Ding ding ding. This is how my partner and I handle things. We have joint checking, savings, and brokerage accounts but still retain our own personal checking/savings accounts from before we got together. We’ve each set things up with our respective payroll departments so that we automaticall...
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Our daughter is 3 years old and we have a second child on the way. We have one combined savings account that we can both access through Chase. All other accounts: checking, savings, investments, etc. are all managed independently. Growing up my parents kept independent finances, so that wa...