On that date, Americans will have worked same number of hours that Europeans typically

work in a whole year. In other words, Americans work nearly nine more weeks per year than

their European counterparts.

A U.S. and Canadian initiative, Take Back Your Time Day, draws attention to twin

problems of overwork and "time poverty." Organizers say number of hours Americans spend

working has risen dramatically over last 30 years.

Consider these items from "Take Back Your Time" handbook:

* Between 1979 and 2000, married couples aged 25-54 saw their total number of hours of paid

work rise by 388, about 12 percent.

* Almost 40 percent of workers put in more than 50 hours per week.

* 26 percent of American workers don't take any vacation time.

* Since 1980's, work hours have risen by about half a percent annually.

Experts say "time poverty" is hurting our marriages, our physical and mental health, our

civic life, our kids and environment.

Maybe you feel pressure: Having too little time to exercise or prepare healthy meals.

Being electronically leashed to your job when you crave a chance to relax. You or someone

in your family putting in ever longer hours at work for fear of being "downsized."

Then there are more subtle signs. Ever notice way getting time with friends

requires searching your calendars to find a small patch of mutually available time weeks

away? Or maybe your dog looks under-exercised and lonely.

It wasn't always so.

Around 1900, American working hours had long been declining, and economics books and

In a land of utopia therefore, it would seem perfectly reasonable that Love would know no bounds, experience no biases. In our world however, far from any kind of utopia, biases begin to play their different roles, one way or other.

From a financial standpoint, most women want to be secure and go with whoever comes correct as far as finances are concerned. But finances aren’t only bias in our society: upbringing, level of education, manners, carriage, height, persona, charm, etiquette, to name a few. Plus of course, he or she should be generally approved by our loved ones.

Expression of our individual biases however, does not mean we are mean people, or self-seeking individuals. On contrary, they point immediately to two main glaring things: that we are merely humans in an imperfect world and our very human nature, with its whims and elements of choice and free will, allow us to “filter” out our choices till we arrive at our ‘true love’.

But is this love so defined, pure and divine or is it just a load of baloney anyway? Yes it can be pure and divine; no, it is not a lot of baloney. Why? Because from our very natures and nature of world in which we live in, our whims must be tolerated, till we see Prince Charming or Fair Maiden, whoever they turn out to be.

True Love found in this manner, mustn’t be confused with “love” that stems from a desire for self-gain and greed. Yes, it is perfectly possible that finance may drive a romance. And yes, it is perfectly possible that for less-materialistic of us, finance does drive a romance, but to a much lesser degree than may be considered healthy by most average standards.

A lust for self-gain and romantic attachments that derive from this may only be considered greedy and disgusting (relative terms, mind), if romance that results is only for material possessions and nothing else.