Married folks — do you and your spouse keep separate checking accounts?

This is the first sign of divorce LOL

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she asked them recently about how much money they have in 401(k) and he didn’t even wanna talk about it,

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I can guarantee you that he is a controlling type of person. He doesn't see his wife as his equal. He most likely sees her as "less-than" because he makes a lot of money.

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Married folks — do you and your spouse keep separate checking accounts?

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When I was married, we had a joint checking and savings account. Marriage means unite, and come together as one. Sure, it can be a little harder to undo if a couple divorces, but we didn't step into an engagement and marriage with the thought of divorcing. Sadly, that is what happened, but I trusted her, and she trusted me, to know that we weren't out to screw either one over financially. In this regard, we acted like responsible adults.

We started to about a year before the divorce. I was the sole breadwinner and noticed money was “leaking”. I set up a sole checking account and basically put the house operating funds into the joint account.

He is very controlling, he treats her like a nanny, he’s a fat pile of shite, and she works out every day, she has a side business, like selling cookies and other desserts to pay for her gym membership, he doesn’t even pay for it

Yes, he is a POS

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This is the first sign of divorce LOL

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well it's been decades, what's taking so long???

No we got married at 21, he was still in college & didn’t even have a bank account. We got back from our honeymoon with $750 to our name. Twenty-three years later I guess it’s working ok. But I handle 100% of our finances.

Wife and I keep separate. It works for us. Each of us pays a certain set of bills based on what we make. She then has her money for clothes, shoes, etc and I have my money to spend on whatever without being questioned on what and where we spend our money. We talk about any big purchases we have to make together and split that.
In my opinion it eliminates meaningless bullshite arguments of... You went out and spent how much on whatever.
We don't have that problem

No.

We have separate. We have a joint for house bills that we both deposit a set amount in but other than that, her money is her money and my money is my money. We make about the same amount and we help each other if needed. I dont see anything wrong. Neither of us hide any finances from the other.

Hell to the No! You might as well take her last name while you at it.