
Should You Have a Shared Account with Your Spouse? 7 Reasons Shared Accounts Are Better
There are a lot of great reasons to have separate accounts, but they are not for every relationship. In fact, I’d argue that most couples would be best with only shared accounts. Here are 7 reasons why. (Note that in this post I use the term “significant other” interchangeably with “spouse.” When I use the phrase “significant other” I really mean: extremely super significant other - such as a partner, spouse, or whichever term you use to describe the person you’ve made a commitment to spend the rest of your life with. By “significant other” I don’t mean “whatever person you’re randomly dating who you aren’t 100% sure about.”) 1. Having Separate Accounts is Against the Values that Relationships Are Built On What is a relationship built on? Trust, honesty,…