Quote Originally Posted by Dingo View Post
And just to throw my two cents worth at the dead horse here:

I have a great relationship with a very "opposite-of-bitchy" (the exact word eludes my tired brain today) woman I trust completely - otherwise I wouldn't have married her to begin with. However, I value my independence such that I won't ever combine our bank accounts. I never even considered the option of a pre-nup - I do think those set the whole thing up for failure. However, I don't want to have to explain each time I go on a gun-buying binge (like I've been pathologically stuck in since December 14th - seriously guys, I might be at the point where I need an intervention...) or anything else. She wants to spend 2500 on a chiropractor this coming year, and I don't have any more say in that than she does my guns. It just works. (I happen to think this guy's a quack, and mentioned my feelings. But it's her money, and it's not gonna bug me a bit if she spends it on whatever.) If we have something we both want, like a vacation - we both pay into it. We're happy with the arrangement, and it just takes one more element away that couples typically can fight about.
Sounds like our situation exactly (guns, chiropractor, massages and all) and both of us couldn't be happier.