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It's very widespread, not only with foreigners here part-time.

The wife of full time foreigners can have a Thai husband tucked away, she visits when, funeral, go to see relatives, little holiday with her sister, etc.

But what you neglect to add is that Thai men having a wife and a minor wife (even

several minor wives) has been part of Thai culture for hundreds of years and continues today.

In other words many Thai women (and men) see this whole scenario as 'normal'.

My Thai daughter in law tells me that as a little girl she (and all her female school friends) were

taught, mostly by numerous aunts, that:

'men have special needs, when you get married you must understand and accept

that your husband will need several women to satisfy his sexual desires'.

And you can find some rich / successful Thai women who have several live in boys. I'm well

aware of two such scenarios where;

- The Thai women got married, knowing full well that the new husband had several minor wives

in addition to the actual 'for status display and to father his children' bride.

- The Thai women knew full well that they were marrying into, and knew full well that it was common

and knowing full well would not change.

- Eventually got bored with the situation, like many of their lady friends, had no

desire to divorce, but did decide to copy the set up and have several live-in / live out

hot young boyfriends.

- In both of the cases that I'm aware of the actual Thai husbands are well aware that their

'main' wives have an entourage of hot young men and well aware that there is plenty of regular

action in bed, and in both cases the husbands are not concerned, not in the least.

- In one case the rich wife (also a very successful business woman in her own right) has 5 live in boys.

None of this is hidden, I've been to the house many times for business meetings and met all of 5

young men several times. she takes care of them well, they all have a luxury personal suite in the

very large house, she pays their university fees and a high salary, all have total access to the fleet

of company cars, and more.

- Also she likes threesomes and sometimes decides to have two boys sleep with her, and she also likes

to watch masculine young men having oral and anal sex. Bottom line - all of the five young men in the

entourage are bi-sexual.

I think I like the "numerous aunts", ha ha well some of their ideas anyway.

Sirchai, i would have no hesitation telling them.

Im my experience however 99 percent wouldnt believe me.

Ive never been in the village while they are there but if they are i will tell them over a beer, if they take the hump to problem.

Correct Manxninja. I've told on a few and whether they believed me or not, they're still with their Teelaks.

Yep seen that. I told one guy one time about something like this, got the guy to come over who was sleeping with his wife and the guy confessed he was sleeping with his wife. Then the only question, and I am not joking, the guy asked the other guy did you use a condom? ha ha. Serious he asked him that with me watching.

If you're an honest guy, please let the gentlemen know what their wives are doing when abroad.Guess you'd be more than happy, when somebody would "open your eyes."

It's pretty much common here. I'd guess 80% of Thai women are doing the same shit.And you won't loose face telling it through let's say your wife.-

80% might be on the high side but I would say 50% or more.

LIke NeverSure said I can't image someone wanting to give up their U.S. citizenship and the associated benefits unless they are trying to avoid something like taxes owed.

I think taxes owed are not the problem, I think future taxation is the issue.

Can't understand how a country can tax its citizens who live abroad without providing services in return.

Well they do provide services in return. Just whether those services are worth 39% of my annual salary are another discussion.

Services the U.S. government provides it's citizens who live abroad...

Here's an example: Recently, I went to the U.S. Consulate to have 3 forms notarized. It took about 2 minutes of the guy's time.

Cost: 1,500 baht (or $50) each. Total for 3 signatures = 4,500 baht (or $150).

Years ago, I used to pay $1.50 to $2.50 for a notary in the U.S. Today, at $10 it might be called a service. At $50 a pop, it might

be very aptly be called something else...

And now they have that Book online thing that is also terrible. The service gets worse and the prices get higher at the US Embassy.

Be sure to take the $400 or something like that they charge at the Embassy, I had a friend who gave up US citizen and he had a heck of a time but finally got it done. They were on about him liable for tax for 7 years. I knew him when he got that citizenship and tried to warn him and many years later when he got rid of that US citizen he was telling me he wished he had listened to me. Getting a US passport is the worse thing anyone can do if they are a high wage earner. Much easier to get than to get rid of. There are many passports in the world much better than that US passport and taxes are terrible. All this is the view point from a high wage earner stand point. Nothing to do with anything else except taxes and problems with them

Xxxx happens. Not against the law to use your head. How many Farangs are scammed every day by Thai women?

None I believe.....have I been scammed?

If they charge more for Farangs, I dont go, unless its Soi Cowboy

I have always heard it is not good to place a battery on cement as the coolness can cause the plates to short out. not sure if thats true or not but many people always have a piece of wood under batteries

I wish there was a way to convert Kwai droppings into electricity. We'd have free electric for life.

In regards to the Op's question. It seems he just wants to have electricity in case of black outs. Does anybody know anything about using batteries? I presume they would be trickle charged whilst power is on but I don't know what the outputs are, the length of time they last or the overall viability is of them.

several threads exist on back-up power using inverters and batteries. yes, i am using three sets of inverters.

-two power two pumps which supply water to our home,

-two power my study (lights, computers, routers) and my TV-room (TV, HDD recorders, SAT receivers),

-to power the study of the Mrs (computer, printer/scanner, TV, SAT receiver and HDD recorders).

cost per system approximately 15-18,000 Baht depending on number of batteries. it looks like this:

Windows 8 should help him lose a bit of that wealth. It is terrible and nosy. You have to have that Microsoft account for so many things. I bought a new Windows 8 Ultrabook but kept it 3 days then sold it on. It was a good reminder why I changed to Apple 6 years ago.

Giving up that US Citizenship is smart for many reasons not even thinking about the decline of the US over the last 25 years. Good to see him doing well. If it were easier to get other citizenships such as British or Aussie I think the Americans giving up US citizenships would be in the tens of thousands each year if not hundreds of thousands. The only thing holding back lots of people is the problem with getting a new citizenship. As far as the 700,000 coming to the US I notice, and this is true, we have immigrants driving trucks, working as janitors, etc. These are people from Asia or Africa not Mexico doing these jobs. I thought the reason they let people immigrant to the US was for skilled jobs like Doctors or Engineers. Another thing is many of these immigrants get that US passport then leave to work overseas on that US passport so really what good does that do the US as they let them immigrant to the US because they were doctors or engineers who skills are needed in the US. The US needs a work permit system that has nothing to do with a road to citizenship and they have to stop this anchor baby thing. Most countries in the world being born there has nothing to do with citizenship. Unless big changes are made the US will never stop this decline they have been in for many years. I think even the immigrants will see this decline soon and stop going to the US.

Will this mean he can no longer be on that TV show L.A. Ink? Or was it that other show?

If your phone exploded, why would you complain to the NBTC?

Surely you would go to Apple? They would give you a new phone, and really solve the problem. what is the NBTC going to do? Ban Iphones?

Samsung is working on that and doing a fair job.

With that Boston thing the other day and all the other I would think the USA would be #1 in this area.

B300 per hour you should have a line outside the house that goes all the way around the Moo Baan.

I did not know it was April fools day.......it is ain't it?ha ha.

This will make the 3rd scandal of the obama administration running concurrently. Of course most of it pales in comparison to abandoning 4 diplomats to die in a terrorist attack but it is a disturbing trend. No surprise to me based on Chicago politics & thuggery. Could it be that mister obama's chickens have come home to roost?

Truer words were never typed

the second school should be able to arrange extension of stay.

I would be tempted to take the better job, just be subtle, and DO NOT let the first employer know where you are going.

it is not unusual for an old employer to try to sabotage your new position

i suppose the ultimate question is how many students are you screwing over by jumping ship?

and are you ok with that?

Right on, When you give your word and agree thats it.

And they were so polite while I answered their questions , ha ha

I bet an ex-GF turned him in.

Just one more reason that FarceBook should be shut down.

Take this as a warning sign and haul yourself out of town. If the family is giving cash calls now wait until you are married if it ever gets that far.

Boy that ground is soft, they better connect another pile and drive it a bit deeper! ha ha

Heck just move to the Philippines and forget the divorce

Maybe its not his GF, it could be his Mother with that age difference

"I think the makers of the GT200 would have won a Nobel prize if the device had worked in the way they promised.".

I think the makers of the GT200 have done as much to win that Noble Prize as Barack Obama done to win his, now just my humble opinion.