Really? $60k annually in WI is a lot of money? Hmmm ... I'm still scraping pennies and picking up aluminum cans.
So, what's the reason why you don't share banking account?
cost of living is pretty cheap here
my wife has her own checking/saving/credit card
and I have my own checking/saving/credit card
i guess it would be hard to try to keep track of her spending and my spending
plus she has always been a independent woman, so I don't know how she would feel about itshe can probably live without me
but me, on the other hand, i would be sad