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Byline: Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ It's true: Reality does bite. This is the time in your life when you thought you would finally be child free. Your offspring, a senior in college, was supposed to be leaving the nest to get a job and an apartment.
But, thanks to a lackluster economy, your little darling may be coming home. All you can see is a vision of a jobless Dustin Hoffman floating in his parents' pool in "The Graduate."
What are the odds? About 22 percent fewer graduates will be getting a job this year compared to 2008, according to recent National Association of Colleges and Employers survey.
In the worst-case scenario, you have already …