Comments on: Joint Account http://www.vacantmind.net/2008/03/25/joint-account/ Trying to find direction without a map Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Renwick http://www.vacantmind.net/2008/03/25/joint-account/comment-page-1/#comment-22407 Renwick Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:51:11 +0000 http://www.vacantmind.net/2008/03/25/joint-account/#comment-22407 I've heard of that before (it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission) I just don't know where from Well to be honest we are both working towards the same goal so it's not so bad. It's just those once in a while purchases that I want. I’ve heard of that before (it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission) I just don’t know where from

Well to be honest we are both working towards the same goal so it’s not so bad.

It’s just those once in a while purchases that I want.

]]> By: Marika http://www.vacantmind.net/2008/03/25/joint-account/comment-page-1/#comment-22367 Marika Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:09:28 +0000 http://www.vacantmind.net/2008/03/25/joint-account/#comment-22367 Definitely a big step. We didn't have one until we bought the flat, and we almost exclusively use it for shared expenses - mortgage, bills, groceries etc. The money we each earn sits in our own accounts - he spends his and I spend mine. I would never dream of telling him what he could or couldn't spend his cash on, and would go berko if he tried to tell me! Having said that, I value his opinion, and if he thinks something is too expensive, he'll tell me, and vice versa. Sadly, if either of us have great wodges of cash lying around we tend to put it straight on the mortgage...how depressing. Whatever you were saving for, I think you should go for it. If you're that worried about what she'll say, remember that it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission :) Definitely a big step. We didn’t have one until we bought the flat, and we almost exclusively use it for shared expenses – mortgage, bills, groceries etc. The money we each earn sits in our own accounts – he spends his and I spend mine. I would never dream of telling him what he could or couldn’t spend his cash on, and would go berko if he tried to tell me!

Having said that, I value his opinion, and if he thinks something is too expensive, he’ll tell me, and vice versa. Sadly, if either of us have great wodges of cash lying around we tend to put it straight on the mortgage…how depressing.

Whatever you were saving for, I think you should go for it. If you’re that worried about what she’ll say, remember that it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission :)

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