I'm sure her wife appreciates that the whole world knows she's out on her butt if things go wrong. 

What would we ever do without the sage adivce from Suze...eh?

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

The more time I spend seeing liberal points of view on sexuality, children, finances and the nuclear family the more it becomes glaringly obvious that liberals loathe real marriages. 

First, the feminists tried to undermine marriage by telling women it  was an oppressive institution.  I now notice, with digust, a lot of news stories about women with live-in boyfriends who abuse them, or their children, or outright kill them (or their children).  So much for that "marriage is oppressive" line.

Now, they're undermining marriage by trying to recognize all relationships as "marriage", especially gay marriage.  Which will give rise to polyamory and other "relationships" we can't exclude from marriage because, darn it, that'd be discriminating against someone's sexual orientation lifestyle choices.

Since lots of people still vote to protect marriage, they are now moving on to a state of alarmism in Orman's "advice."  

"Don't trust your spouse!"  "Don't be equal partners in your marriage!"  "Cover your own rear and let your husband/wife fall flat on his/her face!"

Then these are the same people that turn around and say, "Why can't we have gay marriage?  Heterosexual marriages are screwed up anyway!  Gay marriage won't ruin them further!" while they pedal advice that undermines real marriage.

My husband and I are equal partners.  Right now, I'm unemployed, so my husband earns more money than I do.  If we had "separate accounts" - I'm to go without until I get a job?  When we said our vows we promised to be joined together as one flesh.  I put him on a savings account I had established; he added me to a checking account.  We are PARTNERS in everything.  There is no longer an "I" or "me"; it's "us" and "we" because we're in this forever.

Yeah, I know, he must have brainwashed me.  I'm an oppressed woman who can't think for herself, blah, blah, blah.  Check back with us in another 20 years.  We'll still be happily married, with joint bank accounts, while more than half of the people - many of whom follow Orman's advice - are divorced and remarried repeatedly.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Gee, where was the first place I heard of Orman? Yup, it was PBS.

And it didn't work. It was a nightmare to balance three accounts and make sure we were writing checks from the right account. we dropped to two accounts - I'm in the Navy and needed a separate account when deployed in order to keep from bouncing checks on the main account. that worked much better. She gets all but a small amount I need for gas and other necessities. It works for us because it's OUR money, no matter who makes what. We're a team, not a pair of individuals.

$$ before marriage. Nice.

The ONLY reason to separate the money is for children, which is when a prenup prior to a 2nd marriage can be helpful, where the one responsible for the children has significantly more wealth.

Otherwise, work on it. Without trust, built from hard work, there is no marriage.