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Portfolio Check · by Amelia Hughes · 2026-09-21

moving in together: fully combine finances or keep a yours/mine/ours setup?

This is half relationship question, half asset-allocation question because combining accounts changes how we invest. Curious what people actually do, not what a podcast said once.

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Tiny Lantern · 17 likes

Mostly combined worked for us because it gave each person a little dignity money.

Pieter Botha · 3 likes

Whatever system makes resentment least likely is the correct one.

Zofia Kowalska · 2 likes

Totally separate until kids, then we got tired.