What's with all these nasty comments ? txtqueen is not perfect, and neither are you ! She seems more mature than most people her age, more eloquent than most people and has so much more patience. (eg responding in a calm way to all of you who pile on the critisism)

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You got married?

*pokes txt*

*spins*

I wouldn't say we're negative, I'd say we're realistic.

You seem to have missed the fact that no one blamed him for having to work late. Sometimes that's what you have to do. The only thing we blame him for is falling asleep and not picking you up in your own car. If you could hear yourself from the outside, you'd see how it sounds when you make excuse after excuse for him. You were pissed off at him for something he had no control over, and explain away something he had complete control over.

Right now there should be no "we" when it comes to money. You have shared expenses (rent, food, renters insurance, groceries, cable tv, utilities) which you should split. After that you have your expenses and he has his.

Your car is your expense. If he uses your gas, car, insurance he should pay you for their use. If you choose to go out together you should split it, or decide who will pay in advance. His expenses are his. He doesn't have to share with you as long as he pays his half of your shared expenses.

Separate bank accounts should be maintained. Until you are married maintain separate accounts (maybe you can make an exception for engagement gifts). When there are joint account both parties are entitled to spend any and all of the money in the account. You really don't want to work hard to build up a nest egg, have a fight and find out that the money is gone. Maintain your own accounts until you are married.

When you are Mr. and Mrs. TG then there is a we. Until then there is no we.

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Oh yeah the honeymoon stage is always a delight....fast forward a year and you will be arguing on who ate the rest of the chex mix .

Eh i'm going to say that sharing money at this point is not the wisest choice. If things go south and such it's fairly common for one party to drain the account and dance off. Best to split your extras, and pay your bills separate. Then i would put money away for a solid 2 years, as toys can wait for a bit, and it's better to have a solid 15-20 k in the bank . I would also say you should sell the car for a more practical used one as well and free up that 300.

Sacred ceremony.

Ooohh, Something you can read up on. Perhaps lead to a whole new interest since you want to go pioneer and live off the land.

You've mentioned it many times in various threads.

I'm offering some great advice here! Save money by not spending cash for a new tent AND snuggle up with this sweetie of your's. Ditch the parents but keep the pup tent. Please tell us you can figure out the advantages to a pup tent. Wink. Wink.

Grandma starts getting her money back sooner too since you won't need a new tent and you can start making your car payments to her!

Win-win. You are VERY welcome for this free advice.

The food budget could be very realistic. We spend less than that on food. However, I do get a discount where I work. We are eating quite healthy now, too.

I wouldn't count that as fun money, though. We would pay off the car completely and safe the rest. You know, for a second car, big purchases, and a future house. Not to mention, things to fill up that future house. But that's just us.

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