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Originally Posted by Ducay
I understand the argument and somewhat understand it, but if you have pooled accounts you can still budget money for entertainment and fun things. Heck, having personal accounts almost encourages the practice.
Shouldn't be a me vs. you thing, if the family unit has the money for the pedicure or golf then go for it. You can budget fun spending without stashing it away in a personal account.
Separate account approach (ie each have their own money) just seems like setting yourselves up to ensure you have a quick divorce and less arguing about money when that happens.
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We have a number of joint accounts but we also have our own personal accounts. We know what each other makes and nobody is hiding money away in some kind of squirrel stash.
It’s just the way we have done it and it’s always worked for us.
We’ve been together for fifteen years, married for five and things are great.
I was just saying what’s worked for us. If my wife came to me tomorrow and asked for me to put everything into our joint account, I’d have zero hesitation.