LogFAQs > #981231028

I do (as a married couple), both our paychecks deposit into the shared and there is a regular "allowance" that pulls out of that into individual accounts so that we can have our "own" money to spend as we wish.

To be married and not just seems crazy to me. I think a lot of it is shifting attitudes on co-habitation in general and that people are less inclined to believe they will be with someone for the long haul and therefore avoid going all in (which of course just perpetuates the eventual failure of the union). I'm pretty sure money is still the number one thing couples fight over and anything avoiding transparency of your finances is just going to make that worse.