Comments on: Separate or Combined Finances as a Couple? https://add-vodka.com/separate-or-combined-finances-as-a-couple/ When Life Gives You Lemons => ADD VODKA Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: Don https://add-vodka.com/separate-or-combined-finances-as-a-couple/#comment-80321 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:04:49 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=6380#comment-80321 My wife and I were married later in life (both were in our mid-30’s) and since we had some assets of our own, we kept everything separate at first. It wasn’t a big deal and made things easier at first. But now that we have been married over a year, it is becoming more problematic.

First, it takes more time every month to figure things out. Second, keeping things separate makes it feel like we are more roommates as opposed to a married couple. We have since combined most of our accounts, but still keep our own play accounts so we can buy things without having to “get approval” from the other person.

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We bought a house together when we were dating and opened a joint account for house stuff, but kept our own chequing accounts and credit cards. When we got married, we went the joint route. Now that we’re parents and I’m a stay at home mom it’s definitely the easiest solution.

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