Personally i dont agree with this, as a married couple should share everything in my view.
What do any of u lot think?
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well if my wife makes more than me(which is impossible since desuns love to sit on their ass all day and gossip on fone) only then will I have a shared account.
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Mariah, I agree with you....everything should be shared...but sometimes that can be really sticky.... Kasi and I have joint accounts on all our financial stuff, but we also have alot of different stuff that isnt joint just because that stuff is linked to our families from before marriage...so we do maintain some things seperately..
Alot of couples now do not want to share accounts or anything. I used to be an Account Manager at a bank..and when marriages go sour, the financial detials are really hard to sort out esp if everything is Joint... so there is a case for seperate accounts.. but why go into marriage preparing for its failure... unless you are filthy rich...
S.
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Lussi that is probably when ur wife will have u sign a PRE NUP and keep seperate accounts..
S.
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GummyBear why would she do that? afterall what's her is mine
L.
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My parents had a joint bank account and a separate account for my mother.
So any money my father made from his job was for him and her together, and any money my mother made from her job was for her alone.
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I have a seperate account and a joint account with my husband. It makes sense to me anyway. The money in my account is for emergencies, birthday gifts, and sometimes, girl's night out. He also has his own account for whatever he uses it for.
When money was tighter, there was only one household account and it was budgeted to the penny. Things are a lot different now, so the money thing and who gets what isn't that important now. So, financial circumstances could also be the reason why people get joint accounts.
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joint bank account, but separate beds. Women are wild in bed. I mean they take up so much of the bed and leave a tiny portion for you to sleep. Can't tell you how many time I find myself waking up on the floor.
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to keep the wifeys in check..to control em a little...u shouldnt have a joint account! yes a husband should share his money with his wife...but that doesnt mean he should give access to the bank accounts to his wife! NO WAY!
PS: like 2pac said represent " M.O.B "
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Control eh?
Isnt a marriage supposed to be for better or for worse, about 2 people sharing a future together, and above all Trust.
What is money at the end of the day?(Sure it helps)
Money comes and goes.
Or am I being a little naive?
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Ays umray laTan khan lag pye o 
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Joint bank account and joint bed all the way.
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I like the idea of the wife having two accounts - one for herself with her own money that she makes, and then one she shares with her husband with the money HE makes. If you don't keep it that way, then you can't possibly expect the woman to give birth to your kids, raise them, saccrifice her career (to whatever extent) for her family, to clean up after you, to take care of you when you're sick, to boost your ego, ....
oh forget it, the list is too long for me to write it all out!
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yeh right pcg. I think if a girl has even a single ounce of self-respect(which desuns normally dont) then she wudnt even take a penny from her husband. Ofcourse this is assuming that the wife makes her own money. I thought you women were all for independence and not relying on your hubby.
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oh hell no. you pakistani men are the ones that want all the sho-shaa glory - "I'm the provider". "Islam made me the head of the household because I'm stronger" blah blah blah.
So live up to it, baby.
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^so ur agreeing to the subversant role of the wife then. Fitting.
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ROFL man pcg u r funny. funy i had this discusion today.. looks like joint bank account it is :p
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:o 
is that really u mariah?
joint account, not, doesn’t matter…to each his own…whatever the couple if comfortable with…
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Me and my hubby has seperate bank account, if he dont have money sometime's he take it from my bank and the otherway he give's me money. And it's ok that way ;)
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Yeah Desimunda, how u doin?
Well the reason why i bought this up was cuz there seem to be more and more working couples NOT sharing there income details with each other, just pay half half for what ever they buy which i suppose is fair enough.
Most of the guys I know have never even shown their payslips to their wife, just give her some dough to keep the house running, especially if she is from Pakistan.
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Definetly a joint account coz I'm good with finances, the hubby won't have to do the paying bills and stuff, and it keeps me in line...else I'd shop till I drop.