Yes, Rob, I know I was making assumptions. As set forth in my earlier post (emphasis added):
BTW, vis a vis the timelines, maybe I'm wrong but so far it is starting to seem as if Earth 2 is, in fact, an arguably happier place for most of the major characters (Jack, [maybe] Kate, Hurley, Locke, Claire, Sayid).
As noted above, this is "Lost" we are talking about. Speculation is the fun.