Two good jobs and digging out from each of us being single parents before we got together but no, we are ok. Can't retire or anything like that but not one bad month from homeless anymore.

I was even in a position to help a friend with a (no interest) loan when she had a very bad month, it was tight for us but not impossible, and my husband did not get mad or worried at all that I did that, so I would say we are well off?

The overall economy is made up of a lot of data points - we are a little bit worse off than we were in terms of cash flow, but wealthier because we bought a house before (well at the start of) the bubble.