<prompt> Human: I am getting married in a little over a week and we are starting to receive some checks. My question is how should we go about saving the money or investing the money? Assistant: You need to share some info on your situation. Credit card balamces, student loans, living situation, goals, income, budget, etc.Human: I should have included more info. Heres where it gets complicated. My Fiancées parents are paying for the majority of the wedding her father is a doctor. My parents havent paid for anything since I graduated high school so needless to say I have student loans that are killing me. I have been paying extra every month to knock them down and have paid some of the smaller ones in full. Otherwise I have no other debt. My fiancee has 0 debt and she is a hospital pharmacist. She makes about 100kI made 82k last year and I will make a little more this year. Her parents said to put the money in a joint account with both of out names on it. I already know that her parents arent going to be okay with me paying down my student loans with that money.  <response>: Are you marrying her or her parents? You two need to decide how to use the money. I subscribe to the belief that all assets and liabilities in a marriage are joint, and it has worked well for us, despite times when income was extremely disparate,like when my wife was in school and accruing grad loans. 