Sorry to hear it, Skylarking. I am in the same boat, unfortunately. I am already applying to rolling admission MA programs in light of my (imagined) iminent across-the-board rejections. Hang in there, buddy, and don't be sorry for whining. If any place is meant for it, this forum is definitely the place. It is always nice to have comiserators. I have a wife and two kids and I still feel fairly alone in this whole process. It seems hard for anyone not going through it to fully understand the heart-wrenching agony of it all; but I am grateful for this forum for the little bit of comeraderie and complaining it provides.