That's good advice, SLG, although I can see that for people with kids and who need to work, it might not be possible for them to spend that much time 'in limbo'.
For me, personally, I've been an expat for 15 years already. This will be the third foreign country I've lived in and I have no family or 'lots of stuff' to worry about.
There are some aspects of Arab culture that I don't really understand and will have to learn, but otherwise I don't think I'm going to face any problems that I haven't faced elsewhere.
Actually the only country I couldn't adapt to was a trial return to the UK. It was awful.
You get used to 'being special' as a foreigner. This has advantages and disadvantages - you need to work on minimizing the disadvantages and playing up the advantages.
I couldn't stand going back to the UK and being 'ordinary' again.
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