For couples, how do you sahre financial reponsibilities?

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For married couples or those with partners living together, how do you share financial responsibilities? During the times of my parents, they say that the man is the breadwinner and the woman is the one who stays at home to take care of the house and the children. She is the one who does the budgeting and manages the household while the husband is out working to earn and then give the money to the wife.During those times, they say that the husband should be capable enough to support a family in all their needs. Nowadays, its different, both husband and wife work for a living, they both support their family, but how do they assign their expenses among them? I have a friend who give all her salary to her husband and let the husband do the budgetting. Her husband give her a monthly allowance for transportation and personal needs. I have another friend who is very lucky that she does not spend a centavo of her salary, instead all expenses is shouldered by her husband. She only contributes whenever she likes to. Most of the time financial situations triggers conflict between the husband and the wife. Broken homes are sometimes caused by financial problems. How about you married couples out there, how do you share or assign household and other expenses between you and your partner? Do you think this should be discussed and settled first before getting married?