Today M and I took our very first engagement present and put it to good use, we opened a joint checking account.  Granted for now this will be used to help pay for our wedding expenses but it is a start.  We had many discussions regarding the fate of our individual accounts once we were married.  Originally M wanted to have his, mine and our accounts.  I was not really in favor of this option seeing as it hadn’t worked well for me the first time.

Over the weekend M decided to break out the Quicken and start adding all my financials in.  After several failed attempts to find my bank, logging into my account and trying again, he finally managed.  I would like to think that over the past few months he has realized that I am pretty financially responsible and this lead to his decision to have one joint account once we get married but I am pretty sure he actually realized what a pain it would be to have to keep up with 3 + bank accounts 🙂  In any case, I feel that if you are going to choose to spend the rest of your life with someone you should share.  Share it all including money.  Plus I think this shows commitment and trust to your partner.  I realize this could come back to bite me in the ass but love is trust and respect.  Both of which I have for M and apparently he has for me 🙂