Saturday, December 27, 2003
It's *still* the weekend!
Now that yesterday is over with, I realize that I was right: working for a day in the middle of my x-mas 'break' didn't put much of a dent in my weekend. It was kind of like having two weekends back to back. Nice.
Today C&I will go to the bank and open a joint savings account. I'm ok with that. I haven't combined funds with another person since 1988. Not because I want my independence (Which I do, of course, but not necessarily monetarily). Not because it's *my* money that *I* earned and *you* aren't getting your slimy little hands on it (Which it is, and I did, and you won't, but that's a different point altogether). It's because I've seen no reason to do such a thing. I've shared rent and electric bills with more boyfriends than I care to count right now, and we pretty much split things down the middle with little to no fuss. That's what C&I do now. But as of Thanksgiving day, we have this one huge combined savings goal: OUR WEDDING EVENT (Coming soon to a url near you!). We figure the whole savings thing will be made easier if we directly deposit a certain amount from each of our paychecks each pay period into one lil ole savings account from which we can only pull from for wedding related items or events.
How do I feel about this fiscal merger? Hrm. I think it just makes me feel closer to my fiancè. I'm not necessarily excited. Nor do I feel less of a woman. But I do feel that it makes us closer partners. On paper, anyway. And I like that.
Today C&I will go to the bank and open a joint savings account. I'm ok with that. I haven't combined funds with another person since 1988. Not because I want my independence (Which I do, of course, but not necessarily monetarily). Not because it's *my* money that *I* earned and *you* aren't getting your slimy little hands on it (Which it is, and I did, and you won't, but that's a different point altogether). It's because I've seen no reason to do such a thing. I've shared rent and electric bills with more boyfriends than I care to count right now, and we pretty much split things down the middle with little to no fuss. That's what C&I do now. But as of Thanksgiving day, we have this one huge combined savings goal: OUR WEDDING EVENT (Coming soon to a url near you!). We figure the whole savings thing will be made easier if we directly deposit a certain amount from each of our paychecks each pay period into one lil ole savings account from which we can only pull from for wedding related items or events.
How do I feel about this fiscal merger? Hrm. I think it just makes me feel closer to my fiancè. I'm not necessarily excited. Nor do I feel less of a woman. But I do feel that it makes us closer partners. On paper, anyway. And I like that.
idyllicchick, 10:29 AM
