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I'm (24,M) in a long term relationship with my partner (27,F) for about 8 years. In december we're getting married. I think we're a very good couple (we have our hickups of course) and really love each other.

Now that we're getting married, I'd like to have some advice and insight into other relationships on how to handle the financials as a couple.

We both have steady jobs with a different pay. She makes about 30% more than I do and is more career oriented than I am. If i'd have to predict the future, I'd wager that this percentage will increase.

At the moment we have a shared bank account which we use to buy our groceries and pay bills (rent, cable,...). When we were still in college, we contributed an equal amount to this account. When we started working we contributed an amount relative to our wages are proportionate to eachother (for example, she would contribute $130USD and I $100).

Now that we're getting married, it seems to make more sense to just dump everything together so we don't have the annoying issues of what to pay with which bank account, settling purchases,.. On the other hand, it makes sense that you have your own account and continue as we've done before (but with a substantial bigger contribution). 
When we'd get a mortgage to buy a house things'll get even more complicated, so I'd like to get a good financial arrangement in our relationship.

What do other couples do?
<bot>: Getting married soon and would like to know what the best way is to sort out the financial arrangement with your spouse.!