Princess1968,

I couldn't have said it better myself. It seems to me that employers often pick single people to be laid off because they don't have a family to support (I even had a friend tell me that if he was an employer he'd lay off single people first). What people don't understand is just what you said, there is no "Soft Landing" Nobody to come home to to help you through this. I feel like I've been "Thrown away" sometimes and it sucks. I try very hard to stay positive and trust that everything will work out, but doubt still creeps in now and then. I've been told several times by therapists and coaches that this is a time for me to take a step back and breath - but it's tough as you watch your savings get depleted day by day. People just don't get it, and I've been amazed at how unsupportive and absent my so called "Friends" have been.