Am I the only one that doesn't uptight split bills?

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I always see polls of "what do you pay for?" "What does your SO pay for?" We just put our money in our joint bank account and then pay the bills with it. I feel like the "yours/mine" aspect of things really conflicts with the us and ours part of a relationship.
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Obviously thing are different if your SO is financially abusive/a mooch. But if they're a lazy moocher, you probably shouldn't be with them. 
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I just don't get the big hubbub about "this is my money not yours" isn't money a big cause of fights and problems?

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When we both worked money went in a joint account and we paid bills with that. I've never understood the whole "I pay this, you pay that" tactic. To me it would cause a lot of unnecessary fights.

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We have pooled our money since we were dating and have for the past 11 years without a problem. We pay bills and then whatever's left is either of ours to spend. We just ask each other before making any large purchases and we've never had issues.

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My husbands job allows us to live really comfortably and he lets me call the shot financially. 
I'm pretty knowledgable in finance so it's a good partnership.

We never fight about money. It's a non-issue. I don't need to ask him to make big purchases, often he encourages it. I harp on him for how much he spends out sometimes but I was raised to be more frugal.

We never argue and we both feel like it's 100% the same pot.

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My SO and I split everything. We find that it's easier for us. We respect each other's financial independence. No fear of the other person mooching or abusing. We pool exactly what we need for living, and then the rest of whatever we make at our respective jobs we can spend however. No fights over what the money should be used for after bills.

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When my boyfriend and I got our first apartment together we split everything down the middle. No joint account. We each just paid half of everything. But now both of our incomes go into the same account and we pay together.

Am I the only one that doesn't uptight split bills?

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