How do you handle your finances with your partner?

[FNAdmin]

Hi GirlTalkers! Minsan hindi talaga maiiwasan na magtalo ang mag-asawa o magkarelasyon tungkol sa pera. How do you manage your finances with your partner?

[jannie94]

Its really up to you. Responses in the past have ranged from "we keep every penny separate and put money into a joint account for shared expenses with a ratio of hours worked factored by relative salaries blah blah blah" to just combine it all and agree on what you do with your money. If you were both saving a little and paying down the debt too then continue with whats been working.

My feeling is that everything should be combined unless prior children or very different debt levels are involved. But once the debt is taken care of you should probably be on the road to combined finances.