I’d love to hear y’alls opinion on “sending money home”.

Manuel had expectations of sending $250-$300 home per month while living in the US, which is a little wild when he can’t even work yet and seemingly hasn’t discussed it with Ashley at all.

On the other hand, he has multiple kids to support, something they don’t seem to show them talking about at all. And $300 in the US is significantly easier to come by than $300 in Ecuador, where the “average living wage” is around $500USD/month.

It tends to come up every season or so, obviously there’s some outrageous people looking to take advantage of others, but on the other hand a couple hundred bucks goes a lot further in some countries than others, and is typically a lot easier to make in some countries than others.

I’m reminded of David and Annie when they met with the builder after TLC killed her mom - the builder clearly saw David as easy pickings and gave them a wildly inflated quote, but also that’s around 5-10% of what that quote would have been in any American city.

What are your opinions on this? I think some people are out there to take advantage of others, but on the other hand if I could pay for my entire spouses family to live reasonably well for a small slice of my monthly take home pay it seems like a no-brainer to do it?

  • Kush_back@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nobody equates it to being rich. Many people from Latin America know what it is to come to this country and many will live in less than preferred conditions in other to send $ back home. Lots of immigrants families live doubled up to save money and be able to send more back home. This isn’t 1920’s immigrants or European immigrants. Different cultures, views and understanding of what it is like coming to this country.

    • coreysgal@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I said the LIFESTYLE is rich. If you compare it to living other places where you’re dragging your water or the living room us filled w plastic chairs, the basics we have here seem like a big improvement. And immigrants coming here have always lived in less desirable locations, have always had a lot of people living together. It doesn’t matter if it’s 1920 or 2023. You come here with nothing, keep expenses down, and try to move ahead. That had never changed. The difference with 90 day is that you are marrying a second, third, fifth generation American who may understand why you send money home but isn’t willing to pay for all your needs while you work to pay for a family back home.

      • Kush_back@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        What lifestyle? Not a single immigrant (at least from Latin America) feels living here is a rich lifestyle, not even comparing it to back home. Also plenty of immigrants lived better lives in their home country than they do here. You don’t have insight in immigrants now or from Latin America.