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Originally Posted by rb
Imo and speaking from my personal experience, Asians that came here in the 70's/80's were dirt poor. My dad arrived in Canada with $10 in his pocket. Vacations / Family outings were PNE opening day's when it was free. Taking time off was only to work on things around the house. They don't want that hard work to go for nothing.
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I grew up only slightly better off - our treat for dinner was when coupons came in for Church's or Arby's (my love for both remains deep) and we'd go there to eat. I don't think I stepped into a White Spot more than a few times as a kid cause that was too much money. Mom worked a couple waitressing jobs at Denny's and Bino's in the early days. Somehow my parents gave both my brother and I $25k each to buy a place 16 years ago which kicked off everything else for me financially.
My wife's family was even poorer - only her mom worked and she made lifejackets for minimum wage for 25+ years while raising 3 kids. I have no idea how they made it work.
BUT the mind blowing part for me is that both sets of parents paid off their East Van homes and are sitting on a couple million bucks now. Like WHAT? And both sets of parents are planning to give us (5 kids in total) the homes when they pass (or sooner). Both still live frugally - they buy the cheapest paper towels and the no name brands of everything. My MIL even gives us cash gifts - she gave us a grand as a gift when we moved into our house! I can't get her to stop either and she won't spend it on herself.