I'll have to try using just one character to pick up everything. It would probably be easier if the game didn't auto switch my characters, one moment i'm using the woman, and the next be it because of combat or whatever reason the game decides on, I'm now in charge of the male and so I gave up in frustration switching back to the one that I almost always want to be my primary and just go with it.
I guess I'll try to go back to switching back to my primary anytime the game does that so that it carries 99.9% of everything.