This really is a personnel decision and it has to be what you both want. There is no correct way to do it. Having a joint account is great but still having a little bit of your own money to spend on whatever you want without having to account for it is a bonus. By having seperate accounts aswell as one joint account doesn't have anything to do with trust its nice to have your own money and a bit of independance. My husband and I have a couple joint accounts (savings and a general one) most of our money goes into the one account and then $50 a week goes into our accounts to do whatever we want with it but usually its spent on whatever we need anyway but he likes having "his" money that he can waste at the pub if he wants to or he saves it occasionally and buys me a pressie (that is one good thing about it and I generally use mine on clothes or other girlie things another way to do it is get some cash out on pay day and give some to your parnter and keep some yourself and that is 'your' money to do what you want with. Either way works and remember its not that much of a biggie in the long run so don't get too worried about it. I know some couples who have been married for years and don't have any joint accounts and that seems to work for them so whatever yous decide to do is your choice and it will be what is best for you both.

I kind of have to agree. Thei are some that can work together on a joint account and their are others that cannot. I have known some that cannot even handle their own checking account. It is really between the two of you and money situations can be a major problem in any relationship.
Good luck!