But life is not a bed of roses, and the sooner couples deal with the financial challenges, the better their marriage will be.

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Yet all is not a bed of roses.

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We all know what the chairman is like and he's a winner, but in football it's not all a bed of roses.

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The federal takeover of housing mortgage financing has not exactly been a bed of roses.

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There were a few problem wines a couple with two much oak and one that proved a challenge not because it was lacking acidity or fruit but because it smelled like a bed of roses.

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