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Re:Combining finances by clavalle on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:54PM (#20005209)
That's the beauty of the system...each one should not care what the other does with their 'allowance'. If one wants to save, or invest, or what have you, while the other one buys gifts for your neighbor's aunt because they like giving gifts to everyone...well, so be it. It is not from the centrally held account so it is perfectly fine.

Meanwhile, that central account and the rules of expenditure are rock solid and it will remain unmolested with wild gift giving, or extravagant lunches, or a risky investment, or the burning desire to save every penny under a mattress.It is resentment free.

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Re:Combining finances by username90 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @05:19AM (#20007931)
> each one should not care what the other does with their 'allowance'.

This is impossible in any legal system where all money saved are seen as a joint asset. This means that if one person saves their allowance and the other spends it, then in the case of a divorce all of that money will be split.

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Re:Combining finances by loco5niner on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:22PM (#20034556)
Simple. Don't divorce.

Choose someone to commit to for life and stick to them.

All this ugly divorce talk while still married is ridiculous! Poison

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