For those of you in relationships, do you share a bank account w/your partner?

[imported_Tomato]

See poll.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Married, yes we share an account.. and we have a seperate account for 'fun'

 

[PanzerIV]

Nope. Separate accounts, Tomato.

 

[BD2003]

If I was married, for sure...anything short of engaged, hell no.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Yup, we have a shared account (which 50% of each of our income goes into) and individual accounts.

 

[Electric Amish]

We share the same account.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Married. Yes we share a savings account that we started when we got engaged.

 

[BatmanNate]

Engaged/No.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i expect when i am married that i will have some shared accounts, and some separate. like it all goes to the common good, except for some amount which can be kept for fun stuff. which would probably mean the wife buying shoes, and me having to buy more crap for her.

 

[Feldenak]

We have a joint account and we both have our own seperate accounts.

 

[PricklyPete]

My girlfriend and I have separate accounts. We have talked about it and I believe the both of us would have a single account (or mutual accounts) if we were married.

That being said, I have a friend who has been married for 2 years now (26ish) and both of them have completely separate accounts. Not only that, but they don't even know what the other makes. I think that is just crazy. I don't know what the theory is behind that...but they seem to be fine.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
Married, yes we share an account.. and we have a seperate account for 'fun'

Yup, one savings/checking account that is shared that bills like house, car, electircal, out to eat together, etc. come out of. Other seperate accounts for fun stuff like shopping, going out to the bar with friends, clothes, etc.

 

[pulse8]

If I were married, I would probably have a shared account, but there's no way I'm sharing an account with a girlfriend.

 

[eakers]

we have seperate accounts now but i know that when we are married there will be one joint and two seperate.

my parents have had completely seperate bank accounts for the last 23 years.

 

[sciencewhiz]

considering your luck in choosing men, you probably shouldn't ever share a bank account

 

[Rumpltzer]

Engaged - no

It'll probably be that way for a bit until we get married. Even then, there'll be one joint and two separate unless I get a lot of protest (then there'll be one joint and one secret/separate).

 

[Ornery]

WTF would married people have separate accounts? Makes no damn sense to me.

 

[rh71]

married - we have our personal accounts, then we have a joint account. We just transfer equal amounts into joint whenever a bill is due. We have our own money because we have different debts stemming from before we were married, in addition to money we'd like to use for fun stuff (her: shopping, me: toys).

 

[kreb]

Originally posted by: Ornery
WTF would married people have separate accounts? Makes no damn sense to me.

I use my "fun" separate account to buy gifts (birthday, Christmas, and such). Buying a gift coming from the joint makes no sense to me. That's like saying, here's a gift that you incidentally paid half for..

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: Ornery
WTF would married people have separate accounts? Makes no damn sense to me.

Use your imagination.

In my case, Taiwanese wife isn't cool with me buying gifts for Japanese wife, Burmese wife, and Korean wife.

 

[nageov3t]

my parents have a joint account that they use for paying bills, buying food, buying stuff for the house, etc.

but each one has their own separate account for anything else (gas money, clothes shopping, etc). it helps prevent a lot of fights my mom doesn't care if my dad blows $1K on some random gadget since it's his money, and likewise, my dad doesn't care if my mom decides to go on some random vacation to Europe with her friends.

 

[Ornery]

The idea of mom staying home to raise the kids doesn't even enter the picture then, I guess.

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: BD2003
If I was married, for sure...anything short of engaged, hell no.

 

[djheater]

My wife is a stay at home mom, so the idea of having seperate accounts is kind of fruitless. It would serve the same purpose as me putting her on an allowance (which is what my fvcked up brother in law does to my sister). She can spend as much as she wants if we're fvcked we both go down together.. Why fight about it. I've been through much worse than fiscal insolvency

 

[Narse]

I was married and had a joint account with my ex, Never will I have another joint account.