re: Spinoff from the budget app thread. How do you handle accounts and payments with SO?

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I cant imagine how married couples do everything separate or keep a lot of things separate, seems like a nightmare especially if on 2 different income levels but expenses are somewhat similar.

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Wife and I have similar base salaries (which are more than livable).

I get large bonuses once or twice a year (in a great year 3x-4x salary).

We budget everything off our our salaries, so the month to month is easy.

I fully acknowledge I make a lot more than her so as mentioned above I just pay for any big ticket items out of my savings. It's not big deal as I consider it "our money", it just happens to be in my account.

That's how it works for us.