Do you check in with each other before making a big purchase?

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That's awesome! It's always good to be with someone who is on the same page when it comes to things like finances!

For the most part yes. The exception seems to be when we are buying for each

View Quoted Comment That is exactly us lol...

Sort of? We discussed the $17k screen pool enclosure that we just added on the house... Lol. He is a cheapskate and I make more money, so if I want to spend money I usually just do. I'm going to bring him car shopping this week, but only because he is a much tougher negotiator than I am. 😉

Not yet since we are newly engaged. Once we are married yes we will unless its a gift for each other.

Anything over 1000 I check in because it’ll probably come out of our joint account. Anything less than that I’ll tell him I bought it but probably after I buy it lol

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LOL!!! The women in my family do the same thing!!

Yeah, unless it's a gift.

Yes, always!

We joined our accounts when we moved in together, a year and a half before our engagement so yes, always. If it's a gift, we just tell the other person that there's a charge you won't recognize, I'll explain later lol

Sometimes! My boyfriend is a little more frugal than I am so sometimes I don't tell him exactly how much my purse addiction costs!

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Yes! I do this too with some things! I tell him after the fact hehe

We really haven’t made any big purchases since we’ve been together, other than me buying a car. But it was early enough in the relationship that it didn’t even occur to me to consult him. But now as we march closer to marriage, I imagine we’ll start consulting each other more with medium to big purchases.

Sometimes.

It depends on what it is. We've recently bought our first home, and we're slowly filling it, room by room. I will always consult with DF, before buying any large items for our home, like furniture, because it will be a shared cost.

However, we both have our own money, so if I want to buy myself the lovely Stella McCartney black buckle boots, which are currently on sale (yet still quite pricey!) on her website - which er, I have just done - then no, I won't (and didn't) ask him! And I wouldn't expect him to ask me if he wants to treat himself, with his own money.

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That makes sense, I feel like that's a fair rule unless you are using the joint account for purchases like that!

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I love that!! It's always good to communicate about the finances of the household!

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The ring!!! I would say it doesn't since it was a gift/surprise!!

Nope! Then again I would never run off and buy a car or a house without him knowing.

We have separate accounts but we always discuss any money spent. not like it’s a chore to do so but just to have open communication about money so it doesn’t become an issue. i tell him how much i spent on groceries and he tell me how much bills are. we both know how much the bill is when we go out on dates like to the movies and dinner.

Yeah, usually anything over $500 unless it’s a surprise and I know for sure we can afford it (I do our finances so I am usually pretty on top of it).