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Jul 25, 2017
10:41:48am

Ycrazy Contributor

I can't imagine sharing accounts with my wife. I would be stressed about what

she buys and how she spends money all the time. Much better with separate accounts and unified goals!!

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Ycrazy

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Author

Time

POLL: How much money could you spend without your spouse ever finding out?

Broda

7/25/17 10:29am

I could spend a brazilian dollars. She doesn't look at the finances.

WDaddy

7/25/17 10:30am

Same

Duke Silver

7/25/17 10:31am

But your wife would notice when she has no money... and her debit card is

Broda

7/25/17 10:33am

Brazillian dollars is chump change for Duke Silver

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:34am

True, the Brazilian Real is not worth much right now

Broda

7/25/17 10:36am

They all weigh the same to me.

Duke Silver

7/25/17 10:45am

Me too, but I would probably have trouble hiding

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:33am

That's what the beach front house in Hawaii is for

WDaddy

7/25/17 10:35am

That's the first place my wife looks

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:36am

If I buy a pack of gum I usually get a text within the hour asking how it tastes

Ulysses14

7/25/17 10:31am

Cash is your friend.

7/25/17 10:32am

"How was del taco today" or "I see you are drinking full throttle again"

Backcountry

7/25/17 10:33am

"You might want to go see the Otolaryngologist because it appears you're having some nose problems..."

foofcoug

7/25/17 10:39am

I filled up with gas at a boat shop/gas station

thebruce

7/25/17 10:41am

My wife hasn't checked an account in years. She doesn't remember how to log on.

Slim

7/25/17 10:33am

Separate bank accounts makes this easy

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:35am

I can't understand how a couple could live this way

Backcountry

7/25/17 10:36am

3 accounts. You each get your fun money into your own account. Do what you want

molodyets

7/25/17 10:41am

I can't imagine sharing accounts with my wife. I would be stressed about what

Ycrazy

7/25/17 10:41am

How can you have unified goals with separate finances?

Backcountry

7/25/17 11:02am

We have budgets (or bills) that we each pay for. She pays for her parts of the

Ycrazy

7/25/17 12:32pm

It's called getting married late 30s with no kids in the house

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:53am

And both working full time. I love it set up this way

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:53am

I can see it in that scenario

Backcountry

7/25/17 11:02am

I am that person. My wife is the one who doesn't sneak anything past

Cashmeousside

7/25/17 10:35am

We have a $75 cash budget every two weeks for each of us.

Superman21

7/25/17 10:40am

We do something similar, works great.

mik3

7/25/17 10:41am

My wife is 100% responsible for the finances.

RalphWiggam

7/25/17 10:40am

I manage our accounts, checking them daily. She wouldn't know when I spent the

theOnceler

7/25/17 10:57am

The only way she'd notice is if she saw what I bought

SurreyDad

7/25/17 11:02am

When I was married my wife managed the accounts entirely

7/25/17 11:46am

My wife pays the bills. She complained about a firearm purchase I made

Born2Fish

7/25/17 3:24pm

I do 100% of finances. Could buy a house and she wouldn't know. Wife has no

YouPuntYouDye

7/25/17 4:11pm

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