JE STAFF
Bob Eubanks really had no idea.

To the host of The Newlywed Game, being just-married was all fun and games, which was
evident in the questions he asked.

“What’s the most outrageous thing your husband or wife ever said to you in bed? What’s
the most embarrassing thing they’ve ever done in public?”
Well, here’s what viewers never seemed to get: Being a newlywed is anything but a game.

It’s dealing with life’s situations on a daily basis, trying to be supportive of each other
without giving up your individuality.

And when you’re dealing with Jewish couples, that inner circle seems to tighten since
it seems like wherever you go or whoever you meet, they know someone who knows one
of you.

“The joke is that the rest of the world needs six degrees to connect,” laughed Greg Smith,
who married Maxine Barish Smith on Nov. 9, 2014. “Jews need two.”
They’re just one of five couples married within the past two years finding out that once
you say “I do” and break the glass, things are never quite the same.

Here’s a look at their stories.

Engaged IN A PARKING LOT
Things have been a bit crazy since Greg Smith and Maxine Barish Smith tied the knot almost
two years ago after meeting on JDate.com.

Since then, they’ve moved from a Mount Laurel townhouse to a house in Marlton. Greg
Smith left his job building large computers to go out on his own, then got bought out by Dell.

His wife helped him deal with his mother’s sickness around the time of the wedding and her
death eight months later.

And that was all before Natalie was born on Jan. 8.

See Newlyweds, Page 14
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