I'd be curious to see the breakdown of finance merging as it relates to religious affiliation (or lack thereof). It was a no-brainer for my husband and I. Even when finances are technically merged on paper, though, I've heard of instances where couples parse out things like giving/tithing/saving based on their own income...and not the household income. Which baffles me, and seems to defeat the overarching purpose, but this is becoming a tangent.....!
Surely the same people who are anti-merging finances in marriage are the same ones who would never consider a full-time-stay-at-home parent. Because in that case, you *have* to think of money as Ours!
Interesting! You've most likely seen this piece, but I loved the framing of this concept as "Big Romance" : https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-there-hope-for-marriage
I'd be curious to see the breakdown of finance merging as it relates to religious affiliation (or lack thereof). It was a no-brainer for my husband and I. Even when finances are technically merged on paper, though, I've heard of instances where couples parse out things like giving/tithing/saving based on their own income...and not the household income. Which baffles me, and seems to defeat the overarching purpose, but this is becoming a tangent.....!
Surely the same people who are anti-merging finances in marriage are the same ones who would never consider a full-time-stay-at-home parent. Because in that case, you *have* to think of money as Ours!