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Using Simple with my Fiancee
My Fiancee and I have both been using Simple exclusively for the last year. We both work and get regular paychecks. My account is the "primary" account. All of the bills, rent and most of our spending (going out etc.) along with savings happens in my account. Her account is for her spending, groceries, house stuff she sees when she is out and about etc.
To accomplish this my Fiancee has her paycheck direct deposited into 2 accounts. ~60% goes into mine where I immidiately put all of it into a Savings goal. The remaining 40% goes into hers where she spends some of it but is also growing a savings goal. 100% of my paycheck goes into my account. I have goals for all of our bills, along with a daily contributed to savings goal.
Overall we have had 0 problems making this situation work for us. Couples all have different ways of managing finances but we view ourselves as a single functional unit saving together. Having one person in the relationship designated as the primary account has been a very functional solution for the last year. This along with payments, OTC transfers, ATM's and money orders had led us to have a very functional, fee free and further engaged (AWFUL PUN) relationship with our finances.
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