In not really understanding why some couples have mine and yours money?

[lesley33]

What I mean is couples who don't share money but instead agree a contribution each partner pays towards joint expenses. I knew a couple where the wife earned more and so could afford top, and did, go on expensive holidays that her husband couldn't afford.

Unless one of the couple is seriously terrible with money, why wouldn't you just share money to benefit the whole family? By family I mean the parents and children.

We have mine, yours and ours. Well sort of ours anyway, it was definately mroe ours when I could contribute tbh.

Now i just pay for all ds' stuff with mine so it must be his and not mine

I want 'mine' again

for me its quite simple,my money is my money. no our money we .do pay proportionately to what each earns though