Talking with a Wall Street Journal reporter last week about how the current economic madness is affecting single women head-of-households. Here are some thoughts.
- living on credit cards
- increasing debt
- cutting even non-frivolous expenses – e.g., not doing home repairs as soon as discovered b/c of expense
- searching for bargains in food prices–single women don’t normally have time for that but need now to consider everything
- eating out less often or not at all
- going out less often or not at all – single moms especially–going out is doubly expensive b/c of babysitting
- considering bankruptcy
- hanging onto less than desirable jobs b/c no others available
What else are you doing that’s different?
