Comments on: Should Unmarried Couples Merge Their Finances?

By: mfd

mfd — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:46:06 +0000

My fiance and I went the route of a joint account. We still maintain our separate accounts and move money into the joint account to pay the bills. Its worked out well for us but then again we haven’t broken up

By: Friday Links | The Canadian Finance Blog

Friday Links | The Canadian Finance Blog — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:11:56 +0000

[...] The Financial Blogger had a guest post from Trisha Wagner, who asked if unmarried couples should merge their finances? [...]

By: Brad Ford

Brad Ford — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:25:34 +0000

Never. Once you merge your accounts, you have the risks of merged credit without any of the protections marraige offers.

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:43:19 +0000

Very personal choices there, but when in doubt, take the more conservative route?

By: Goal Hunter

Goal Hunter — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:51:32 +0000

I agree with the above comments. Keep ‘em seperate if you don’t have a legal marriage just out of practicality.

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:58:20 +0000

Money always been a touchy topic for couples.
I’m wondering where is the point where you should put everything together if you don’t want to get married.
There are a lot of persons that live together without getting married these days…

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:30:44 +0000

Each person has a right to their own opinion. I feel that a couple living together should treat eachother like roommates until they are married. Person A handles the bills and Person B is responsible for rent. At the end of the month you sit down for 10 minutes and figure out how much is owed to the other person.

If that is too complicated for someone or it creates fights, then there is your reason for not getting married, you’re screwed if you can’t make that work.