Common Cents

[George K]

https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucad020/7077142?login=false

In a six-wave longitudinal experiment, we investigated whether randomly assigning engaged or newlywed couples to merge their money in a joint bank account increases relationship quality over time. Whereas couples assigned to keep their money in separate accounts or to a no-intervention condition exhibited the normative decline in relationship quality across the first 2 years of marriage, couples assigned to merge money in a joint account sustained strong relationship quality throughout.

[Horace]

Money is totally meaningless. Love is the only thing that matters.

[Copper]

Money makes you stupid.

[Mik]

We've always run combined from day one. But we were both well established in our careers when we met, so money has never been a huge issue.