Comments on: What I Married Into

By: Forest

Forest — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:37:32 +0000

Thanks for the comment, MM!

By: Money Maus

Money Maus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:28:15 +0000

By the way, I never mentioned this, but I absolutely loved this post! Really interesting. And it makes me excited (as a PF blogger) to one day see what I marry into whenever my future significant other comes around

By: Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:36:14 +0000

wow – how exciting to be joining your financial life. My boyfriend and I just opened a joint chequing account for our main house bills.

By: Sallie's Niece

Sallie's Niece — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:23:06 +0000

Oh very exciting to have a financial meeting of the minds. My fiance and I have some too since we live together. We like the separate checking but joint savings set up we have so far but that may change one day. Not sure I could ever go to everything joint, it’s a scary thought.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:29:21 +0000

This system of the joint account with the two personal accounts for personal spending is exactly what my wife and I do. We got married a year ago and have had no problems with a system like this. Our paychecks get deposited in our joint account which is where all the bills get paid from. We then transfer to each personal account a small amount which we call our allowance each month to be used on whatever we choose.

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:28 +0000

Sure, no problem.

By: Polprav

Polprav — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:19:41 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

By: Forest

Forest — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:13:50 +0000

Hey Matt, thanks for stopping by and for your input. I’m not sure if I explained it clearly enough…we are intending to primarily use a joint account for everything (paychecks direct deposited there) but we will then each get an allowance of fun money each month that we can spend on whatever we want. So it’s a set amount. That’s the plan for now anyway.

Thanks again for the comment!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:35:05 +0000

Once she gets her name changed and all that fun paperwork done, we will set up a joint checking account. That will be our primary account for most expenses. We will keep our personal checking accounts and fund those through the joint account for personal spending money every month.

My wife and I were married for 4.5 years before we dropped that system. We held on to our separate checking accounts because we truly thought it was the best way to go – no one could have convinced us otherwise.

Then something happened and I because so frustrated that I sat my wife down and told her that I though it may be a good idea to try one checking account. She reluctantly agreed, and the days of single accounts came to an end.

What happened? After just a few short months neither one of us could believe how many huge burdens were lifted from our shoulders that we never even considered.

My advice? If experience is any tutor… ditch the separate accounts as soon as possible. Or… keep doing what you planned. That’s my $0.02… hope you find it useful. I wish someone would have told me this 1 month after I got married.

Cheers!