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Topic: How is the current economy effecting relationships?
Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Thu 01/29/09 04:56 PM
Good luck in finding a job and remember a very special woman won't care if you're temporarily unemployed.. But you do have to be able to keep her interested with activities besides watching dvd's and jumping in the sack... jmho Well anyway, trust me I'm more interesting than someone who sits around and watches DVDs or hangs around on the computer..I speak 3 languages...and this is my 2nd I'm using to write here.. , but back to the topic...If the recession gets worse and more people will loose their jobs..how is this gonna effect families, or even just think about creating families while worrying about jobs and money and having a house...I think, some people really need to return to reality and accept, that things aren't going to be the same like 3 years ago, and people will have to lower their expectations, otherwise they will find themselves alone. During the Great Depression, there was no welfare or U.I.....do you think alot of people stopped dating or didnt get married or stopped having children because of lack of work???

Mayhem_J Joined Mon 07/21/08 Posts: 14265	Thu 01/29/09 04:56 PM
affect is a verb effect is a noun maybe the reason your girlfriend broke up with you isn't because you lost your job, maybe it's because you can't use basic grammar And then theres this guy....

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Thu 01/29/09 04:57 PM
It seems most won't date someone without a job, this sucks for me, but thousands of people are losing their jobs daily. Pretty soon alot of people won't be dating due to this I would date you Pats!! I prefer staying home and cuddling on the couch!

moofooga Joined Thu 01/31/08 Posts: 25515	Thu 01/29/09 05:00 PM
Good luck in finding a job and remember a very special woman won't care if you're temporarily unemployed.. But you do have to be able to keep her interested with activities besides watching dvd's and jumping in the sack... jmho Well anyway, trust me I'm more interesting than someone who sits around and watches DVDs or hangs around on the computer..I speak 3 languages...and this is my 2nd I'm using to write here.. , but back to the topic...If the recession gets worse and more people will loose their jobs..how is this gonna effect families, or even just think about creating families while worrying about jobs and money and having a house...I think, some people really need to return to reality and accept, that things aren't going to be the same like 3 years ago, and people will have to lower their expectations, otherwise they will find themselves alone. During the Great Depression, there was no welfare or U.I.....do you think alot of people stopped dating or didnt get married or stopped having children because of lack of work??? You forget- we live in the new millenium, where everyone lives in a Paris Hilton-esque shallowness. Besides, people have been rejected for as little an issue as not having a car, so being unemployed wouldn't be much of a stretch.

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Thu 01/29/09 05:01 PM
I need a house boy.......he must work for bad cooking and my choice of bad music and bad choices in videos!!!

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Thu 01/29/09 05:02 PM
Good luck in finding a job and remember a very special woman won't care if you're temporarily unemployed.. But you do have to be able to keep her interested with activities besides watching dvd's and jumping in the sack... jmho Well anyway, trust me I'm more interesting than someone who sits around and watches DVDs or hangs around on the computer..I speak 3 languages...and this is my 2nd I'm using to write here.. , but back to the topic...If the recession gets worse and more people will loose their jobs..how is this gonna effect families, or even just think about creating families while worrying about jobs and money and having a house...I think, some people really need to return to reality and accept, that things aren't going to be the same like 3 years ago, and people will have to lower their expectations, otherwise they will find themselves alone. During the Great Depression, there was no welfare or U.I.....do you think alot of people stopped dating or didnt get married or stopped having children because of lack of work??? You forget- we live in the new millenium, where everyone lives in a Paris Hilton-esque shallowness. Besides, people have been rejected for as little an issue as not having a car, so being unemployed wouldn't be much of a stretch. Saving "string".....we could learn alot from our grandparents!!

Jill298 Joined Fri 11/09/07 Posts: 16316	Thu 01/29/09 06:39 PM
After saying all this, she was well aware of these, also, that I am capable of much more than I am and somehow I was unable to explain, that the reason I went downhill, was something not in my control. It sounds to me like this wasn't the only reason she left. She just used it as an excuse.

Jill298 Joined Fri 11/09/07 Posts: 16316	Thu 01/29/09 06:40 PM
affect is a verb effect is a noun maybe the reason your girlfriend broke up with you isn't because you lost your job, maybe it's because you can't use basic grammar And then theres this guy....

Citizen_Joe Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4036	Fri 01/30/09 04:18 PM
So any of you have any stories how this economy effecting or effected your relationship? Gramatical issues asside, finance and romance don't mix well. If a woman asks financial questions, I simply say, "I make enough" and suggest that this is an issue, and if she presses the issue I end the conversation and the date is over.

Twitch Joined Thu 09/27/07 Posts: 6199	Fri 01/30/09 04:26 PM
I'm running into the same problem Atlantis since I lost my job. I'm an honest person and even the men on this site want nothing to do with me once they learn I lost my job. I'm not a gold digger but it does hurt me that some men are really quick to judge what they think are my intentions -- asking them for money. It really sucks.

Atlantis75 Joined Wed 12/03/08 Posts: 8581	Fri 01/30/09 04:38 PM Edited by Atlantis75 on Fri 01/30/09 04:40 PM
I'm running into the same problem Atlantis since I lost my job. I'm an honest person and even the men on this site want nothing to do with me once they learn I lost my job. I'm not a gold digger but it does hurt me that some men are really quick to judge what they think are my intentions -- asking them for money. It really sucks. That's terrible Twitch.., It is all natural - or at least supposed to be- that a man is the head of the household and makes enough to keep a family well and happy. I don't think any men makes any objection to this, or the ones who do, forget about them, risky business and as you said, gold diggers. The problem comes in, that we live in an era like never before. I'm the least feminist person you could ever find, but ever since the agenda pushing this idea, that women should be working 9-5 and their children should be with a babysitter, and everyone wants a carrier, it really destroyed the traditional family idea. Not to mention this whole financial mess, but even before that, just the idea, that the wife has to work 8 hrs a day, like the men, just to keep the family afloat is just ridiculous. I'm a very conservative guy, coming from a culture, based on traditional values and family, my parents lived happily for 40 years of marriage and 3 kids, only death separated them, just as it should be, they never stopped loving each other, even the most dire circumstances and trust me, there were much worse situations back then in Europe, than this current crisis. You haven't seen anything yet, how difficult life can get.

tessa68 Joined Sun 10/01/06 Posts: 1699	Sat 01/31/09 04:11 AM
well,I think guys are more afraid now for a commitment and marriage

Citizen_Joe Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4036	Sat 01/31/09 06:29 AM
[the same like 3 years ago, and people will have to lower their expectations, otherwise they will find themselves alone. Okay, but no. It's lowering my expectations that brings more trouble than it's worth thankyouverymuch.