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Originally Posted by noswad
Best thing hubby and I ever did was separate checkbooks (we are both on both) and split up the bills according to our take home leaving us both with extra money.
If we mess up our piece of the bills, we only have ourselves to kick...
It has totally eliminated any fights about money and neither one feels that they have to be in "control of the checkbook"
We still work together, but we both have responsibilities. For example, He pays the car payment and insurance...I pay the mortgage
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I'm not married, and don't plan on it any time soon, but this is how I would imagine my married life being. I'm far too much of a control freak when it comes to money to allow someone else dipping into my checking account.
I like the idea of a joint account for bills, and then separate accounts for everything else. Or like you said, each party being solely responsible for certain bills.