[akaivyleaf]

I had the his/hers/ours type of accounts when I was married. Things that we both benefited from were paid from the ours-joint account and he did the paying, I did the watching/supervising. We each contributed equally to the joint account from our separate accounts and never had a problem with it. If the freezer broke, we bought a new one from the joint account. Things we wanted individually we purchased from our own separate accounts-no questions asked. If he wanted a 1000 suit, he had his own money to get it with I didn't question it. We even paid for our retirement out of the joint account. I can tell you though, that was one heck of a mess to separate when we went our separate ways.

Should I ever get married again, I'm not so apt to combine a darn thing. But now I'm older I have my own house- paid for, my own car- paid for, my own retirement accounts and investments and I pay all of my bills in full every month so I'm not interested in combining anything. Think I'll get married again? I"m old and set in my ways, so probably not.