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The Slippery Slope of Separate Money

The Slippery Slope of Separate Money

One of the basic rules of marriage that we were introduced to in premarital counseling: Don’t keep track.  Life is not 50:50, nor should it be.  While both spouses should contribute to a marriage and household, it’s both fruitless and fodder for fights to try to make everything fair and even.   At the moment, we keep our finances completely joint.  We still have some leftover separate accounts, but all of our functioning money is joint.  And … Read entire article »

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