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[quote=Anonymous]It's not so bad in a normal or good economy.

The reality is, times are tough and now is not the time to slack at work.

I'm a lawyer who has been unemployed for almost a year.  Before I got laid off, I worked both full and part time over the years with two kids.  Before having kids I was a working machine, but I did not keep my foot on my career gas pedal 100% when my kids were young because I just couldn't, with two little kids and a husband' who's job was also demanding, but I knew I would someday pay the price for that, and I did.

Now I would take your job from you in a heartbeat and I will work my ass off, including logging in from home, working evenings and weekends and so on.  Because right now my kids 529s aren't getting funded, my house is not getting much needed repairs, I can't afford to go see my aging parents, and my sister is in the midst of a major depressive episode and can't afford therapy because she doesn't have health insurance, so I'm paying for it out of my unemployment.  We are getting by ok thanks to savings and my husband's job, but times are tight and being a SAHM is boring me to tears.  In sort, I'm hungry and ready to work.  And there are lots of folks like me out there, and employers know it.

So yeah, in theory there is nothing wrong with not wanting to live to work.  But you live in a world where other people's actions affect you. [/quote]

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