Roosh had a great article that covered this subject.
you can date while being an unemployed bum, but the quality of your girls will tank. Don’t be shocked if you end up with issues later on stemming from some ghetto chick you screwed.
Roosh wrote this article in March 2011. At the time, Roosh was a 31 year old former microbiologist turn sex/dating content creator. At that point in life, Roosh was living to have sex.
Let's also consider the broader economic picture of that time. In March 2011, US unemployment was 9%, In January 2008, US unemployment was 5%. January 2008 unemployment levels were not seen again until September 2014. The late 2000s/early 2010s were recessionary conditions.
Since March 2011, I have been unemployed twice. Both stints of unemployment were short.
The more recent stint of unemployment was in 2020, when I was among the first of the pandemic layoffs. It was difficult to game when everything was shut down and everyone was panicking in Spring-Summer 2020. Outdoor game was the only option.
I had one other stint of unemployment under normal conditions in the 2010s. That was the best case study of applying the tenets of Roosh's article. By that point in time, I had already read Roosh's article about getting laid while unemployed.
I found it difficult during that short stint of unemployment to tell women that I was unemployed. Roosh's article about getting laid while unemployed seemed easy in principle but difficult to execute in practice.
A man needs a job first and foremost. For unemployed men, a job search is going to be a bigger priority than getting laid.
Why would a woman keep an unemployed man around? Most women have vaginas that are massively in demand, even single moms. Most men who find themselves unemployed will lose their romantic relationships during their unemployment period unless they are tattooed dirtbags whose SMV is not at all tied to their employment status. This is part of what
@CornbreadFed was referring to with quality dropoffs during unemployment. The typical white collar guy gets fuccked over while he's unemployed. The typical woman who tends to date white collar men has no use for an unemployed white collar man. Once the white collar man returns to the workforce, he can continue with his attraction-seduction.
Unemployment is a major risk factor in losing a girlfriend and it's not a good position for impressing new women. It's not easy to get laid while unemployed, despite former PUA Roosh's legendary article on getting laid while unemployed.
