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- Thread starter kuulani
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bring it on 
greenfreak
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Ku'u, you have seperate accounts too, huh? 
Rusty has a checking account that his paycheck gets direct deposited to and he uses that to pay our bills.
I have my checking account that my paycheck gets direct deposited to and pay some of my bills and the rent.
Then we have a savings account which we both contribute to but it's under my name.
I can live with this arrangement.
Rusty has a checking account that his paycheck gets direct deposited to and he uses that to pay our bills.
I have my checking account that my paycheck gets direct deposited to and pay some of my bills and the rent.
Then we have a savings account which we both contribute to but it's under my name.
I can live with this arrangement.
kuulani
New Member
greenfreak said:Ku'u, you have seperate accounts too, huh?
*nods* everyone needs separate accounts!
*shudders to think what would happen if we didn't*
I have my own checkings & savings, and so does the hubby. We both supposedly put in some $$ each month into a joint savings, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.
Could I have one of those dances, please...No need for the bra...
Aunty Em
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kuulani said:greenfreak said:Ku'u, you have seperate accounts too, huh?
*nods* everyone needs separate accounts!
*shudders to think what would happen if we didn't*
Joint accounts suck, especially when the bank assumes that the guy controls it... I would never tolerate that.
greenfreak
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fury, you should really get an account after you get your first paycheck whether it be only savings or both savings and checking. Many of them have a minimum limit on them or else they'll charge you a fee per month but you could probably find a bank that won't.
Getting your checks cashed might be a little difficult unless the bank they're drawn from is closeby which is probably the case. But now that you're working and your dependant on your car to get there, it might be a good idea to have a nest egg in case something goes wrong with it and you need to pay to fix it.
I just really think this whole thing is cool. Our fury in the working world.
Getting your checks cashed might be a little difficult unless the bank they're drawn from is closeby which is probably the case. But now that you're working and your dependant on your car to get there, it might be a good idea to have a nest egg in case something goes wrong with it and you need to pay to fix it.
I just really think this whole thing is cool. Our fury in the working world.
greenfreak
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HomeLAN said:
*I ain't married yet*
*but after 4 years, I think I could trust him with money so it'll probably happen when we make it official one of these days*
We discussed this in length when we moved in together because paying of bills would be weird. We just divvied up which bills get paid by whom and were done with it.
There are times where he spends money on 'luxury items' which I probably wouldn't have. That's where this comes in handy because it's not coming out of *our* money, it's coming out of *his* money that *he* earns. Which makes it easier to explain the weekly trips to the garden center for me.
He's never needed me to give him any cash to pay bills or vice versa. We just haven't gotten around to doing a joint account yet, we probably will when we marry though.
kuulani
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greenfreak said:There are times where he spends money on 'luxury items' which I probably wouldn't have. That's where this comes in handy because it's not coming out of *our* money, it's coming out of *his* money that *he* earns. Which makes it easier to explain the weekly trips to the garden center for me.
Like when the hubby goes out and splurges on a zodiac on a whim ... a boat, by the way, that's just been sitting in the yard, that we haven't used yet - one that he's debating about selling already *not sure what emotion I'm supposed to be feeling about that*
Things like that are the reason we need separate accounts, we need our own play money.