Sounds lame to me. I don't mind having individual email addresses, it's a non-issue and very normal to me. We make plans via email or Gmail IM all the time. Plus, we live together, so we talk about these things.I think it may be a good idea if you both want an account that has bill stuff in it, and dates you as a couple need to remember...but you can get it all on your individual account. Having joint email is just ridiculous.

Sounds lame to me. I don't mind having individual email addresses, it's a non-issue and very normal to me. We make plans via email or Gmail IM all the time. Plus, we live together, so we talk about these things.I think it may be a good idea if you both want an account that has bill stuff in it, and dates you as a couple need to remember...but you can get it all on your individual account. Having joint email is just ridiculous.

Lame, sorry.

my girlfriend and her now husband did this when they were planning their wedding -- but they still had their personal accounts. the joint email address made it easy to connect with vendors and send info to guests, plus they could sign up for weddingwire and the knot and whatever and not get spam or solicitations to their personal accounts. I'm DEFINITELY going to use that when I get married someday

ok I have never heard of this!
I dunno I think if I get something important for both my boyfriend and I, I will just forward it ...makes sense right?

i am okay with it for married couples, like mamasitamali said, it makes sense when sending out joint invites and wedding info etc.

i can see this for a home address but still having your own work address and Gmail or hotmail

Maybe for like a temporary situation - wedding reminders or something? Even then - ooh, very cheesy indeed! I don't like this idea.

annoying!

Yeah, I can see if it's for wedding-related things...I don't really think there's anything wrong with it. I just personally wouldn't do it.

Sounds like a good idea if you're using it as a couple thing such as planning for events or other stuff you both want to be kept in the loop for. New groups etc that you're both a part of or whatever. More for information and stuff you're both a part of. Like say, buying tickets to concerts online or stuff like that. So you both can check up on it. But I wouldn't use it for personal use. I mean I'd probably give my SO my email password to check something for me if I'm not near a computer, but it's not like I use the same password for everything LoL, and it's not like I have only 1 email address lol (try 5, hahaha). W/e, nothing to hide anything. It's not like I'd be doing anything questionable.

Some of my friends' parents that are just understanding how e-mail works have this:p just because one of them understands more than the other so it makes it easier. Otherwise the less-informed one would never read their emails. If you are older, have been married for a long time, and don't need the email address for work or anything, then sure why not?

it seems like people are thinking of young couples doing this and how nerdy that is, but think of a family home address....like "thesmiths@aol.com" ... that's "wemail" technically...it's pretty normal

Skigurl- or people could just input both email addresses when they are sending something to "the Smiths"! My bf forwards me emails from his family and flight plans/reservations, and I do the same, but for the most part, people really get the idea that we're two separate, busy people who can check our own email! It's not the same as a house address, and gmail makes email so freaking easy, I can't see how you would need something like this unless you are an older technology-phobe couple, or for something temporary!

I don't mind it for planning a wedding, but even then it is still kind of lame. And I hate ones that are "amyandbobforever@email.com". Those I laugh at.

Like some other people, I think it's a good idea to have a joint account if need be, but still maintain separate accounts.

Good lord, whatever happened to privacy and individuality? I may be old school, but I think too much "communication" and "sharing" is stifing...voice mail, e-mail, texting, now we-mail... can't people do anything by themselves anymore?

I knew someone whose teenage daughter was addicted to her phone. As a joke, some friend of her's took it, and she literally had a panic attack, short of breath, rapid heart rate, etc, plus she was sobbing her head off, like someone had died. UGGGHH!

I have never heard of this before! I definitely don't like the idea. It seems silly and lame.. .

I think it is very lame. But what is worse than that is when people assume that the address of one person is sufficient to email to reach both people. There are several people on my inlaws side of the family that have me (my personal email address) in their address book as "Me and My Husband". We have separate email addresses! If you only send something to me, I don't assume you intended to send ot to him or vice versa. Plus my email address is clearly mine and not joint. It is my first initial and last name - my husband and I do not have the same last name.

I think it's okay to have a joint email as long as you have your own individual email addressses as well.

^Kind of like a bank account. No matter what, my own bank account, no one else will ever have unrestricted access to. I'll leave my password in my will, but that's it -_-.

Hmm, I don't really think there is a problem with individual email accounts. But I do agree it would be very handy for planning big events like weddings or other parties and such.

This reminds me of people who have joint facebook or myspace accounts - makes me want to puke. I can see it for shared bills or events, but keep your own accounts on the side, too!

No thanks.

Never, ever, ever!

No.

Incidentally, I know married couples that do this. While I think it's fine for them, it's certainly not for us.

I think this is a terrible idea! There are all sorts of applications that will allow you to share and sync events without having access you one anothers personal accounts. This is just a cheap excuse to outright spy.

Co-dependency. I like my privacy. I wouldn't share an email address with my husband.

Pointless!!!

I think it's kind of stupid, but I do know a few married couples that do have joint e-mail/myspace/facebook accounts.
My husband and I each have our own, but he does check mine when I'm not around. I don't have anything to hide from him, but when he does this it feels like he's expecting to find something... and yeah, it's especially annoying when I walk into the room and find him pouring over a string of confidential e-mails from work, or a personal conversation with my girl friends.
It seems like if couples do this voluntarily, they must feel like they have to keep tabs on each other at all times and be aware of every incoming/outgoing communication.

My husband and I each have our individual email accounts and a joint one for invites/events. We do share passwords in case one of us can't immediately access our account when needed. We don't have anything hide between the two of us, anyway.

dumb. couples dont need to share everything. especially something that small. i agree with jacrabbit84
it looks like something couples do to keep tabs. god people should have a life!

No thank you. I like my own email.

I boycott we-mail. Although all my emails goes to 2 blackberries. I have multiple email address for different purpose. For example, professional organization will be with an alias of my first and last name. Pet society, I have a cutesy pet name of my first pet. Friends on facebook, a different email and work email is for work purpose and emergence only! You get the idea, right, no need for me to continue?