What's one cost of unemployment that nobody warned you about? Weirdly enough, for me it's the cost of extra gas. Not for interviews, but for things driving the kids to school instead of having them take the bus because now you're available to take them, driving to and from groceries and stuff you used to get delivered, play dates and activities that you don't have an excuse to say no to now.

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The only expense I have is gas, but I really didn't have any unexpected expenses except higher copays on my husbands insurance once I became unemployed.

Emotional wear out, not knowing how long til you find a job, it is a huge weight on your shoulders, covering the usual expenses, food, rent, etc. Bills quickly pile up.
Having no job, no income makes your brain rush through different scenarios, if you become homeless, how this will affect your physical well being, not having access to a shower, bed, food, not able to help those who look up to you to cover their own needs, no money for gas, etc. All the while this is caused mainly for the dumb, inconsiderate decisions by a poor and corrupt government that don't care how what they do affects the average joe down here.

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