Whenever something becomes popular, there's always a bit of, or a lot of, backlash. Once everyone's done gushing, the people that didn't like it are completely sick of the subject and start yelling their viewpoint because they want the gushers to STFU already. I think there's also a phenomenon where once something…

The difference between reduced productivity and having tits on your screen is a "tut tut" from your boss or a sexual harassment lawsuit. Hence we all appreciate the warnings.

All right, dude, I don't know how people are reading this sort of thing into my commentary. He has a political objection to IBR that doesn't make sense to me, but he never tells me what to do in any way, with my money or otherwise. He's never said he doesn't want me to do it or won't allow it, he's just uncomfortable…

From what I've been told, normal is a joint account for everything. I've heard of people having both a joint and separate accounts, but I almost don't see the point - as long as we both hold up our ends of the bills, why bother? And if we're not, we gotta Talk and make some changes regardless. I'm pretty happy with…

I kinda went through that in my early 20s before I decided to go to vet school, so I know that feeling. I can't say I have much good advice. I bounced around a bit, knew I liked biology, decided I like medicine. Racked up some debt taking classes to figure it out. I can't in good conscience advise anyone to do that…

Yeah. Despite the fact that I somehow made it sound like we argue a lot in the other post I made, there's virtually no conflict. I've seen so many people call their spouses to ask permission to buy some $20 item and swore to never ever do that. Cringe.

Oh yeah, what was your boat? I meant to ask and then started rambling :)

Ah, someone else who feels this way. I definitely get side-eye (even in the comments here) when I say me and my husband's finances are separate. I like being married, but stay outta my bank account, dammit.

Ugh, this is like the "need experience to get experience" catch-22. FWIW, I got a Capital One credit card several years after I trashed my credit with bankruptcy. It had a $500 limit and I used it once a month to buy gas and paid off the balance. Within a year my credit score shot up enough to qualify for a platinum…

Dude it was driving me nuts seeing all the replies and not being able to respond. I finally thought to open the other browser installed on here. Now I'm slacking. Bad!

I really wanted our finances kept separate. I've known too many couples where any expenditure of more than $10 resulted in calling the spouse to ask for permission. I doubt we'd end up in that spot, but... still. And this is silly, but I want gifts to be secret. I just really, really, really don't want to merge…

He's not. At all. He's nothing other than supportive. I fail at describing my relationship online.

WOW. I have no idea how I managed to make sound like we have some kind awful marriage full of strife and unpleasantness. The only unpleasant thing is having $2k yanked from my bank account every month. We have a few minor problems here and there but are very happy overall. He told me he'd be fine with filing…

Ok, comments are still being a shithead, but this should work. Anyway, you don't have to pass a credit check or anything to take out federal student loans. They just give them to you. I had some debt from undergrad, some debt from a failed law school experiment, and vet school cost me on average $30k a year between…

This is a test to see if I can respond. Gawker commenting is being a shithead at work.

I agree this is a concern, but I'm certainly glad my debt free husband didn't run away from my $200k in student loan debt. It's a bit of a tense subject, because I'm constantly debating moving it into income based repayment , and he seems to obstinately refuse to understand how that program works. I've explained it…

It is. And Damon is a hot, sexy, charming rapist and murderer with gorgeous eyes. Which is why I've always been really anti Damon/Elena. I used to say I'd quit watching if Damon and Elena got together, but ya know, I said I'd stop smoking crack too.

It's ok, I was totally the female equivalent of the Nice Guy in college. I actually realized my behavior was idiotic when reading an article about Nice Guys.

That is weird. I see two replies to that dude, which each have one reply from him. Maybe it got dismissed but you can still see it in your account? I could be internetting wrong as well.

I can't decide if I agree with JesperJane that he tried but failed or with the others that it may be a red flag. But I definitely agree that those are lame, and it would bug me as well.