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[quote=Anonymous]We have separate and joint accounts. We pay bills from our joint checking and we each deposit money into it each month to cover the bills. Stuff for the kids, we buy on our joint credit card and it's paid out of our joint checking. We have joint savings for our emergency fund. Everything else is separate. We usually take turns buying groceries. This has evolved since we got married. When we first married, everything was completely separate and we each paid different bills. DH made a lot more than me then so I couldn't contribute as much. Now, we make about the same. We opened the joint accounts when we bought our house. We generally check in with each other about big expenses ($5,000 or more) even if they come from our own accounts. We keep a spreadsheet of how much our bills are each month. Most things stay the same month to month except utilities and in the summer, kids activities. [/quote]
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