There were negligible differences in the amount of fighting among couples that pooled all their money, some of their money, and none of their money.
But I did find that the longer couples were together, the more likely they were to pool their money, and I do think, based on my quantitative and qualitative look at these couples, that if you have children, keeping money entirely separate will lead to a lot of unnecessary stress. A child is the ultimate shared responsibility, and if you have to hash it out every time your kid needs new shoes, that’s going to create stress.
New Research Says That Keeping Separate Bank Accounts May Be Bad for Your Marriage was originally published on wzakcleveland.com
