After all, you did raise your own 15 negative impressions about Qatar in your previous thread "Is my understanding of Qatar correct" on 5.8.08!!! ;-) I suspect you had doubts from the outset.... Life seems particularly tough and unnatural out here for bachelors and leaving your son behind would have been a real heart-wrencher. IMHO, one always knows if the decision reached is the right one......by the sense of relief you feel afterwards.