Comments on: Joint vs. Separate Checking Accounts – Which to Choose?

By: Dwight

Dwight — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:00:36 +0000

I definitely agree that when you are working towards debt cutting to join accounts but i don’t think it’s absolutely necessary.

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Couples and Money: Do You Have Joint or Separate Finances? — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:38:13 +0000

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By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:12:24 +0000

I can’t agree more that the underlying factor boils down to trust. The point of combining finances together as spouses rests on trust on every level: trust that you are making financial decisions for the better good of the both of you as partners/family rather than as an individual, trust that you each practice prudent judgement when it comes to financial decisions in the absence of the other, and trust that the financial decisions you each make are towards a common goal that you have set together. My analogy to marriages that keep seperate accounts is roommates. If you can’t have that fundamental level of trust with your partner, by cohabitating and splitting the bills and accounts, they are just essetially roommates. Thanks for such a great article

By: Sharing money works for our marriage at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money

Sharing money works for our marriage at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:45:53 +0000

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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:40:59 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:03:31 +0000

My wife and I have had shared accounts just about since we started dating. We started in college (which helped) when we didn’t have much money. At first, I had all the money, because I’d had a well paying job over the summer. Eventually that ran out. Then she & I had part time jobs to fill in our cash needs.

Once we were married, we just had joint accounts, and things have always worked out well. I “manage” the funds, but we’re both accountable as you’ve said above. We both buy what we think we really need, but we always let each other know if we purchase anything substantial. If we have a large purchase to make, we discuss it first.

When I want to tighten our finances to save more, or I’m worried about how much we’ve been spending on restaurants lately, I just mention to her that I’m worried again about finances. Then she understands when I say I’d rather eat in, or decide not to purchase XYZ from Amazon this week.

It has worked out really well for us.