Comments on: I’m Getting Married! What Will Change Financially? https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/ When Life Gives You Lemons => ADD VODKA Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: Before “I Do”: How I’m Financially Preparing for Marriage https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-29555 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:31:32 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-29555 […] We’re partially combining our finances when we are married, so we’ll need to create a new budget with both of our incomes and all of our expenses. We’re trying to have honest conversations about how much money our “needs” absorb and how much we should devote to our wants.  These conversations can be difficult, but are essential because they help us get on the same financial page. […]

]]> By: dojo https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25611 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:11:26 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25611 In reply to Daisy.

Nope, I don’t even feel married 😀

We’ve lived together for quite some time, traveled across the world together, so there’s nothing new this married life can bring to us. We’re happy and in love, but it doesn’t change how we feel

]]> By: Hunain @ HowToSaveMoney.ca https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25576 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:10:30 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25576 Well a lot of things financially will change, like you will now have 2 sources of income you can either save one income and use the other for living expenses or you can pay off all your debts. It depends on what you want but if I were you I would start paying off my debts with one income and use the other for saving. If your spouse owns his own home then you can either rent one of the two houses or sell both of your houses and buy a big one.

]]> By: getrichwithme https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25564 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:20:10 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25564 When i got married, my finances got much stronger. Not because my wife was rich, but because she has always been a saver and I was always the spender. She is like my financial conscience.
Planning a wedding and getting married is great fun – enjoy every minute of it and tell anyone who is even slightly negative to take a very long walk.
Congratulations

]]> By: Mr. Utopia @ Personal Finance Utopia https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25563 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:30:09 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25563 Looks like I’m a little bit late to say congratulations, but I’ll offer them anyway: congrats!

Based on the way you’ve described things, you and your future husband seem to be on the same page financially speaking. That’s a very good thing! Your relationship seems very healthy in that regard especially with the communication aspect. Don’t be too concerned about your finances being more “officially” intertwined, it’s natural!

]]> By: Anton Ivanov https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25512 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:25:58 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25512 First of all – huge congrats and I hope your wedding is amazing! I think the way you are combining your finances is the way to go. Me and my girlfriend have shared accounts and investments, but we also have separate checking and savings accounts for our own individual spending money.

The goal is to make the arrangement mutually beneficial without adding unnecessary complication.

]]> By: Stefanie @ The Broke and Beautiful Life https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25502 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:42:09 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25502 Congratulations! I’d love to hear a follow up post as you move forward with this new approach and see if your view on joint and separate finances evolves again. I’m just starting over on the whole dating front so I have a while before I’ll need to deal with these kinds of questions again.

]]> By: dojo https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25490 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:25:16 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25490 Got married this Saturday, after spending almost 11 years with the guy. It doesn’t change anything, it’s just a paper. I don’t feel anything new, same two people who love each other 😉

We do not combine finances, at least not entirely. We both have our separate bank accounts since we weren’t married and plan on keeping them like this. We do plan on saving money together, but also have our small personal ‘envelopes’. It doesn’t mean we don’t share the money (we’re always helping each other financially, when one of us is ahead with the earnings), but we like the small ‘competition’ we have.

]]> By: Dear Debt https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25487 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:36:48 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25487 Sounds like you guys figured out what works best for you. Congrats!

]]> By: canadianbudgetbinder https://add-vodka.com/im-getting-married-what-will-change-financially/#comment-25486 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:24:03 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=4551#comment-25486 Congratulations Daisy!! I’m sure now that you have such a great understanding about personal finance you have the ground work already done for the two of you. It will always take work and tweaking but just knowing that you both are on the same page for the most part is a great start to your new life together. Cheers mate

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