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Marrying a Thai Wife: Overrated or Underrated?
Thank you all for your insightful replies, there’s plenty of food for thought here. For those with Thai wives, how much do traditional beliefs like superstitions, old wives’ tales, and even fear of ghosts play a role in your relationship? Do they add charm and cultural richness, or do they sometimes create unexpected stress and challenges? For instance, what if your wife insists on consulting a monk for help choosing lottery ticket numbers, deciding on travel dates, or making other big life choices? What happens if she even refuses to live somewhere because it’s “haunted,” or if she’s adamant about Feng Shui—rearranging furniture, doorways, or even entire houses to ensure good energy flow? If these beliefs don’t align with your own, then how can you navigate them respectfully while still balancing practicality and mutual understanding? I wonder if these cultural quirks usually bring couples closer by fostering a sense of tradition and depth, or if they add strain to an already complex cross-cultural relationship. Curious to hear from others on their thoughts and experiences in this regard. -
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Marrying a Thai Wife: Overrated or Underrated?
Yes I am (comparing my relationship here to relationships back in the UK) because thats how it is... Thats also how it is for the vast majority of my friends here... there isn't a great deal of difference from relationships in the West because we haven't dated poverty stricken females who are with us primarily for security... (if that were so, my Wife would have left me already for a loaded owner of a a major shopping mall chain etc !!!)... The Wives of many of my friends could also have ended up with far weather Thai men.... They were just educated enough and independent enough to make choices based on genuine feelings, which aren't dependent on financial security - Of course, if we 'men' were pigheaded, bigoted, chauvinistic, misogynistic slobs we would not have got a look in... This whole idea seems hard for some to understand as they can only project from their own exposure which in reality is extremely limited... or they may say something stupid such as "Give me a salt of the earth hard working gal over a pasty white snob any day"... but in reality, thats just dumb defensiveness becasue they knew they never stood a chance in the first place, perhaps some guys are so out of touch with this reality they are simply blind to the reality outside of their own. My relationship is by no means an exception - I meet foreigners every day who are in relationships with women and wives who were born into their own means, who's s are successful in their own right etc. I think that when discussing such subjects, a lot of the narative on this forum is written by a very vocal number of people who are simply incapable of viewing life in Thailand beyond their own limited experiences... stuck within their own 'box' they just make things up to justify their situation or try and poke ridicule at situations they can't achieve... ... If they are only going to 'certain areas' - they will not be exposed to the others side.... If is of course difficult to discuss these issues evenly in such topics because reverse snobbery takes effect... ... how many times have we read that someone is accused to lying if they state their significant other is an 'over-seas Masters educated Thai lady from a well off family'.... or they are accused of boasting or showing off while another posts they 'dragged their woman from the fields and put her through uni' etc... the narrative becomes distorted, competitive almost... In reality; cross cultural relationships between all aspects and 'strata' of society exist here... and many of them are between successful couples - they myth that wealthy or women some may term as hi-so will not date a westerner is a complete myth (some wont, some will, just like women from any other strata of Thai society). -
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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
Have a smell of an "official letter" coming up lol Q If a OAP lives permanently in frozen country and receives unfrozen pension is that fraud? Copilot If an OAP (Old Age Pensioner) resides permanently in a frozen country and receives an unfrozen pension, it is not inherently fraudulent. Let me explain: DWP will not answer, but A1 will Tell them/don't tell them there is nothing that DWP will do. The OAP is non sanctionable/punishable and is a disqualifying pension. Untouchable Has anyone ever been prosected anyone for receiving OAP unfrozen pension Copilot As of my last knowledge update, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the UK has not prosecuted nor sanctioned individuals for receiving an unfrozen Old Age Pension (OAP). However, there have been instances where the DWP identified underpayments and took corrective action. "Has anybody ever been sanctioned/punished for receiving OAP in frozen countries? "Here's some context: State Pension Underpayments Investigation: In 2020, the DWP became aware of married, widowed, and over-80 individuals who had not received their State Pension increases as required by law. 25 pence extra when hitting 80 -
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Woman and Filipino Boyfriend Hospitalised After Consuming Cannabis-Infused Cookies
Wham, Bam, thank you ma'am. -
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Bangkok Authorities Issue Rabies Warning After Infected Animal Found in On Nut Area
I can just remember when Rabies turned up in England 1970 and immediately within a 2 mile radius men went out and shot foxes, badgers and any stray dogs. However, we do have rabies in bats. One recent death was a naturist who got bit and stupidly did not go to the doctor. What a way to die! The thought gives me nightmares. -
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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
Do you just make all this up? (rhetorical question). Source Hansard (again) https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2003-10-22/debates/951629a8-94de-4831-b7d5-da341092ec67/StatePensionArrangementsWithThePhilippines Filipino nurses have been coming here for much longer. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/25/exhibition-celebrates-untold-stories-of-filipino-nurses-in-nhs Again, I'm not saying it's a fact but it's a theory that makes some sense when you look at the data rather then read your odd musings. -
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Egyptian Tourist Arrested for Sexual Assault in Luxury Condo Lift
Plenty. You realize Makasan is right next to Asoke? -
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Woman and Filipino Boyfriend Hospitalised After Consuming Cannabis-Infused Cookies
This strikes me as a dramatic overreaction on everybody's part. I have passed out from smoking too much ganja back in the days when I used to smoke. I have a friend who just two weeks ago passed out from eating a brownie that was infused with very powerful ganja. She woke up and felt fine. And she did not enjoy the experience so I don't think she'll be doing it again anytime soon. It's a natural mechanism of the body when it can't cope with too much of a substance to just pass out. I don't know if there's ever been a single instance of anybody dying or suffering long-term harm after passing out from ingesting or smoking too much ganja. This is pure ridiculousness bordering on Reefer Madness.
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