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[quote=Anonymous]We have always had everything separate. Early on in our relationship and marriage DH made 3x my salary. Back then I paid for groceries, some utilities, and my own personal spending. DH paid for everything else and saved. Over the years as our salaries increased, I took on day care, car payment, 529s. Now our kids are ES and we no longer have day care, so our discretionary spending comes out of my account, while DH handles fixed expenses, savings, and investments. We don't spend much time or energy on money management, and we don't fight about it. DH hates shopping around for things and gets stuck in a cycle of over analysis so he's happy to defer to me on discretionary things. I love planning, budgeting, and shopping for items and services in this category. We're both comfortable with where our finances are. If he wanted to combine I'd go with the flow, but it's always been a non-issue so there's no incentive to change.[/quote]
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