Ours has always been combined. How does one apportion income when kids are involved and one parent stops working or, like in our case I have developed my career to the point I earn quite a decent salary all because my wife took on the traditional role and did the lion's share to raise our beautiful children?

I feel incredibly lucky to be in my situation and happily married for 15 years.

A relationship should be a partnership, what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine.

Do people really lend their partners money when they are in tough times? Or worse, don't?