[identity profile] chaiya.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve and I have a joint account and each of us has our own checking account. We each make a set contribution to the joint account every paycheck, which is roughly commeasurate with our income levels, and so the bulk of our income is joined to pay things like the mortgage and utilities and such. But beyond that, my monthly income is my own. I buy people presents, or I buy myself things on ebay, or whatnot. It's nice to have pocket money.

It's definitely a thorny issue, though.

[identity profile] goddessfarmer.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
made thornier by the fact that I haven't had a job that paid money since before we got married in 1993.