I feel that qatar social life style offers many more advantages for married couples compared to the cost of a singles social life style but that is just my point of view

what i like in the first reply is the last point "remember what you are not taking home" like:

- ur expensive car (still not fully paid for)
- ur credit card bills (to be settled before u leave)
- ur bank loans
- ur house hold items
- ur friends
- etc.

cos not matter how long u have been is this country, u will leave or have to leave one day!!! that is not a choice. if u r not careful all ur savings will be sucked up by the bills u need to settle before being allowed out of here....

it is so easy to spend and so easy to feel stable in Qatar most expats forget that one day they will leave probably with nothing more that memories of the past glamorous life style and sand storms