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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My last three European jobs where I worked in the US I made more than my boss in Europe which was odd.

They have tons of protections but the actual hard workers who never take advantage of that get paid way less than they deserve.

My last European boss kept asking why do I keep working or why do I care about how much I am paid. I wanted more money. It was mainly I had a job paying triple his current pay at my peak earnings years and he said when I was being honest he would retire for life if he earned that much between 45 and 56. I had to explain how much college costs, how much I had to pay for health insurance if I lost job, that I still have a mortgage and three cars and he was shocked since I had two kids in college at time, tuition was around 100K a year the two, medical would be 24K, my house would cost me 60k alone. For him he was shocked a man my age had that much expenses. College and Medical is like nothing in Europe for parents. Many rent or have small houses. And there is no 30 year mortgage. Folks have mortgage paid off sooner. He was also surprised when I quit for a higher paying more demanding job.

And they are surprised at kids. My company the average US person had 3 kids, they had tons of parents with only one kid and surprised amount of SAHM wives. They are mainly dual income.

I get weird conversations from a 50 year old European male worker with one child and a working wife talking getting ready to retire to an American man who is 50 with a 47 year old spouse withe a 12, 14 and 16 year old at home with a mortgage that is not paid off for 20 years.

They have no clue we get paid more as expenses are so much higher.        [/quote]

You could also live a lot more frugally. You just choose not to.

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I do live frugally, but only having one kid and not paying that one kids college to do it, is not worth it. But a lot of Europeans do just that.

Other weird part of Europeans they have this weird fascinations with basements. [/quote]

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