The jobless rate is 7.2% and will probably climb to 10% before things start to get better, but here at the XX Factor we get musings such as:

" It seems to me that what Jessica's asking for—and it's a completely legitimate thing for the next generation of women to want—isn't so much a wealthy suitor as a restructuring of the American workplace, not to mention the American educational system."

Hello, don't be shocked if it gets restructured straight to India. Businesses does not exist to make your life better or easier. They exist to make money. When employee costs exceed what they are willing to provide, businesses find ways to eliminate them.

Think it doesn't happen? I had fully covered Health Care when I got my first job, now I am lucky to only spend $250 a month in premiums.

Think your fellow workers want to cover for you at work while you go home to spend time with the kids?

Want to work - fine. Want to be a parent - fine. Something has to take top priority. Make a choice, that's what being a grown up is all about.

some people think the world owes them a living..wonder what they do when they find out it does not?

Superheated, I can see by your post that there is no possible way you've actually been reading the XX Factor lately. That exact topic has been discussed at length for at least a week.

bonyass, i suspect you are one who feels the world owes you a living...however, unlike you . i can do basic math and count the numerous times i have posted in this thread this last week..try again...

1) Don't flatter yourself. Your posts are not so interesting that I care to count them up or notice them on a regular basis.

2) You 'suspect' I think the world owes me a living? Because...I pointed out that you seem oblivious to the XX Factor's in-depth discussion about that subject? Ehm, ok. That makes sense. For the record, I support myself in a decent-paying career and have done so for nearly a decade. I don't have children but do not expect the world to revolve around me when I do have them. Sorry to ruin your ignorant little fantasy.

believe me, i have no fantasies about you...