My husband thinks like this!! He has never left Jamaica and no matter how many times I try and tell him he just doesn't understand. Last night he asked me how long it would take for him to save a million dollars. Even though I love that he dreams big, realistically he will have to win the lottery to have a million dollars! He told me that was a little bit of money in Canada.CanJam said:I am not surprised at this at all.... alot of ppl think "money grows on trees" in Foreign... yes we may have access to more oppertunity (education, jobs) etc... but it takes hard work.
He also doesn't think we should have a mortgage and that we should save up until we can pay for a home. I told him we will be near retirement before that will happen and in the meantime we have paid thousands of dollars in rent!
I am not sure how else I can explain things to him. I suppose until he is here he won't fully understand!