I dont buy that QLers these days have become impolite or not informed....I personally would get miffed if someone without doing a search would come asking for a very very silly question which has been answered umpteen times....of the likes of cost of living, visa, unmarried but intend to stay together, etc etc. No harm in ridiculing them...in fact it helps them to learn how to run a search if they didn't knew otherwise. Most of the answers are already there, one needs to do a search, do an analysis and then ask for pin pointed questions for clarity or updates, if any.