[Gandalf_The_Gray]

That said, I just don't understand why they would choose to manage this separately. Why isn't it "our" money in a marriage, instead of his and hers? Does anyone else use such an arrangement, or know enough to elaborate?

The only way it makes any sense is if we've come to the point that people get married and immediately form contingency plans for a divorce. It sounds crass and certainly "unromantic", but then that seems to be the direction we've been traveling for some time now.

Wisconsin is a "community property" State so such a division means nothing in terms of "yours" and "mine" everything is "ours". A "no kids" divorce in Wisconsin splits everything right down the middle.

Regards,
GtG

[pepperdog]

“people get married and immediately form contingency plans for a divorce”

Maybe you’re right. We’ve been married 41 years and have never combined our accounts. We both had rather unsuccessful first marriages. I’ll let you know how it worked out in a few more years...:^)