Checking Accounts

My parents called me last night saying they found the perfect Easter outfit for my son...that is if I didn't already have one. My dad even said that he would pay for it! Now after hearing this, I knew that it must be something special. Since my parents have separate checking accounts, my dad doesn't buy very often. It's a shock to me to hear him say that he is paying. He has his bank account, that his pay check goes into, and my mom has hers. He takes care of his truck payment, as well as his tithe, and a few other bills. My mom pays for everything else including groceries and a majority of the restaurant checks. She just has a much more dependable paycheck since my dad never knows how much special duty he will have for the week.

So anyway, I knew this outfit must be pretty special since my dad was actually offering to pay! He just loves telling us that he doesn't have any money...when in fact he usually has at least $500 in his checking. If it drops below this, he is "poor". Crazy man!!!

Btw, my hubby thinks it's weird to have separate checking accounts. We put all our money in the same account. Now I bring in less of course, but it's still all of our money. We depend on each other to get the bills paid, and we couldn't imagine having "his" money and "her" money.

Am I alone on this? Do you and your honey have separate accounts? Do you put everything together? Do you think it's okay for a couple to have separate accounts if both of them work? What are you thoughts?