misterfloppy

Where can I buy genuine software, such as Photoshop, in Chiang Mai?

How do prices compare with in the west?

Is mail order too risky to be worth considering?

Any suppiers recommended?

How do prices compare, or should I wait until I'm out of the country to buy?

Advice would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

I met my wife in a Bangkok bar...

...and celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary earlier this year.

I/we've been very lucky as she'd only worked there two months and hadn't 'hardened up', and we are still very much in love - we have a lovely daughter and they both have Thai and British passports. I was twice my wife's age when we met and had enough experience of human nature to know she was no gold digger (of which there are an uncomfortably high proportion here in the UK).

A couple of months ago my wife effectively 'divorced' her parents due to the unacceptable way they have behaved: only making contact when they want money; trying to squat on our land in Thailand to take it over despite having plenty of their own, etc. On two previous ocassions when we'd given them money, the father had ended up in jail followed by pleas to us for the bribe to release him - the first time he'd used the money to buy tree-cutting equipment and was caught illegal logging, much to my dismay. Such contact and the demands caused dreadful stress for my wife, which we could really do without - after all, life in the UK has its own problems.

In my experience it is not uncommon for girls to break with their parents once they feel secure in their new family life (getting married might be part of the formula). But this would be her decision, not yours. Many opportunist Thais try to convince falangs that some kind of dowry is due (previous postings have covered this).

Notwithstanding what I've said, you've already been given good advice, and at your age, in your circumstances, with the cosh she has been under for so long, the chances of you making it as far as I have look poor.

Good luck!