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Old 07-18-2018, 12:16 PM   #77
dobbles
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Originally Posted by stang View Post
I can say I don't "get" a joint account. Is there no trust in your relationship and you SO needs to manage your every penny? Do you have a joint FB? This is probably an equally as wrong way to look at it.
We share the same house. We share the same food. We share the same vehicles. Everything we have is shared. It is "ours". Why should the money in the bank be different???

Say you use your account to buy a big screen TV. Is it "your" TV? Do you get to decide whats watched on it at all times because it is yours? That to me seems much more ridiculous than "lets pool our money together so its simpler to manage."
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