i feel like i've passed one of those "you must be this tall" things

[rmd]

so, clauclauclaudia and i are moving in together. (well, she's moving into my place which is now our place.) which means it's time for one of those scary quantum jumps in relationships.

we opened a joint checking account today. it's with the bank where we both have individual accounts, so we can each shift money into the joint account as needed.

it definitely feels like passing one of those "you must be this tall to ride the serious relationship roller coaster" things.

Comments

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the growth of your relationship! :)

[foldedfish.livejournal.com]

Hey, congrats!

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

congrats...

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Woo... that is a big jump.

[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. It's important to remember that personal growth doesn't have to stop when you reach adulthood- you can still learn a few new tricks if you aren't afraid to change things in your life.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

continued congratulations on all this ...
*hugs*

[keren-s.livejournal.com]

Breath deep... in...out. And congratulations!

I thought the joint checking account was too scary. Not the trust aspect, the keeping track and balancing aspect! I had a hard enough time with just my own account! Our solution was both names on all accounts, but I write all the bills. Why would I want to write all the bills if I have a hard enough time balancing? Beats a balanced account where the bills are paid late! Ahh...relationship compromises.

Have you done (are you looking to do) other legal paperwork, like health care proxies and such?

[cz_unit]

Damn. I've been with Alex for 17 years now and we still don't have a joint account.

Very sweet, and congratulations to you both.

CZ

[rmd.livejournal.com]

not yet -- the joint account is mostly to make it easy to move money in and out as needed for utilities and such.

i figure legal paperwork will come later. just plain old 'living in the same place' kind of stuff so far.

[solarbird]

Congratulations!

Anna and I did exactly the same thing with the chequing accounts. Then after a couple of years I wasn't using mine and I was tired of balancing it and got rid of it, and later we made one the "house" account and one the "us" account and then we said eh fukkit. ^_^

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[clara-girl.livejournal.com]

woo! congratulations :)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Very exciting and grown-up, indeed!

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Spiffy keen!

[lionsburg.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

w00t! (Is there couch space for when I come to visit?)

[beccane.livejournal.com]

Yay for making it through scary relationship moments!! ;-)

[flit.livejournal.com]

Woo! That is definitely a landmark moment, the intermingling of finances. I'm smiling because I remember how it felt to do this with Brad!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

well, it's not a full intermingling. just creating a little space for intermingling. we're keeping our individual accounts and stuff. just making a shared household account.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

sure, but the spare bed is probably more comfortable. :-)

[flit.livejournal.com]

That's how it started for us, too. :) It still felt like a big step! But it was sooo nice to have a household account.

We ended up just going fully joint because it was easier, but that was a gradual process that took years.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's really exciting news.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Awesome. :) I'm going through much of the same stuff, myself at the moment. We can compare notes!

[flabosib.livejournal.com]

Not to make light of the seriousness of this move, it's about time! I think you two are very lucky to have each other and I'm glad both of you are in my life.

Hurray for you!

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

You're long past the point where the sight of a gurl with a U-Haul should make you change the locks. Congratulations and many, many happy years together!

(and how the hell come I haven't physically seen you in years? I am one lame friend)

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Congrats! T. and I plan on having a joint checking account, but we have to do it during "work hours" and well, we both work and aren't near each other during the day, and the bank we want to do this at is too far from where I work for me to take a "quick jaunt" over during a lunchtime...

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yeah, i happened to be working from home yesterday, so we went out in the afternoon and hit the bank.

which seemed easier than trying to get us up and out and able to sign financial papers on some saturday before noon (on those very occasional saturdays when i'm not on the cape)

[coraline]

heh. yeah, eric and i still don't have that exactly...

congrats!

[drwex]

Mazal tov!