It might sound cheesy, but it's better than the ones that say things like "Tuition for spy school: Shhh!" or "Exotic cooking lessons."
There's something really quirky about being an unmarried, cohabitational couple. When we go out to dinner, we split the bill on two cards. When we pay bills by check, we pay with TWO checks. When we get groceries, we ask the cashier to put such-and-such on this card, and could you put this amount on this other card?
They look at us like we're crazies.
Oh. We're crazies, alright. But we have one account for him, one account for me, and one account for the wedding. I think a short time after this marriage is concrete that wedding account will morph (or, transmogrify) into a joint account for bills and the like.
What are your thoughts, Constant Reader...? Joint account? Separate accounts? An account that is solely for buying trout? What's your take?
Kudos to our new followers, and kudos to YOU, Constant Reader, for realizing that pink is the new "donate to our wedding."
Haha! I used to have to write my dad monthly checks for car insurance, and I always put stupid things on the comment line too!
ReplyDeleteIn theory, I'm all for a joint account. In practice, Mr. Darling and I were too lazy to ever finish joining our accounts. We have a joint account and then we each have our own accounts that our paychecks go into automatically because we never got around to changing our paycheck info with our jobs.
Wow... I thought you may have bad jobs but your teachers!!! I know I make at least less than half of your salary and I am having a 4k wedding. Good luck with raising the money. I truly mean that. We are waiting two years to get married so we can afford it. I just hope you know there are people working minimum wage out there so your situation is not nearly as bad as you think it is.
ReplyDeleteTova: Thanks for the advice!
ReplyDeleteVanessa: I do know that there are people out there who are worse off than I am... But thanks for the reminder! I think that's it's always good to have a reality check. :-) My fiance and I are new to teaching. This is my first year teaching in a public school -- before this I worked at Starbucks for almost 6 years. I wish you the best of luck on your wedding as well...
I think each couple is different. My hubby and I have joint everything - but that is just the way we roll. My parents have separate, and it works for them. Good luck!
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