FleaOfTheChill wrote:
Where I live, it would depend. Say you're on disability, then I doubt it would be an issue. Or if someone doesn't have any income but can or will do things like go to the blood bank or pick up with grubhub or doordash when cash is needed it's generally not an issue. Or if they can't do that, then fix up the house or do repairs or something useful to contribute. It's when people get to being mooches that people might care. Unemployment is everywhere in my town. It's less about if you have a job, and more about how you conduct yourself, if you do what you can do, contribute in ways you can, or if you waste people's time sitting on your backside while draining their resources. Stuff like that.
Exactly. ^
I know many women who have dated unemployed men because the job market is so damned horrible. The defining feature is whether these men are interesting, treat them well, and have something to contribute in terms of workload. Maybe they're great parents, or they're good with handywork, or whatever. So long as they aren't expecting financial handouts I don't see why it would matter. Most women don't want to get married or live with partners anyway, especially not if they've done it before.
Another thing to consider is that just because a person isn't working, they aren't necessarily destitute. Some could have a good nest egg from former employment or other means.
My partner has been retired almost ten years. I guess retirement is different from being unemployed, but he's extremely well off financially. Most of that is from his wife's and his mother's life insurance, but it's also from selling a big house in Vancouver at the height of the real estate market, and from working his ass off for 25 years before that.
*And before anyone judges, no that's not why I'm with him. It's actually a deterrent. I'd prefer that he not have money.
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