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For the last decade or so, my SO and I have been more or less dividing our expenses, and Venmo/ PayPal-ing the other as needed (rent, etc).

I know a lot of couples use a shared account that they both contribute to via direct deposit. How many of you do this? Any drawbacks or other options I haven’t mentioned?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We had a joint account where all our income was deposited even before we were married, now we have shared access to basically everything. I mostly manage our money because she hates dealing with it. There's not really been any drawbacks, it makes life a lot easier having a single primary account that all our cash flows through.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yup, exactly this over here as well. o/