Shennanigans

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Trip

It took a lot of work on my part to get where I am at and make the money I do to provide the kind of living I want and I like having control of my fiscal responsibility so I do not place all my eggs in one basket. She is the same way right now though. We have seperate accounts and plan on keeping it that way after the marriage for the most part. I do not control her spending and she doesn't control mine. We both keep in check what we buy by using our own funds, but I take on more than my share of the bills considering I have a bigger salary and she doesn't live in the house yet. It will probably all change once we start having kids though. For now, it works for us. We will have to adapt once it becomes necessary.

Yeah, I'm thinking the same way. when comonboys and I get married, we'll have one joint checking account that we will put money into to cover all the bills. Whatever money we have in our seperate accounts is ours to spend as we wish. Seems fair enough as long as all the bills are paid first and on time, and some money put away from both parties for home repair/vacations/projects etc.