Being financial secure before getting married?

We have all heard the phrase we are waiting until we can afford it to get married. This is my view on that!

I was married at the RIPE OLD AGE of 18. My then boyfriend (now husband) and I combined our finances the summer before we were married. I was given $200 a month other then my rent. My honey made about $1,000 a month. We were living the High Life, we just didn't know it yet.

Income : 1,200

500: rent (his apt)
100: power/gas
60: Internet
20: Cell Phone
100: Car Insurance
Leaving us with $420 each month for everything else.  Not too shabby for a couple staring out. 

Then my sweet boyfriend proposed.

YES this is my BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING Ring (however my honey made it personalized by changing the round stone to a princess cut on point!)

We started looking into a lot of different things.  Money started to feel a little more real. My honey didn't have insurance with his part time job, so he starting looking for jobs.  He got a government job and got benefits.

My daddy was amazing and gave me my dream wedding.  We planned and planned and planned, we were engaged for a year which gave us lots of time to plan. 

Then... we got MARRIED!!! YEAH!!!

Everything was perfect.   I got a part time job, working at Subway (the second real job I'd ever had)

THEN!!!

About a month after we got married my husband lost his job, on the SAME day I found I got a government job.  However mine didn't have benefits. 

Our income went from 

Me:  500

Hubby: 1300

$1800

to

Me: 800

Hubby: 0

$800

in ONE DAY

Should we have waited?