Merging Finances-- Wife Letting Husband Support Her

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I'll make a confession. I've seen some reality TV shows about marriage, where people get matched up in unusual ways, meet on the wedding day, etc. Something I have noticed on these shows is that some of the couples want to keep their finances separate. Some of them women want talk about wanting to have their own money. Some of the men talk about wanting to have an 'independent woman.' I wonder if they are thinking partly about finances when they say that.

It could be that the divorce rates for people who go on a reality show to find a spouse are so terrible, they think separating finances is less risky. But I wonder if this is just common for Gen-Y or Gen-Z folks who get married nowadays? My mom was a stay-at-home mom until we got into our teenage years. My wife was stay-at-home though we did run a small business that she did the lion's share of the work on during my graduate school years. We have run our household money out of a joint bank account. We have had non-joint accounts here and there when we had to start accounts fast after moving, and add the other one later. I think she had a joint account with her dad once to help him out with something. I have joint accounts with my kids that she isn't listed on. But generally, we have joint bank accounts and a 'common purse.'

After you get married, mom might home with the kids, someone might go to grad school. Merging finances makes sense.

When I hear these young couples on TV talk, it seems like they may not really want to commit all the way to marriage so much that it involves their finances.

My wife and I both have a desire to minister in the area of marriage and family. Watching these shows gives me insight into the way people think about these things. In general, I am a bit disappointed to see the lack of commitment to marriage, the idea that divorce is considered okay, and the overall thinking about marriage. One of the shows has a pastor who asks people if they want to get a divorce after so many weeks.

On the issue of finances, what do you think about married couples not wanting to merge finances? What do you think of someone who wants to marry... if you sign a prenup?

why is this in the singles forum

we not getting married here we are single.

Both people should be completely transparent on what they have, their salary, their debt obtained before they got married and during their marriage. A prenup is actually helpful in bringing transparency; a prenup can be invalid if a person undervalues assets or is being dishonest. I believe in a mixture of joint and individual accounts. Regardless of what prenups say, courts are typically strict on what is considered marital assets.

why is this in the singles forum

we not getting married here we are single.

I was under the impression that lots of singles on the singles forum, like singles in church singles groups, wanted to get married. It doesn't say life-long celibates forum.

But if you want to be one, that's fine.

Plenty of already married people want another wife or husband that isnt their own though....

I never met singles wanting to marry they all want to stay single and those who split up are put off marriage since it was so abusive. And this is in church

Uh... I don't know where you hang out, that you have never met singles wanting to marry... But I think I don't want to know where you hang out.

Maybe I do want to know, just so I'll know where to avoid. Creeeeepy!

The dating world was scary 15+ years ago....so many crazy nuts women with wackanoodle ideas of what a relationship looked like and then the scams some women were running it was a real nightmare. I'm glad I found my wife....very very very glad.
#fatalattractionisreal

why is this in the singles forum

we not getting married here we are single.

Actually, I got married here in Singles.

I met my wife on a forum as well....wasn't actually looking to hook up. Just kinda happened after we became friends. I'm guessing because I had gone and visited in person so many people I enjoyed talking with online and then in phone conversations that I didn't realize what was happening until we were a thing.

I want only mine....I don't want even a hint of wanting anything different than what I have. When a woman flirts with me I run and hide behind my wife.
She is my noble protector in that way.

is your wife on this forum? Like tourists?

She reads everything you write here right?