re: Married couples and joint/separate bank accounts

My wife and I have had seperate accounts for 8 years and haven't had a problem. She has always paid all the bills and when we were first married I would write her a check for my half of the bills at the end of each month. At one point about4.5 years ago we decided we would follow her career over mine and moved to Louisiana where I took a $20k pay cut and she got a $60k raise at that point she covered all bills and I paid for my truck, gym and home alarm. 2 years ago I tripled my salary and I save and she still pays the bills except for the car notes we have. When we go to dinner I will pay sometimes and sometimes she will. When we go on vacation we split that also by someone paying for the flights, dog boarding, rental car and hotel. I like it that way because if I want to go spend $3k on a gun I don't have to hear her complain and the same with her if she buys a $2k purse.