Reply #1: Not only that [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

As one of my married graduate school friends, when asked if being married as a student wasn't a financial burden, "Two can live as cheap as two."

Besides, couples get an automatic break on mortgages or rent because you usually have two incomes working to meet those payments.

Also, if you go on a tour "unpaired," you pay a singles supplement, which is several hundred dollars over what paired off people pay.

In retirement, a couple gets both persons' Social Security checks.

Children complicate the picture, but a childless couple has the advantage over a single person in a number of areas.