Both my wife and I have been out of work since April (though since we worked in NYC with a functioning government, UI has been a lifesaver).
At the same time, parts of this experience have been really wonderful - rather than leaving for work at 7:30am and not getting home until 7:30pm not being employed has allowed us to be an actual family and for that I am thankful in a lot of ways. The kids are really young now and being able to be with them for a couple of months has been great.
But to the point of socialization - there's only so much my wife and I can do, our son is perfectly happy to hang out with us, but our daughter is old enough to have made friends through pre-school and before that day care so she really does miss other kids.
Thank you kindly for the best wishes and I wish them right back at 'cha.
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