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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading the threads about SAH vs WOH and other threads discussing childcare costs, sharing bank accounts I need some help understanding this...

I got married 4 years ago and it was just natural to put all the money we earned every month in one joined account and pay all our things from there. Nobody keeps tabs on who paid for what like, utilities were from DH's money or daycare was from my money. It is just one thing. Why some people do it separately? (the posts talking about %s made me even more curious... taking 10% of $100 means much more than taking 10% of $10.000!!! is it really fair????)

Our family has one savings account, DH uses some of the money for his stocks but we both know exactly where the money is going. How do people paying for it separately do this? Isn't it too much of headache?

When I decided to SAH, that became my job. BTW, it was FT but not 24/7. I would do what was supposed to be done during business hours but when DH got home we shared the tasks left. I.e. I love doing handy stuff, little maintenance, etc but I HATE folding laundry and putting it away so I'll make sure there's no fixing up for DH to do (he hates doing it) but he'll gladly fold the laundry and put away. Same thing when I went back to work and he stayed home between assignments. He'd do his share and when I came home the part I enjoyed doing was there waiting for me.

I thought it was natural to share things once you got married. Why some people think keeping it all separate (like you're not even married) is better? Am I missing something?
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America is a land of individuals. Marriage is a consolidation of two economic units into one. Many Americans have trouble with this and cling to the fiction that they are still separate economic units, even though they are not.[/quote]

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