I have ranted on this subject before but nothing makes a man feel more inadequate than being judged by the size of the bulge in your pants. But no, I'm not referring to dick sizes; I'm referring to your wallet size.
POF profiles have many euphemisms for money-- "stable," "secure," or the always condescending, "you must have your own house, car, and J-O-B." Oh and by J-O-B they don't mean meat flipper at Mickey D's, they want the CEO of Goldman-Sachs.
You want to know my least favorite college course? Economics. The Wall Street Journal cures my insomnia. The stock market is duller than the World Cup (and now that Team USA blew a game to that country known for waffles and chocolate, we can stop pretending to give a flying fuck about the World Cup. Our MVP of the same was the goalie because he had to block more volleys than the Patriot missiles of Desert Storm. But I digress).
Like many Americans, I'm struggling to make ends meet. I'm not a CEO; I've stated my occupation on this blog on an occasion or two, but it isn't enough to waste on the stock market, a 401k, or the like. But I don't believe that I'm in the minority in regards to being underemployed. How many people have a career? Well, the answer isn't that easy. You see, the "official" unemployment rate, currently about 7% or so on average, is pretty much a lowball figure. This rate is called the "Headline unemployment rate," which means the number of working age adults who are looking for work. It does not count underemployed or those who quit looking for work because there aren't very many jobs.
At any rate, how many Americans are employed full time? Well, according to Gallup, that company known for doing polls, the rate of full-time employed members of American society (what they call the "payroll-to-population ratio") is 44.7%. The number of people both willing and able to work is about 63% of the adult working age population. Gallup uses a different metric to track unemployment, using the numbered of actual unemployed plus the number of underemployed people as well as people in part-time jobs looking for full-time employment. That number is about 17%.
If you care, read this article: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/how-many-americans-actually-have-full-time-work.html/?a=viewall
What all this really means is many of us don't have full-time employment. Some of us are underemployed or even unemployed and looking for work. Some of us work but because we work a "tipped" job or are disabled, we are paid less than the federal minimum wage. Some of us are on disability. Going by the numbers, barely 9 of every 20 people you meet are chronically employed.
And yet, you still see the buzzwords from women online. And they wonder why they're still single? Like I said before, ladies, if money is such a big deal to you, go out and get your own damned J-O-B and buy your own damned stuff. Chronically under- or unemployed is the norm. If you want a millionaire, then you are at the wrong site.
