How Should Couples Handle Financial Setbacks Together?

You agree to stay together for richer or poorer, for better or worse, but when poorer and worse happens, how do you stay together? A house fire, a job loss, an illness, an accident, any unexpected tragedy can cause a financial setback so severe that you lose your home. What happens when the worst happens? Some couples discover they have no support system when they need it most. What happens when you have no money left and no way to pay for the roof over your head? What happens if you literally become homeless? What happens when, for various reasons, no family members or friends have the resources to help you? Is it easier to just split and go your separate ways? Or can you pull together and weather the storm, even if it means being homeless together