Thanks again, all your positive thoughts and words are of a great deal of comfort to me,although it is hard to shake the depression I am feeling right now, I was already low and this has just knocked me for six, still I have to help hubby through this too,it is devastating to him as well, it makes him feel like a loser, and he in NOT that by any means, Karen the job market is better than it was a few years ago, but it seems the younger ones are the lucky ones, older guys like Steve it is not so easy, although an engineer, he has not worked in that field for 8 years now, he is more into technology now, computers, phones etc and loves that, hates engineering to be honest, he has good skills but still even that does not help you get the jobs sometimes, at least over xmas period we know he will have a courier job, he worked on saturday mornings doing the run when we needed extra cash, so they said they need someone then, they will pay him 120 cash a day which is pretty ok, so we have that to fall back on if we need to, we DON'T want to go on unemployment if at all possible, but we will if we are desperate, but that is like a big NO NO for us, a step in the wrong direction for us, been there, done that, never want to go back there again.

Hubby is going to enrol at the employment agency next door today , and I am going to look on the internet for anything so wish me luck.

I am seriously thinking of sending an email to the firm once he is left, if he does not object, I know it won't change anything but it might get it off my chest and make me feel better, I just want them to realise the impact they have on people's lives, wish they could have a few sleepless nights.

Well just gotta get on with it I guess.