What does the green screen say?

[HoneyBee]

Should spouses have separate checking/savings accounts?
Reasoning behind your thoughts?
Thanks

[IowaHunter]

Joint because you're a couple /team. Monies and decisions are shared.

27 years of joint accounts here.

[Hamshire]

Tricky question. We share one so there is no confusion about where money is.

[AntlerCollector]

Yes! It prevents arguments. You only have to keep up with yours and not worry about your spouses. If the Husband is the bread winner then he should make sure both accounts have money in them.

[Bowtech32]

I think it is totally up to the couple. We have joint account and we both have serperate account for spend cash. This has been great for us so there is no arguments... And so far in 11 years we have never argued about money...

[nursejenn]

Joint because you're a couple /team. Monies and decisions are shared.

27 years of joint accounts here.

This.. only 15 years though

[TEXICAN]

Yes. ^^^ What he said (Bowtech32)

[IowaHunter]

Funny you bring this up. My boss and I had this discussion last week.

[pigstika1978]

My wife and do but she still has access to my account cause my job requires me to work out of town and she takes care of the bills when I'm gone

[bowhuntntxn]

Sure.

But I also believe they should discuss any major purchases before hand, regardless of whose account the money is coming from.

My wife and I have seperate accounts, but we can tell you how much the other has at any given time. So as long as communication is there, it shouldn't be a problem IMO.

[Kevin Smith]

Yes, I've been married for 3 years but we've been together since 07. She writes me a check twice a month, it works for us.

[AntlerCollector]

Big money decisions of course are done together, but day to day expenses don't need to be

[ddcainjr]

Joint accounts only. It is a marriage, not a business. A family should work together to agree on a budget and stick to the budget.

[Rubi513]

17 years of marriage here with separate accounts. Why? Not sure, but it has worked so far

[Sleepy]

Considering I'm the only one that works, it's joint, but even if she was working, we would keep it that way. We discuss any purchases with each other that are more than $100. Sometimes we decide it's not time yet, and sometimes we say go ahead.