That was nice of her. Me and Claudia keep our own accounts as well. We have 3 checking and savings accounts. We each have our own checking and savings. Then we have a joint checking and savings. We use the joint to pay everything for the house, bills, utilities and things like that. Then we use the personal checking accounts to pay for each of the cars, boat and credit cards.

This way we both have the independence of our own accounts and money and yet someplace we both put our money into for the house. We have found this works best so no one person has sole control and also works well for making things 50 50. I do tend to give her money out of my account if she runs short but its still a managed thing.

As for the boat and my truck all those upgrades and expenses come off my account. All the house upgrades, furniture and such are off her account lol.