@haulingthescoreup wrote:
There's a lot to be said for any couple, including those who wind up being buried in adjoining plots, living on one salary while drawing two. When you get dependent on both incomes, things go south awfully fast if one loses a job.
Pretty difficult to do these days, I realize. 
It's like the servant/master comment in your sig. Living on one income, yet borrowing what it would take two to support is a recipe for financial disaster.