When we got married, we both thought it was a silly idea. But now? With 2 kids in different grades, with different friends, in different activities who have 2 involved parents? Many people only want to type in 1 email address for each kid, so 1 parent is on the hook for at least making sure both parents have the information. A joint email address related to the kids would be really helpful.

We have a family email. It's makes calendar and communication easier. Use it for school, soccer, any other activities etc.

Wow this is a great idea. I guess it is a pain in the ass for the mothers who only want to commicate with the “mom”. You know sexism lives on...and on.

DH asked if we could set one up. I think it's so he can use it for Cub Scout stuff, and not have to worry about copying me on everything. I think it's handy for kid stuff.

The new president of our PTA has a joint email with his wife. It seems strange especially since he receives so many emails. Does she really want to filter through all of that?

I have a good friend who does that. Well. He does. But she doesn't. Eh, I figure he's had the email forever, since the land before time. (we are mid-late 40s.)

I haven't ever had one....but now I'm thinking of setting one up! Because no daycare, preschool or elementary school has ever been able to include DH on any email. Name it like thesmithfamily or something.

I will blow some of you guys' minds: I still maintain the shared "family" email XH and I created decades ago. It's used for school stuff and we all have access to it: XH, Teen Kid, and I. We all have several separate emails, of course.

This is a weird thread - DH and I have a shared email for kiddo activities and calendar, but we each have our own individual accounts as well. I have a couple of different accounts, for various activities, boards, etc. I think DH has a few also for similar. No big deal, it's not like we're monitoring all of each others correspondence - THAT would be weird.

We have family members who do this, and was going back and forth on email trying to plan a family function. DH thought all replies were from Bob but I could tell which ones were from Nancy, even when she didn’t sign her name. Just by the snark and the way she phrased things I could sense her attitude. They have no cheating or control issues, but act like they’re all lovey-dovey so the joint email fits with their annoying interactions . They have a few - NancyBob@ Gmail, same for yahoo and probably another for Gmail with his name first.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, I hate when couples do that. Maybe in your particular instance both parents want to know about what's going on at their kid's school.

But in general, any time I've known a couple who did this there was always a weird dynamic to their relationship.

Meh.

We have one.

It is the original email address we got back in the stone age when internet email was new and you had to pay for an account through dial up.

We still have it.

Our shopping, family emails, school and kid stuff go to that account.

We both have work emails and my spouse has an email account he got with his first iphone a few years back.

But really, it is convenient to have all of that scheduling and money stuff in one place that we can both access.

Anonymous wrote:I think either completely codependent, or one spouse has major, major control issues. Ditto for shared FB accounts.

The trust/cheating argument is null, because it's insanely easy to create another email account.

Well duh the cheater can get another but getting a joint one makes the spouse feel better.

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is doing this on Facebook. So when they comment it'll say "Larla-Larlo lastname". Confusing as hell, cause who posted?

The wife. It’s always the wife.

I don't think a shared email for school and kid stuff is weird - I don't do this but know several people who do so both parents get all the notifications for their kids' activities.

I know someone who is doing this on Facebook. So when they comment it'll say "Larla-Larlo lastname". Confusing as hell, cause who posted?