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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone on here will think I’m crazy but the US.

Every middle to upper middle class woman has an easier life than their counterparts I know in European countries. It’s all anecdotal but it comes down to money. More disposable income and the ability to buy comfort in the US.

My European friends have less space, more debt, lower salaries and more physically tiring lives.

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How does UMC woman not have disposable income in Europe? UMC women don't even work for salaries in the old country unless they want to. Women have so much free time to travel, chill with friends, read, 'run their own business', go to concerts, go skiing, go to the beach, ride horses, renovate second home, go holistic. They are doing so many things because it's all nearby, available, and fairly cheap.
[b]The best part is that nobody ever knows where their kids are[/b], and teachers are top notch in every public school. The amount of activities available to all kids can't me matched.
I studied 5 foreign languages from K-12. All this is available to every kid even though we only have one language in the country.
People are doing more things instead of owning things, I give you that. They could build one of these big American 'comfort houses', but most choose not to. 
My ex's kids have horseback riding as a hobby and their own horses. Something I can't afford here easily even though I'm UMC. Not to mention, I'd have to drive fairly far. They don't, everything is within 20 km. These kids have traveled more and speak more languages than mine ever will. Education is also better and we know it from every Pisa test ever taken.
Different priorities came about because all this is available to them while I have to put in a lot of effort to find a good school  education, fly far for new culture, hire several different teachers as few schools offer 5 foreign languages. I have to be rich here to get all this done. 
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Is that how a whole city of girls ended up getting groomed by rapists? Maybe they need to get a hold of that.[/quote]

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