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I guess for me the arrangement of the bank accounts is not important, its that you share the same values and goals. Not just in money but where you wnat to live, how you want to live, whether you want children, how you would raise the children, reigious beliefs, the roles of men and women...

Hi David I wasn't trying to say those with separate accounts do so for control reasons. I was just fishing around for possible reasons why. Control, trust, relationship is new? I was interested in hearng the reasons why. GoMichael and I did have separate accounts at the beginning of...

So what would be a deal breaker or be considered a financial betrayal? One of my friends was saving for a PPOR with her husband. One day he came home with a glossy new car - he had spent the house deposit! I would find it hard to get past that. Some-one questioned what happened if you...

That is an interesting point. Money is one contribution to a partnership. Each individual within the partnership may not earn the same amount. Does that mean that one person within the marriage might be living a "champagne" life style while the other is saving coupons? How are the other...

In my case it is just easier. We are way too lazy to make it more complicated. Money goes in. Bills come out. We have agreed on general spending and investment principles and consult each other when we want to make non ordinary purchases. We don't monitor each other's expenditure...

For those that like to operate separarately is that because You like control Lack of trust Relationship is new Other?

Geeze that's a scary website and if you believed even a fraction of it I can understand why you would never get married. Fortunately for GoMichael it in no way reflects our marriage :D

If you have childen together how does it then work? At the moment GoMichael works part time to supply the cash flow while I build up the property portfolio and do the majority of child care. So he is freed up to work and his money frees me up to invest. If we operated on a singular basis...

How widespread is this? Do most couples operate as one unit money wise or are they each on their own game plan and just telling the other what they please? GoMichael and I are very much on the same plan and I can't imagine how awful it would feel to discover that my partner was either secretly...