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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 17:06:13 GMT -5
I wasn't being malicious. A friend of mine was able to get an expensive camera (and a $500 lens) by using the kid as justification. We all had a good chuckle about that. No offense taken! And I agree with you about the difference between the CoolPix and a DSLR even though I love my CoolPix.
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Post by boosmom on Jan 26, 2011 17:18:28 GMT -5
DH has been trying that line on me for the past 6 months. I'm not biting. He would likely leave the bulky DSLR camera at home a lot, so it'd only be for special events since he's not really an amateur photographer. We do fine with the $200 camera.
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Post by debtheaven on Jan 26, 2011 18:24:33 GMT -5
We too do the yours, mine, ours thing. We are both on our second marriage (18 years together now) and after our respective early divorces, neither of us wanted to relinquish control of our finances to the other.
We both get our salaries paid into our personal accounts (we were each with our own banks before we got together, we set our joint account up at "my" bank since I manage the finances). We auto transfer about 80%/90% of our salaries into a joint account that pays for EVERYTHING to do with running our family. What's left over is our personal spending / fun money.
When I first joined here one poster told me that if we had separate accounts, my marriage was "a sham". That "sham" works very well for us. I don't expect DH to pay for my smokes, but I don't want to pay the interest on his overdraft. I also don't want to see what I'm getting for Xmas / Hanukah or my birthday (since I manage the accounts) and I don't want DH's Xmas / birthday surprises ruined either. This system has worked very well for us for many years.
ETA: We both have proxy / signature / passwords on the other's accounts. We have both separate and joint accounts, but we have no financial secrets. I think that is the key (having no secrets and nothing to hide apart a GOOD surprise).
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