jay_ba,

I think I know how it is for you. I lived and worked in Saudi Arabia from ’82 to ’86, and I saw a lot of marriages in our company fail because the couple were living in Jeddah, and I saw several fail because the wife was stateside wile hubby was in Kingdom.

Tough situation. No easy out.

Don’t sweat seeing Africa, except maybe Egypt, the continent is over rated.

You are, in the successful completion of you job, creating and improving the infrastructure that permits this group of people to exist. Surely in your line of work you must have heard the expression "the death of distance"? Pixies Place is a manifestation of that. I happen to think that this phenomenon is very important, but we’ll have to wait and see.

You are twenty-odd years old. Hang tight. You’ll find the right mate. When I did, I came Stateside and have stayed here since. I’ve traveled a bit on business, but raising a family is challenging, and it is easier to do so when you are not zipping around the world. That is, In my estimation what is killing you. Could be wrong, of course.

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Eudaimonia