throwwouq

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by throwwouq 4y ago
My wife makes 5x less than me and it's all our money. We live in a developing country, she has an local job while I have a remote job. We've still got separate bank accounts but we'd like to use shared account instead. Prior
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by throwwouq 4y ago
As a person who was homeschooled until age 13, I couldn't agree with you more. This is what I tell friends thinking they'll take their kids out of school to give them a better education: they'll be socially unprepared in life
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by throwwouq 5y ago
I've thought about the São Paulo option and got in contact with a hospital there Sírio-Libanês. It appears from that we'd need my family member to relocate there though, since chemo treatments are usually ongoing for years at a ti
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by throwwouq 5y ago
It is a lot of money here. The sad thing is that very few people here can pay for cancer treatment. They're literally playing lottery because if they have an expensive medical emergency, there is never adequate health insurance. Most p
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by throwwouq 5y ago
I think I've got a better picture of what you're saying: start thinking and acting like a contractor and treat my client as just that, a client. Before I got this client I was earning 33K USD a year (high for my country). When I g
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by throwwouq 5y ago
I'm in a developing country in South America. I'm avoiding mentioning it by name since my acquaintances are on here, it's a small country, and I want to stay anonymous.
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by throwwouq 5y ago
Thanks for this, it's given me food for thought and options to explore. > Employers offering Healthcare options to employees is more of a failure of the healthcare system in the US than a positive employment perk. I think this is a
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by throwwouq 5y ago
> The usual- costs, coverage, quality of life. I don't know what you're going through but I feel you, stay strong. Yesterday the stress and anxiety built up to a point where I had to let it out and cried a bit. It's a cycl
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by throwwouq 5y ago
> Sorry that happened to you. My family is dealing with multiple health issues too. I'm sorry to hear that. What's worrying you the most at the moment with relation to the health issues? > $110k USD is likely to be a very la
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Tell HN: The disparity between employees and international contractors
7 points by throwwouq 5y ago|14 comments