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- From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
- Subject: Re: Money and the Single World (was: Education and the Single World
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.154927.3208@b8.b8.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph
- References: <1992Nov12.022122.5197@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <5720@jptcs.COM> <1992Nov15.144424.13521@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:49:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.144424.13521@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
- >
- > Bleaurgh; sounds positively dismal--though I suppose it's more-or-less
- > traditional and a good way of increasing the resentment level of all
- > concerned. Personally, I prefer the approach of having a small joint
- > account funded by both parties for paying expenses like housing, food,
- > utilities, and the like with the remainder of each person's income
- > being kept separate--that way neither person has to feel guilty about
-
- Question: How much money do you have to put into three seperate accounts or
- six if you include savings? Most banks today require $500+ for free checking
- so that ties up 1500 dollars or you pay monthly penalties. Savings accounts
- often will pay higher percentages for large depositers. Seperateration of funds
- could cost you money. Save the marriage or save the money, interesting
- question.
-
- > his or her personal spending decisions, neither one has to get
- > approval from the other, and one can freely give gifts to one's partner
-
- I think that will still cause problems, I knew a couple who did that, and when
- they first told me about it I thought it was a good idea. They did have
- problems with "he/she is not putting his/her fair share into the general fund.
-
- > without feeling like it's being paid for (at least partially) with the
- > other one's money. It's nice to have separate savings as well--much
- > less emotional strain when one or the other feels like experimenting with
- > some relatively high-risk investments or starting up another business or
- > three.
-
- There is a fight waiting to happen.
-
- >
- > As a side benefit, though we all hate to consider such options beforehand,
- > such an arrangement combined with a prenuptual agreement makes splitting
- > up much more trouble-free and less emotionally painful.
-
- This is something to think about, but I'm not sure I would have the b***s to
- suggest it. I would like to have an agreement that I keep the house/buy her
- interest/whatever because of all the work I've put into rebuilding it.
-
- >
- > Trygve (Who would definitely need an arrangement like this if he were
- > to get involved with anyone in the habit of dealing in the
- > pink sheets.)
-
-
-
- Larry Billings
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- * Sometimes I think it's a shame, * *
- * when I get feeling better, * *
- * when, I'm feeling no pain. * Should not have got on this *
- * Sometimes I think it's a sin, * FLIGHT, TONIGHT. *
- * when I feel like I'm winning, * *
- * but I'm losing again. * *
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