I googled this, but basic wedding vows are as follows: "I, (name), take you (name), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part."
For everyone who is married but keeps their finances separate, how does it work as part of a committed relationship, that is supposed to last until someone dies? I just don't get it, but I'd like to understand the thinking better. How can you be so committed to each other to get married, professing vows (if you did), and seemingly lead separate lives by keeping your finances separated? To me (I'm getting married in a few months), if either myself or my fiancee wanted to keep finances separate, I would be thinking that one of us is thinking that the marriage might not work out. And if that's the case, I wouldn't be getting married. I'm sure I'll get blasted for this, but hopefully I can learn something from it.