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I'd be cheating as my $1,293 pension is over half my monthly spending... And with the VA and Tricare I don't have (many) health insurance out of pocket expenses.
About 2-3 years.. I'd have to buckle down but I'll get through it.
This is actually one of my motivation for being frugal.. to develop a safety net so that I don't have to scramble and do everything under the sun to not get terminated when I'm in an unfavorable situation at work (like being forced to endure prolonged stress that wasn't in the original job description.)
Of course, being fired has negative implications on your career but being forced to endure unnecessary or prolonged stress over time has negative implications on your health.
If I could only choose one, I choose my health.
And having ample savings allows me to make this choice if I'm in a bind.
We could easily live on 1 income. If we both lost our jobs, we could live until we could tap our 401ks without penalty and then until we could collect SS. Of course, we'd be doing pretty much nothing but surviving in that scenario. No money for travel or fun.
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