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Subject: Re: Finances in a marriage (on net.singles?)
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 12:09:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 10 12:09:08 1983
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Perhaps being married I should stay out but maybe this is some advice
worth giving.  
My wife and I got married right before starting graduate school.  During
graduate school we never expected to have enough money to count anyway,
the rent and bills cover most of it but we made a plan for when we get
out and both make money.

We plan to keep three "virtual" accounts.  Everything to the bank will 
be the same but we will keep them seperate.  One account is for bills
and household finances which certainly should be shared between two
breadwinners. (winnng bread?)  The other two are personal for personal
spending money or whatever.  We tried it for awhile and it worked very
nicely except that the two personal accounts didn't amount to much so
we merged into one. Of course you have to be careful not
to start overdrawing....

-- 
Jeff Offutt
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
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