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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't combine funds.[/quote]

Actually mine is the opposite.  Do combine them. [/quote]

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+2  Unless you come in with a kid I think it's best to combine completely and fully.  You're one unit, one team, rowing in the same direction.[/quote]

For us, I think it's better we have combined accounts and separate accounts. I don't want to be in his grill if he wants to buy some junk on ebay, and I don't want him seeing another pair of shoes on my credit card. We have the big picture together, we have the small stuff separate - I think some amount of financial privacy in a marriage is good. At least it is for us.

We don't have kids - and aren't planning to - and we do have a high amount of trust, so I think that makes it easier for us to maintain some separation as far as that goes.

I have two pieces of advice, 10 years into my marriage:

1. Marry someone who is on the same team as you. As others are saying, be driving in the same car to the same place. Be each other's cheerleader. Even when you fight, remember that you are on the same team.

2. Have separate bathrooms.

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