Another beginners question

[FamiliaFrazelle]

i'm still trying...

If i wish to have several Income accounts, one for my wife and one for 
myself, say, can i pay some of the expenses directly from say, her account?

When i try to do this, in the first place i input her income as Opening 
Balance.  If i place it in the Income col., and in Transfer, place:  
Equity:Opening Bal. for the amt. of her salary, the Balance col. appears 
in red and as a negative number -- very strange. 

When i go to an Expense account and put the expense in the Expense col., 
and in the Transfer col. i put Income:HerJob, and go back and look at 
the Income acct. (HerJob), it shows the expense as Income, in negative 
numbers, but it has decreased the Balance.  Is this correct?  (whoa, is 
it bec. it's "negative income"?, as in expense?)

This is exceedingly strange.  The only negative numbers i have are in 
the accts. under Income (HerJob01, HerJob02), except for the acct. which 
was transferred to Savings, MyJob, and which is now zero.

Have a great evening!  :)