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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Managing Money - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 19-Sep-83 22:48:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 19 22:48:12 1983
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uicsl!preece    Sep 19 09:59:00 1983

My wife and I have a joint checking account with two books. Basically
each book is kept separately, with pseudo-checks transferring funds from
one to the other as though they were separate accounts. This isn't really
any harder than keeping one book balanced.

My wife was still in college when we married and had no credit of her own,
so we were careful to acquire accounts in her own name as well as listing
her name on my existing accounts.

We've never felt any great need to fuss about separating funds or
expenses. We realize that there are people who've gotten screwed that
way in divorces and that deaths can cause temporary problems, but I
guess we're secure enough in each other to not worry about that.
I don't think either of us would spend a large amount without checking
with the other, but I think we would both feel free to do so if we felt
it was important.

Maybe it would be more of an issue if there were more left over each month...

scott preece
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