tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post5987159686819029156..comments2023-07-16T03:15:13.496-07:00Comments on Building a Kingston Castle: What's mine is mine... sort ofBrookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02323074555117166521noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post-46307909573113309052010-04-30T12:31:49.462-07:002010-04-30T12:31:49.462-07:00I'm with you. We live together, but we aren&#...I'm with you. We live together, but we aren't married, so I guess it's a little less expected that we would join our money. But people still think it's strange. I've also heard that I'm unfair because I don't pay half the bills. J makes more than three times what I make, so we pay proportionate amounts of the expenses. And when we do things like go on vacation we each pay our own way. It works for us and we probably won't change things when we get married. <br /><br />It's funny because I've found that certain people think, because J makes so much more than me, that he should just pay for everything and I should save my money. I usually tell these people to mind their own business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post-44443639551490497952010-04-28T12:34:38.696-07:002010-04-28T12:34:38.696-07:00My husband and I also have a weird financial syste...My husband and I also have a weird financial system. We have kept it pretty much the same even since we got married. We have separate checking accounts and savings account but we recently got one joint savings account for things like vacations and big household stuff. The mortgage is in my name so he transfers me a portion of that every month. Then we just pay separate bills. Like I pay the cable and he pays the gas. I pay for most of the groceries and he usually pays when we go out. It may not always be pefectly even but it works and I can also take him out to dinner sometimes if I want. We decided that it worked when we lived together so didn't see any point in changing it once we were married.JMJEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817081026899158501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post-59219158805816244142010-04-28T11:15:41.258-07:002010-04-28T11:15:41.258-07:00C - I think it makes a difference that you and D e...C - I think it makes a difference that you and D essentially started off together right out of college and built your family financial system from the ground up. We essentially joined two "established" households. I have a feeling that when we buy a house and have kids, we'll start fresh with house expenses and create a new account for kids/house/dogs. We'll probably go with a his, mine, and ours type of system.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421377773975602737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post-86543183803850114872010-04-28T03:34:23.783-07:002010-04-28T03:34:23.783-07:00I totally agree! You have to do whatever works fo...I totally agree! You have to do whatever works for you. OUr system is a little different too - we have a joint savings, but we each have our own checking account. Just in case of a problem, we did put each other's names on each account, but we are each responsible for certain bills. So far, it seems to work!Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566183193529841461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455727290495340679.post-51706109269874148672010-04-27T20:08:23.322-07:002010-04-27T20:08:23.322-07:00Like you said whatever works for you. To me it se...Like you said whatever works for you. To me it seems odd but if it is easier for you and feels right then that's good! Since D does the bills I have no idea what he spends on stuff - we kind of have a rule that spending over a certain amount on something needs to be discussed and that works for us.donatelli98https://www.blogger.com/profile/00369553422991011282noreply@blogger.com