Good Byes are so difficult
I generally do not build strong attachments with people. I always like to set my boundaries for the very reason to not get carried away in emotions. But last evening I could not stop myself. My very dear friends bid farewell to Muscat and are settling back home again in India and I could not hold myself back from crying. It was a very emotional moment to see them go. They have been more like family to us in this foreign land.
6 years back when I came to this Country, they were those first few ones who we got friendly with and from that time onwards the relation has been more like family then friends. When my family came down from India for a holiday here, they warmly greeted them like their own family. Their warmth, generosity and hospitality is beyond words. In today's time it is rare to find such people. The couple name is Jasmine and Shapoor.
Our bond grew so strong over these last 6 years that we have been like open books to each other. We share everything of our lives with each other, specially Jasmine, with who I click very well. We have many similar interests and that's how we get very well with each other. During the week we organized a farewell also for them, and then last night we bid them farewell for their new beginnings.
They lived in Oman, Muscat city for 42 years....phewww....it must be so difficult for them as well to leave the Country. It is like spending your whole life in one place and then uprooting yourself and building a new base again. One thing about Middle East is that an Expat can never settle her permanently, you can live here till the time you are working but after that you have to go back. If you want to live here as an expat permanently then you need to be here on a investor visa, which means you need to invest in a property, but that too has many limitations. Cost of living does get high here.
Specially if you get retired from your job then to live here without a running income is a challenge. If you have been an average income person all your life in this place, the best is to go back to your home Country with your savings and live a peaceful life there with whatever you have earned and saved.
Anyways I know that this relationship does not end here. I too have plans to shift back to India soon now, so it is matter of time, and then we can meet each other often. Till then surely there is going to be a void for me here.
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You will miss them for sure, more as you are out of you country. One they you will meet them in India again.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, yes I look forward to meeting them back home in India
Nowadays this is indeed rare amongst people in most countries, but I heard that this is quite common in Africa, because most of the people there are living in groups. I currently do not know nothing about this, but I heard that most of them are very much connected to each. They work together, they live together.
Yes in small places this culture still exists, and specially in expat communities, where people are there for each others more as a family then just friends. It is a specially bond that gets developed.
It must be really difficult since you will not be seeing each other in person again but thanks to internet, you can still keep in touch :)
The technology keeps all of us connected that's true, but it will never replace the human touch for sure and that's what I am going to miss.
Yes, that's true. The physical presence and the chance to meet for a meal on any given day would surely be missed.
I lived in Oman for 12 years, and it was just a mixed feeling for me when I was saying goodbye to Oman. I was happy that I am going back to my motherland as well as I was sad to leave the country that gave me good opportunity of employment.
It is a drawback of the Middle East countries that we can not stay lifelong there as well as we can say this rules of these countries gives us opportunity to return to our homeland, which becomes difficult in the case of US, Europe and Australia.
Absolutely, when you leave you got with a lot of mixed feeling, while you are happy to be back home but a part of you will always remain in the place you leave. I completely understand your emotions