We have a joint checking. I'm going to be working on opening a separate account, especially when I start my second job out of the gym (speaking positively that I'm going to get the job). He still needs to be able to eat lunch, and we have outstanding bills waiting to hit that are on automatic payment...so I can't just withdraw it all out to another account at the moment. Basically, I will be checking on the account through the day. Sad I have to do that with a grown adult! I'm just a little worried because summer band is coming up, and SD15 is starting her crap that she needs all these new shorts and stuff (she has plenty of shorts to get through a whole week without doing laundry...oh, wait, that means she actually has to do laundry). I'm also waiting for her to start asking when we are going school shopping! Yeah...BM got her spoiled to a brand new wardrobe every school year, so SD15 thinks that is a given. Sad thing is, we got her a couple of things last year, and they ended up stuffed at the bottom of her closet, even though she said she like them in the store! She then turned around whining to BM that we wouldn't take her shopping, and after cussing DH out, BM sent SD15 out shopping with their family friend, who bought her all kinds of stuff from the expensive stores like Pac-Sun. See, that is the problem with what we bought her...wasn't high dollar enough...and this is what SD15 thinks she is entitled to!! Seriously...not taking the kid for any clothes shopping this school year! I've never gotten bios new clothes just because it was the beginning of a new school year...I bought them clothing through-out the year as it was needed. SD15 is so ungrateful, and already has more clothing in her room than DH and I combined...yet she always thinks she needs more clothes! I swear the girl thinks there is a problem with wearing the same outfit more than say 5 times in her life!