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Old 06-26-2008, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Caoineag View Post
Out of curiosity, for the people with joint accounts, do you have only one person doing the majority of the bills?

The only reason we would even consider a joint account now is that my husband only pays the rent anymore (rest gets alloted to savings and my account when needed) and I use a credit card paid in full for the majority of bills so we wouldn't have to worry about things getting out of control.
Yes, one person (me) pays the bills each month.

My wife carries the checkbook, but we use our credit card as much as possible. If she has to write a big, unexpected check for some reason, she transfers money into the account to cover it.
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