When newlyweds, Steph (Kat Foster) and Jeff Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas), move in next door to marriage veterans Eddie (Brad Garrett) and Joy Stark (Joely Fisher), the wisdom that Eddie shares with Jeff results in the young couple's first fight.

After Eddie (Brad Garrett) accidentally breaks both patio chairs, Steph (Kat Foster) reveals to Joy (Joely Fisher) that the way she gets new home furniture is to barter sex. Joy decides to try this since Eddie’s decisions about the home are always a drawn-out issue, but when she does, her luck is not what she anticipated. Meanwhile, after conversing with Jeff (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Eddie learns that Joy’s idea came from Steph, and tries to enforce a plan to throw the ladies off guard.

When Joy (Joely Fisher) hears Jeff (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Steph’s (Kat Foster) adorable engagement story, she is reminded of how Eddie (Brad Garrett) proposed to her, and feels that she missed out. When Eddie attempts to make good on his 20-year old promise to get Joy an engagement ring, he only succeeds in further aggravating her. Eddie soon makes amends while the two realize they both agree on the place they are at in their own relationship.

The wood pile that Eddie (Brad Garrett) stockpiles in his garage creates high tension between he and his wife Joy (Joely Fisher). When Joy finally gives Eddie an ultimatum to either make something with the wood or get rid of it, Eddie enlists the help of his new neighbors, Jeff (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Steph (Kat Foster) Woodcock. Joy soon realizes, that even though Eddie might never do anything with his wood, he is not quite the same without it.

Jeff (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is desperate for alone time as his overly doting wife, Steph (Kat Foster), wants to spend every moment with him - even in the shower! Eddie (Brad Garrett) suggests finding a “wife certified” activity that will give him some peace, such as the garage band that he has been a part of for years with neighbors Cofeld (Anthony Anderson), Stan (Jerry Lambert) and Russ (Will Sasso). When Steph heads over to Joy’s (Joely Fisher) to tell her about Jeff joining the band, she learns the real truth behind the extra curricular activity and is surprised to discover that Joy has a little secret of her own.

When Jeff’s (Eddie Kaye Thomas) mother (Miriam Flynn) comes to visit, tensions reach a boiling point after Jeff makes a split second decision to save his mother’s life over Steph’s (Kat Foster). Eddie (Brad Garrett) and Joy (Joely Fisher) offer very opposing ideas on how to handle the sticky situation, while the truth is revealed about Eddie’s own relationship with his mother and that “symposium tan.”