Oops... sorry for creating a mess here...
Well I had no intentions of blaming anyone or underestimating / disrespecting anyone's challenges out in the new set-up... I can only imagine that it IS taxing in every way to be settling into a completely different country and everything associated with it...
I think I should just clarify myself once so as to not create misunderstandings with my friends here... I commented so due to various reasons:
1. It was no allegation... Just an observation / feeling
2. I did not mean that people who are gone have to be constantly present here. It is just about sharing the important sides of the settling in in order to answer all those questions that we might have had before we settled... for those who have them NOW as they are still waiting to walk on our path or on their way!
3. Although I posted that in continuation to a congratulatory post... I did not mean that mere congratulating is what people struggling to settle there are expected to do amongst all their difficult settling endeavours...
4. I completely understand that the forum is afterall a 'forum' of strangers uniting for each other's good and bad... which is the best part of being associated here... but at the same time... many forum members turn into your 'new friends' rather than being just strangers... you start connecting and communicating with them through PMs, emails, phone calls, facebook... it is THESE people that I meant to refer to... From strangers, you always know where to stop expecting, with friends you don't!!!
5. Lastly I have had many experiences where people who were constantly in touch with me through chats, fb etc, completely forget to update / answer any small / big question that I have... That is what I put down as my observation... You ping them and get no answer for days... You ask them and you are given vague replies... But again, I am not blaming, I am just telling myself that I will take the best possible care when it's my turn ;D
Anyway, again, I never meant to accuse / underestimate our friends who are finding their ways in the new country... I am aware that I will soon be in the same boat too!
Only thing is that from time-to-time, it will be good to give important updates to once-our-support-system here and answer queries to the best of our practical experiences...
Good luck to one and all... Best wishes for those there, those here!