Damn, you sure do get that 12 year itch.

My boyfriend and I bought a house with two separate accounts about 2 1/2 years ago. I still see our money as shared, but we are each in control of the money we make. *shrugs* Different strokes, I guess.

I think giving a budget for individual items is okay—but I'm talking more about people who aren't allowed to make any purchases for themselves without essentially getting "permission" from their spouse. My boyfriend and I both work and are lucky enough to make about equal amounts, so we are free to spend our money how…

SO ESSENTIAL to know these things. Yes, everyone has student loan debt, but you can still have good credit. Also, how do you want to go about sharing finances? Joint-account? Separate accounts but both contribute to shared funds? How much money do you typically spend on yourself through food/clothing/vacations/ect?

It's hard to know what we're capable of when you're in those early days of a relationship when everything is amazing, and you're so in love with that person you can't stand it. If everyone only stuck around for whatever it is they signed up for, I don't think anyone would make it. Best of luck to you on your road to…

I swear by boyfriend would throw a Browns-themed wedding (like that one episode of How I Met Your Mother) if he could. One of the reasons we won't be engaged any time soon.

Are you still going to love me when I grow and change as a person who may not be the one you necessarily fell in love with?

We all know how that's gonna turn out.

Oh, yeah. Do that.

Oops..meant to reply to your main comment. Eh, whatever.

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Yeah. Sat here like, uh...what? for a solid minute.

NIGHTMARES. JUST BURN THE WHOLE PLACE TO THE GROUND.

Really? No Tennesse Williams short stories or Hawthorne or Fitzgerald or Salinger? So many great American authors, it seems weird that you would just focus on British Literature.

JAMIE FOXX NO. You literally ruined that song and took out by far the best part " (doo doo doo) Where did you come from baaaaybeee and ooh can't youtakemethererightaway"

I would never stay in a hotel again if any one of those things happened to me.

The worst hotel I've ever stayed at was a Travel Lodge by O'Hare in Chicago. I was traveling with my 2 dogs and had booked this particular hotel because it was pet friendly. I even called that day to remind them that I was traveling with pets. The lady on the phone was polite and said to just remind the front desk…

UGH THE NOT PUTTING STUFF BACK WHERE IT GOES. Is this something that men were taught to do? My boyfriend will carry his deodorant throughout the house, use it, set it down in the kitchen, and then the next day be all "WHERE IS MY DEODORANT" Dude, it's in the kitchen, where it does not go, why don't you ever just use…

Yep, my boyfriend does not fold correctly, and NEVER puts away his clothes, which drives me insane. I don't even mind picking his clothes off the floor, but my one complaint is that he gets at least two wears out of his work pants (pants DO NOT have to be washed every wear, fight me on this, I dare you), or else our…

Yeah, I went through a few years of struggle with my boyfriend because we do not have the same idea of standard of cleanliness. I'm not a neat freak or anything, but I do like to have a sort of tidy house. He thinks you only need to vacuum when you have guests (which we never do). We finally had to split the chores…