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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
When we first got married, we were going to do that, and then we decided the allowance thing is silly. However, that's what my coworker and her husband do, and it seems to work well for them. Although, things are a little more cut-and-dry for them, since they don't have kids. They don't have to decide whether things like going iceskating with the kids should come out of the general fund or whichever parent is going, etc.
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We do this and it works very well. the "fun" money is usually spent on golf (for him), hair (me), and going out to lunch. If something involves both of us, then it is money from the joint account.
As far as kids things go, that comes out of the general account- however we usually get a zoo pass and a children's museum pass so we only pay for those once a year. We don't do a whole lot of kid activities that cost too much money.
Before we were married, we lived together but since we made comperable salaries, we split everything 50/50. My husband paid the rent and I paid everything else (and tracked it) and then gave him whatever the difference was (or he would give me the difference).