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It really depends on your personalities and how laid back you are about money.

We've kept our primary chequing accounts separate, but we also joke when we buy big things that it really is all coming out of the same pot anyway. Each of our paycheques go into our own accounts.

We make roughly equal, so I pay for the big bills like the mortgage, condo fees and car payment as well as insurance. She pays for some of the smaller bills like utilities, property taxes as well as purchases most of the food and gas. Almost all of our discretionary spending like entertainment, clothes shopping, travel is paid by her, so it ends up fairly even.

Where we do share is long-term investments and savings. We both funnel our money into joint accounts for these purposes.

There is no magic formula or one right way to go. Just do what suits you guys.