He can't give any reason for this - just the fact that it would be "too complicated" if we both had access to the account as we wouldn't know what was coming in/going out.
He says if we keep our own money +split bills, we know where we are. At the moment, however, he has his bank card and mine too (I willingly gave it to him because he works from home and pays the bills anyway). However, lately, I've felt that I should have a bank card for emergency travel if I get stuck because of trains, etc. I would have liked the idea of a joint account and we both had a card from it.
I don't really understand the objection. Seems more straightforward to me. It's not that he's mean, in fact he's very generous with money. And I am not a crazy shopping spree kind of woman either.
He worked in a bank for 20 years and they were funny about joint account. He and his first wife both work in the same bank. The bank had a policy of refusing to pay staff salaries direct into a joint account.
2007-02-14
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