I think we can all relate to everyday life stress. The economic situation is affecting all of us somehow.

I just broke up with someone who had serious emotional baggage from past relationships. That is a different story.

I feel relatively "baggage-free." I think it is more about finding someone with a similar outlook on life. There are personality tests that I think are really helpful. It's not good to find yourself in a relationship with someone who is not compatible on a deep level.

On first dates, everyone is on good behavior and we minimize our problems. As time goes on, we become more relaxed and go into more detail about our lives and our situations. Job stress, especially losing a job, is understandably a topic that should be ok to be concerned about.

This guy was very sympathetic to my job situation and such, but turned out to be so controlling that he was jealous of my girlfriends and my dead husband. Now that's baggage!

LOL :)

Stuck in SW Iowa all my life, seeking escape before I die.