What effect has the US economy had on relationships?

like this question says,


do you think the US economy has in effect created more singles by americans losing jobs?


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do you think people in relationships stay in relationships due to high costs of everything and lack of oppurtunities (financially speaking)?What effect has the US economy had on relationships?
CNBC had an article about the economic stress on married couple...some r even forced to stay together because of lack of financial support to even hire a lawyerWhat effect has the US economy had on relationships?
I would guess yes, so many people are out of jobs %26amp; of course that has to put stress on the relationship.